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We have lost "by death within the year three Honorary Members — 



In the Department of Science : — 



1 . "Wilhelm Philipp Schimper. 



In the Department of Polite Literature and Antiquities : — 



2. Ferdinand Keller. 



3. Maximilien Paul Emile Littre. 



And twelve Ordinary Members : — 



1. Philip Bevan, m.d., elected April 13, 1846. 



2. Stewart Blacker, j.p., elected January 9, 1843. 



3. Alexander Carte, m.d., elected February 12, 1855, 



4. Leonard Dobbin, elected January 11, 1847. 



5. Eeuben Joshua Harvey, m.d., elected December 14, 1874. 



6. Thomas Hayden, f.k.q.c.p.i., elected August 24, 1857. 



7. James Joseph MacCarthy, e.h.a., elected April 11, 1853, 



8. Robert Mallet, p.e.s., elected October 22, 1832. 



9. Eev. Thomas Romney Robinson, d. d., p. e. s,, elected 



February 14, 1816, 



10, Colonel Crofton M, Yandeleur, D,i,, elected May 26, 1834. 



11, William H. Warren, m.d., elected June 23, 1872. 



12, Edward "Wright, ll.d., elected November 12, 1855. 



It will thus be seen that the Academy has had serious losses 

 during the present year, including two former Members of Council, 

 and a President whose name stood among the foremost in the world of 

 science. 



In Alexander Carte, m. a,, m. d., f. e, c. s. i., p. l. s., who died 

 September 25th, 1881, the Academy has lost a respected and valued 

 Member of its Council, and Science an earnest and faithful investigator. 

 Dr. Carte commenced his scientific career as Curator of the Museum of 

 the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin. In 1851 he was appointed 

 by the Royal Dublin Society to the charge of their Katural History 

 Museum. At this period the Museum was lodged in a few rooms in 

 Leinster House, on the Library floor, and, excepting its Mineral Collec- 

 tion, contained but few specimens of value. The great increase of the 

 collections, as they now exist, in their present excellent arrangement, 

 is due to the labour and energy of Dr. Carte, who, on the transference 



