576 Olituary—Mr. T. J. Moore. 



Thomas John Mooee, A.L.S., Cork. Mesib. Z.S. — We regret to 

 record the death, on October 31st, of Mr. T. J. Moore, for forty years 

 the esteemed curator of the Liverpool Museum. Born in London in 

 1824, Mr. Moore early evinced an interest in scientitic pursuits, and 

 was at the age of nineteen appointed assistant to Mr. John Thompson, 

 curator of the Earl of Derby's Museum at Knowsley. In 1851, 

 when this collection was bequeathed to the Corporation of Liverpool, 

 Mr. Moore became curator, a position he held until the end of last 

 year, when failing health compelled him to tender his resignation. 

 Though more deeply interested in Zoology and Comparative Anatomy 

 than in Geology and Palaeontology, Mr. Moore devoted his energies 

 to the perfection of every department of the Museum under his 

 charge, more especially enlisting the services of the sea captains in 

 obtaining acquisitions ; and Liverpool at the present time has thus 

 one of the finest and best-arranged of provincial museums. Besides 

 contributing numerous notes on Zoological subjects to scientific 

 journals, and providing material for many specialists who recognized 

 him as a valued collaborator, Mr. Moore took an active part in the 

 spread of scientific teaching among the people, and his popular 

 lectures were always highly appreciated. From 18G5 to 1884 he 

 organized the Liverpool Free Public Lectures ; and he was an active 

 member of all the bodies in the city devoted to the encouragement 

 of scientific research. 



Bristol Museum and Library. — At a well attended meeting of 

 the shareholders, held at the Bristol Museum and Library, Queen's 

 Eoad, Bristol, on Thursday, November the 3rd, the shareholders 

 adopted a resolution, recommended by the Council, for the trans- 

 ference of the institution to the Corporation of Bristol. The Museum 

 Endowment Fund, £1,475, together with the generous offer of 

 £3,000 made by Sir Charles Wathen, vvill permit the liabilities to 

 be cleared off. The Buildings, Museum, and Library, are valued at 

 from £30,000 to £40,000, but for some time past the income, derived 

 chiefly from subscriptions, had been inadequate properly to carry on 

 the work, and had gradually declined during the past ten years. By 

 placing the Museum and Librai-y in the hands of the Corporation, 

 their proper maintenance in the future will be assured, and the 

 officials will, it is to be hoped, be adequately paid for their services. 



Geological Survey of New South Wales, Sydney. — We un- 

 derstand that Mr. Joseph E. Carne, F.G.S., Curator of the Mining 

 and Geological Museum, Sydney, N. S. Wales, who so ably assisted 

 the late Mr. C. S. Wilkinson, F.G.S., during the Mining and 

 Metallurgical Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, in 1890, 

 has been appointed by the Minister of Mines to the post of geological 

 surveyor, with a salary of £400 per annum. Mr. Carne entered the 

 service of the N. S. Wales Government in 1879, and has proved 

 himself to be in every way a most able and efficient officer, and has 

 won the esteem and reo;ard of all with whom he has come in contact. 



