OBITUARY, 
Exley Percival, B.A.: Principal of Queen’s College, 
died March 5th, 1893. Aged 44 years. 
By the death of Mr. PERCIVAL the colony has sus- 
tained a serious loss, as he was one of the few gentle- 
men of culture in British Guiana, who try their best to 
make it something more than a place to retire from as 
soon as possible. He took a great interest in botany 
and zoology and was a naturalist in the widest sense of 
the term. We had a very interesting paper by him in 
the volume for 1889, p. 515, entitled “ Wild Flowers of 
Georgetown,” and since his death his list of the birds 
found in the Botanic Gardens has been published in the 
Argosy newspaper and reprinted in pamphlet form. As 
Principal of the most important educational establish- 
ment in the colony he endeared himself tu all his pupils, 
who will miss his pleasant face for a long time to come. 
Honourable William Samuel Turner: Chief Commis- 
sary and a Managing Director of the Society, died 
May 4th, 1893. Aged 61 years. 
(See Minutes of the May Meeting of the Society,) 
