lxvi. Annual Report of the Council. 



return founded the firm of Grey & Parlane, who carried 

 on a successful business as shippers of Manchester goods 

 to South America. Mr. Parlane retired from business in 

 1870, and from that time devoted himself to many public 

 and philanthropic institutions, and to the management of 

 several companies of which he was a director. 



He acted for many years as Consul for Paraguay in 

 this city, and took a very active interest in several of our 

 leading hospitals, notably the Manchester Royal Eye 

 Hospital, of which he was a member of the Board of 

 Management for 32 years and Honorary Secretary for 23. 

 For some years he was a governor of the Cotton Districts' 

 Convalescent Fund. 



Mr. Parlane's tastes were always literary, and he spent 

 much time in forming a valuable collection of books and 

 old tracts and pamphlets, which, in accordance with his wish, 

 was dispersed after his death. He was himself the author 

 of several very interesting pamphlets, which were printed 

 for private circulation only ; they included one on the 

 "Scots Darien Expedition," one on "Books and Printing," 

 and several smaller ones. 



Mr. Parlane became a member of this Society in 1861, 

 and always took a great interest in its welfare. He died 

 on July 7, 1896. 



An obituary notice of the late William Brockbank, 

 F.G.S., will appear in the next volume. 



