180 Royal Society of Victoria. 



Edmund Samuel Parkes. 



Mr. Parkes, though for many years a member of the Royal 

 Society, was too entirely devoted to the claims of his profession 

 to admit of his taking an active part in its proceedings, further 

 than by occasional attendance at the Council's Conversaziones; he 

 was, however, known and respected by many members of the 

 Society and of its Council. 



He began his business life in the office of a leading firm of 

 London shipbrokers. From that he passed into the London and 

 Westminster Bank, where he acquired the experience and know- 

 ledge which he applied to such good purpose in his subsequent 

 career. He afterwards joined the Alliance Bank of London, as 

 Manager, and on leaving it he received a flattering testimony of 

 the estimation in which his services were held. In 1867 he 

 accepted the appointment of Inspector in the Bank of Australasia 

 in Melbourne, where he became General Inspector in 1871, and 

 Superintendent in 1876. He enjoyed the highest reputation as a 

 banker among bankers. He was unfortunately killed in the 

 railway collision which occurred on the 11th of May, at Chapel 

 Street, Windsor, being so severely injured that he only survived 

 about three hours. He was fifty-three years of age. He had lost 

 his wife within the year preceding, and left a numerous family. 



Sir Julius Haast, K.C.M.G., F.B.S., D. Sc. Camb. 



Julius Haast, who was a Member of the Academy of Sciences, 

 Paris, &c., and Honorary Member of the Boyal Society of Victoria, 

 was born at Bonn on the 1st of May, 1824. He emigrated to 

 Auckland, N.Z., in December 1858, where his scientific career as 

 Government Geologist included important researches in geology, 

 geography, zoology, botany, and meteorology, records of which are 

 preserved in the scientific journals of New Zealand. In 1886 he 

 proceeded to Europe as Commissioner for New Zealand at the 

 Indian and Colonial Exhibition, and afterwards visited most of 

 the principal cities of Europe, obtaining thence valuable contribu- 

 tions for the Canterbury Museum. His lamented death took place 

 unexpectedly on the 16th of August, 1887, at Christchurch. 



Solomon Iffla, L.B.C.P. Glasgow. 



Dr. Iffla was born in Jamaica in 1821, but was for some years 

 at Philadelphia, U.S.A., before going to Scotland, where he 



