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alo^y, mining, assaying, German, etc. On his return to 

 Montreal lie l)e(anie assistant to Sir J. AV. Dawson in the 

 chemical laljoratory and nniseiim of McGill College, and later 

 he entered the applied science department of that university 

 from -which position he retired to accept an appointment to 

 the chair of chemistry and natural science in Acadia College, 

 "Wolfville. Resigning in 1881 he was appointed in the fol- 

 lowing year professor of chemistry and geology in King's 

 College, Windsor. He was also for some years librarian and 

 curator of the college museum and vice-president of the 

 council. 



Professor Kennedy has aided in the work of the Canadian 

 Geological Survey in various ways and conducted for a num- 

 ber of years a series of interesting observations in reference 

 to maritime life in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



He has been an associate member of the Institute since 

 Xovember 0th, 1882, and was also an associate member of 

 nearly all of the scientific societies in Canada, a member of 

 the American and of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, and a fellow of the Geological Society of 

 London, England. He received his honorary degree of D.Ss. 

 from King's College in 1890. As a geologist, mineralogist and 

 zoologist he occupied no inferior rank in the Dominion of 

 Canada. 



Captain E. B. Tilling died at Halifax December 22nd. 

 1906. He was born in 1849, and entered the liritish navy 

 at nn early age. After rising to the rank of commander he 

 ^('^ laed commutation of his service and retired, going to Win- 

 nipeg, where he purchased a farm. Later he commanded a 

 passenger steamer on the Pacific, but forfeited that position 

 ■when an act was passed providing that captains of United 

 States passenger steamers should be citizens of that country. 

 Later he received an appointment in the marine department, 

 and for some time previous to his death was stationed in 

 Halifax as nautical examiner. He had been a member of 

 the Institute for a short time only. 



