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felt. His place knows him no more ; but the recollection of the honest, 

 straightforward, and truthful man, who repudiated apparent subterfuge 

 or disguise as much as he loved openness and candour — of the keen, sharp- 

 eyed, energetic, active, entbusiastic, painstaking, hard-working natural- 

 ist, loving Nature for Nature's sake — of the agreeable companion, endowed 

 with a mind brimful of varied information, sd 1 much so that an occasion, 

 when he was in the enjoyment of health, spent in his society, was an oppor- 

 tunity to gain from, without lessening his stores, some fresh knowledge, or 

 to recognise some known truth or old fact in a new light — the recollection 

 of him whom we lament, who was all this and more, will, your Council 

 thinks, not readily fade from the minds of the members of the Natural 

 History Society of Dublin. Those who were best acquainted with him 

 knew best how greatly his good qualities outbalanced his failings ; they, 

 too, will best be able to call to mind his geniality and humour, his harm- 

 less quaintnesses and peculiarities, his excellencies and his weaknesses, 

 his amiability and his bluntnesses, the extent of his information, his 

 disinterested zeal, and his willingness to assist others — in a word, all 

 that went to mak^e up the individuality and the sum total of him whom 

 they knew so well and esteemed so highly — but they, too, will the most 

 keenly feel his loss, and will the most regretfully bear him in memory. 

 On the 6th February last the Society met, and heard from the President 

 the sad intelligence of the death of its long-esteemed and valued Hono- 

 rary Secretary. The President on that occasion brought before the 

 meeting, a resume of the late Professor's labours in zoological, botanical, 

 and palseontological science, concluding Avith an appropriate and touch- 

 ing allusion to his many excellencies. Without proceeding to any other 

 business, in testimony of their regard for the memory of John Eobert 

 Kinahan, the members present then adjourned. 



" But, besides the seven new members above alluded to, admitted by 

 ordinary ballot, your Council has the pleasure to announce that the list 

 of members of the Society has been increased by a large accession aris- 

 ing from a union effected in June last of the Dublin University Natural 

 Science Association with this Society. In May last a resolution ema- 

 nated from the Natural Science Association, and was forwarded to your 

 Council, suggesting the advisability of a fusion of that Association with 

 the Natural History Society, and proposing that this very desirable end 

 should be at once and simply accomplished by the admission to this So- 

 ciety of the members of that Association without entrance-fee or ballot. 

 Tour Council, cordially concurring in the view that the real interest of 

 natural science would be promoted thereby, after due consideration as 

 to details, met this proposal with a ready acquiescence. The Natural 

 History Society, accordingly, at a Special General Meeting, confirming 

 your Council's recommendation, passed resolutions admitting the mem- 

 bers of the University Natural Science Association as members of the 

 former without entrance-fee or ballot At a closing meeting of the 

 University Natural Science Association, held on the 10th of July last, a 

 resolution was passed, and a copy thereof transmitted to your Council, 

 ratifying its previous proposal to this Society, as follows : — ' That this 



