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[May 3, 1888 



works, and added largely to the topographical knowledge of 

 that part of the world, discovering the true feature of the 

 Quathlamba Mountains, and making a minute topographical 

 survey of Kaffraria ; his map, published by E. Stanford, being 

 a wonderful delineation of n.ost difficult and rugged country. For 

 nearly twenty years, from 1856 to 1875, employed in the design- 

 ing and execution of the fortifications of the Empire at a most 

 critical period, when, owing to the introduction of iron armour, 

 a complete revolution took place in matters relating to ships, forts, 

 and artillery. Was a member of the Scientific Commission 

 (1861-62, &c.) appointed to investigate the subject of the ap- 

 plication of iron armour to ships and forts. Governor of Straits 

 Settlements, 1875-77. In 1877 selected to advise the Govern- 

 ments of Australia on the defence of their principal harbours. 

 His recommendations have been adopted and carried out. In 

 1877 appointed Governor of South Australia, and in that 

 capacity, as also in that of Governor of New Zealand (since 1882), 

 has promoted the progress of Science in various ways. 



Charles Lapworth, 



Professor of Geology in the Mason Science College, Birmingham ; 

 Hon. LL.D. (St. Andr.). Most important contributions to the 

 right understanding of the stratigraphy of the North-West 

 Highlands and the Southern Uplands of Scotland, and investi- 

 gations of the Palaeozoic and other strata, as published in his 

 papers on "The Moffat Series," "The Girvan Succession," 

 " The Stratigraphy and Metamorphism of the Duness and 

 Eriboll District," the "Secret of the Highlands," the "Close 

 of the Highland Controversy," "Discovery of the Cambrian 

 Rocks in the Neighbourhood of Birmingham," and on "The 

 Classification of the Lower Palaeozoic Rocks," &c, — papers 

 published between 1878 and 1887 in the Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc , 

 and the Geol. Mag. Also for his Palseontological work, es- 

 pecially among the Rhabdophora, mainly published in six 

 papers between 1873 and 1887. Recipient of the Murchison 

 and of the Lyell Funds, and of the Bigsby Medal of the 

 Geological Society. 



T. Jeffrey Parker, 



Professor of Biology. Author of the Memoirs enumerated below. 

 Distinguished as a Comparative Anatomist and as a Teacher. 

 Has introduced an important new method of preserving the 

 skeletons of cartilaginous fishes for museum purposes, and has 

 rendered service to the cause of Science in the Colonies by his 

 creation of the Otago Museum, and by his popular lectures and 

 addresses. He has published thirty-three original papers on 

 Biological subjects in the Proceedings and Transactions of 

 various Societies — Royal, Zoological, Royal Microscopical, &c. 

 Amongst these may be mentioned the following, viz. : — "On 

 the Stomach of the Fresh-water Cray-fish," "On the Stridu- 

 lating Organ of Palimirus vulgaris," " On the Intestinal Spiral 

 Valve in the Genus Raia," "On the Histology of Hydra 

 fusca," "On the Venous System of the Skate," "On the 

 Osteology of Regalecus argenteus," " On the Blood-vessels of 

 Mustelus antarcticus," &c. 



John Henry Poynting, M.A., B.Sc. 



Professor of Physics in the Mason College, Birmingham. 

 Author of the following papers :— " On a Method of Using the 

 Balance with great Delicacy " (Proc. Roy. Soc, vol. xxviii.) ; 

 "On the Graduation of the Sonometer" {Phil. Mag., 1880); 

 "On a Simple Form of Saccharimeter" {ibid., 1880); "On 

 Change of State : Solid-Liquid" {ibid., 1881) ; " On the Con- 

 nection between Electric Current and the Electric ard Magnetic 

 Inductions in the surrounding Field" (Proc. Roy. Soc, vol. 

 xxxviii.) ; " On the Transfer of Energy in the Electro-magnetic 

 Field" (Phil. Trans., 1884, Part II.). 



William Ramsay, 



Ph.D. (Tub.). F.C.S., F.I.C. Professor of Chemistry, Uni- 

 versity College, London. President of the Bristol Society of 

 Naturalists, and of the Bristol Section of the Society of 

 Chemical Industry. Distinguished as a Chemist, and especially 

 for his researches in Chemical Physics. Author of the following 

 papers : — " Orthotoluic Acid and its Derivatives " {Liebig's 

 Annalen, 1872); " Picoline and its Derivatives" {Phil. Mag., 

 1876-78); "The Oxidation Products of Quinine and allied 

 Alkaloids" (Journ. Chem. Soc, 1878-79); " Specific Volumes " 

 (ibid., 1879-81); " The Volatilization of Solids " (Phil. Trans., 



Pt. I., 1884); " The Vapour Pressures of Solids and Liquids " 

 (Phil. Trans., Pt. II., 1884); "A Study of the Thermal 

 Properties of Alcohol " (Proc. Roy. Soc, vol. xxxviii., p. 329) ; 

 " On Evaporation and Dissociation " (Preliminary Notice, Rep. 

 Brit. Assoc, 1884). 



Thomas Pridgin Teale, M.A. (Oxon.), 



F.R.C.S., 1857. Surgeon to the Leeds General Infirmary. 

 Late Lecturer on Surgery, Leeds School of Medicine. Member 

 of the General Medical Council. Eminent as a Sanitary Re- 

 former, and Surgeon and Ophthalmologist. Author of — {a) 

 various Papers and Lectures bearing upon Public Health and 

 Sanitary Reforms, among which are : — (1) "Dangers to Health 

 in our own Houses," a Lecture at the Leeds Lit. and Phil. Soc, 

 1877 ; (2) " Dangers to Health : a Pictorial Guide to Domestic 

 Sanitary Defects," 4th ed., 1883 (also in French and German) ; 

 (3) " Economy of Coal in House Fires," 1882 ; (4) " Address on 

 Health " (dealing with the effects of Modern Educational Systems 

 upon Health), delivered as President of the Health Section of 

 the Social Science Congress at Huddersfield, 1883. {b) Papers 

 of value in Surgery and Ophthalmology, extending from 1850 to 

 1885 — (1) "On the Treatment of Lachrymal Obstructions, with 

 suggestions to use Bulbed Probes " {Med. Times and Gaz., i860) ; 

 (2) " On the Relief of Symblepharon by the Transplantation of 

 Conjunctiva" (Ophth. Hosp. Rep., vol. Hi., and Repcrt of the 

 International Ophthalmic Congress in London, 1872) ; (3) " On 

 Extraction of Soft Cataract by Suction" (Ophth. Hosp. Rep., 

 vol. iv.) ; (4) "The Relative Value of Atropine and Mercury in 

 Acute Iritis" {ibid., vol. v.); (5) "Enucleation of Nsevus" 

 (Trans. Med. and Chir. Soc, 1867) ; (6) "On Atrophy induced 

 by Cicatrix" {Brit. Med. Journ., 1867) ; (7) " On the Stimulation 

 of Hip Disease by Suppuration of the Bursa over the Trochanter 

 major" (Clin. Essay, No. 2, Lancet, 1870); (8) "Ovariotomy 

 during Acute Inflammation of the Cyst" {Lancet, 1873); (9) 

 "Ovariotomy in extremis" (Clin. Essay, No. 4, Lancet, 1874); 

 (10) " Exploration of the Abdomen in cases of Obstruction of 

 the Bowel" (Clin. Essay, No. 5, Lancet, 1875); (11) "On the 

 Treatment of Vesical Irritability and Incontinence in the Female, 

 by Dilatation of the Neck of the Bladder" (Clin. Essay, No. 6, 

 Lancet, 1875) ; (12) "The Surgery of Scrofulous Glands" {Med. 

 Times and Gazette, 1885). 



William Topley, 



F.G.S., Assoc Inst.C.E. Student of the Royal School of 

 Mines, 1858-61. For twenty years engaged in the Geological 

 Survey ; and has mapped parts of Kent, Surrey, Durham, North- 

 umberland, &c, with illustrative sections and memoirs. Author 

 of a general Memoir on the Geology of the Weald of Kent and 

 Sussex. Author of various papers in Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. ; 

 of a paper on the Relation of Geology to Agriculture, in Journ. 

 Roy. Agric Soc ; and on the Channel Tunnel, in Quart. Journ. 

 Sci. Assisted Dr. Buchanan in a Report to the Privy Council 

 Medical Officer, on the Distribution of Phthisis as affected by 

 dampness of soil. Secretary (1872-81) of the Geol. Section of 

 Brit. Assoc. Member for England of the Committee for 

 preparing an International Geological Map of Europe. Editor 

 of the Geological Record. President, Geologists' Association. 

 Author of Report on "The National Geological Surveys of 

 Europe" (Brit. Assoc, 1884). 



Henry Trimen, M.B. (Lond.), 



F.L. S. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Ceylon. De 

 voted to the study of Botany, systematic, descriptive, economic, 

 geographical, and historical. Editor of the Journal of 

 Botany, 1872-79. Author (in conjunction with Mr. W. T. 

 Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S.) of "Flora of Middlesex" (1869); of 

 the Botanical portion of Bentley and Trimen's " Medicinal 

 Plants" (1875-80) ; and of more than sixty papers on botanical 

 subjects, including : — " Descriptions and Critical Observations 

 on the Successive Additions to the British Flora " {[ourn. of 

 Bot., 1866-79); "The funcacetz of Portugal" {ibid., 1872); 

 " Spenceria, a new genus of Rosacea;" {ibid., 1879) ; " Phyllora- 

 chis, a new genus of Graminea" {ibid.) ; "Notes on Oudneya 

 and Boea" (Linn. Soc. Journ., 1877-79); "Systematic Cata- 

 logue of the Phanerogams and Ferns of Ceylon" (Journ. Asiat. 

 Soc. Ceylon, 1885); "Notes on the Flora of Ceylon, with 

 Descriptions of many new species" {Journ. of Bot., 1885); 

 "Hermann's Ceylon Herbarium and Linnaeus's 'Flora Zey- 

 lonica,' " being a critical examination of the plants of Hermann 

 described by Linnaeus (Linn. Soc. Journ., 1887); "Report to 



