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But it is not only for such qualities as were 

 evidenced in his public life, or in the practice of his 

 profession, that the memory of Sir James Agnew will 

 be held in affectionate remembrance. Of his private 

 benevolence, and of his readiness to help a.ny institu- 

 tion or enterprise that appealed to his sympathy, 

 there can be no official record. Nor is it possible, 

 even for those who knew him best, to give any 

 adequate description of the versatility of his genius, 

 which enabled him to take a keen and intelligent 

 interest in everything that came in his way, from 

 the translation of an Ode of Horace, or some 

 literary criticism, to the discussion of arcana con- 

 nected with his own profession, or the latest discoveries 

 in mechanical and electrical engineering. This active 

 interest in everything that concerned humanity con- 

 tinued throughout his life, and his faculties happily 

 remained unclouded to the end. 



" He had reaped 

 The harvest of his days, and fell asleep 

 Amid their garnered sheaves." 



Richard Stonhewer Bright, M.R.C.S., E., L.M., 

 L.S.A. Died 28th October, 1901.— Born at South 

 Audley-street, London, in 1835, he was educated at 

 Christ's Hospital and King's College, and, following 

 in the steps of his father, took up the study of the 

 medical profession, and qualified for membership of 

 the Royal College of Surgeons in 1857. Commencing 

 his professional career on his arrival in Tasmania in 

 1858, he continued in active practice until his death, 

 having been for 41 years Honorary Surgeon at the 



