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At his ten-years' jubilee (1904), in acknowledgment of 

 all his faithful services, Leverkiilm received the title of 

 "Hofrat" from the Prince, who also made him a Knight. 

 With honours of this kind Leverkiilm was amply provided — 

 it is stated that two velvet cushions with twenty-one Orders 

 on them were carried behind his coffin. The Prince and all 

 the notabilities of Bulgaria were present at the funeral 

 ceremony, which took place in the German Evangelical 

 Church at Sofia. 



Besides such honours, Leverkiilm was a Corresponding 

 Member of many scientific Societies, amongst others of the 

 British and American Ornithologists' Unions and of the 

 Zoological Society of London. 



A full memorial of him has been published by Otto 

 Taschenberg (see 'Leopoldina' for December 1905, pp. 109- 

 111).— O. F. 



Sir Robert Lloyd Patterson, D.L., of Holywood, Co. 

 Down, a Member of our Union, died on January 29th, 1906, 

 aged 69 years. In him Belfast has lost one of her most 

 valuable public men, both from the commercial and from 

 the scientific point of view, and certainly the most eminent 

 in that department of knowledge which interests both parties. 

 He was the son of Robert Patterson, F.R.S., author of 

 ' Zoology for Schools/ &c, and was himself twice President 

 of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce, as well as of the 

 Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, to the 

 1 Proceedings ' of which he was a frequent contributor. 

 Successful in business, he retired in 1886, and was knighted 

 by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1902 for his public 

 services. The keen interest which he took in the establish- 

 ment of "The Patterson Museum" — so-called after his 

 father — was shown in many ways ; and he presented to 

 this important educational adjunct of the Belfast " People's 

 Palace" many specimens of mammals and birds. In the 

 'Irish Naturalist' appear several of his ornithological notes, 

 while he was the author of ' The Birds, Fishes, and Cetacea 

 of Belfast Lough,' of which two editions were issued. 



