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attached to the pursuits of the naturalist, and followed these and 

 kindred subjects with great pleasure both to himself and asso- 

 ciates. "With Mr. Carr he took a lively interest in the formation 

 of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club, and was its second 

 President, entering, as will be seen by his Presidential address, 

 enthusiastically into the spirit of the Club's proceedings, and 

 urging and helping on the objects which the Club had in view, 

 in the obtaining as complete a knowledge as possible of natural 

 objects of our northern counties. He was specially interested 

 in the antiquities and folk-lore of our district, and read one or 

 two papers on these subjects, which are published in our Trans- 

 actions. He was a careful botanist. Six portfolios of his 

 botanical collection have been kindly presented to the Museum 

 by Mrs, Bigge. 



Edward Joicey, Esq., became a member of this Society in 

 1866, and though not able to take an active part in the business 

 of the Society he contributed nobly to its funds, and had the 

 prosperity of the Society constantly in view. 



Colonel John Joicey became a member of the Society in 1864. 

 "When the first proposals for having a larger building, and in a 

 more desirable situation, were made, he entered most cordially 

 into the scheme, and one of his first acts towards the Society 

 was the purchase and presentation of the site at St. James'. To 

 this he added the noble subscription of £5500 towards the new 

 building. His early and unexpected death, lamented both by 

 personal friends and the general public, alone prevented him 

 from taking a more prominent part in the affairs of the Society. 



Eobert Ormston was an original member, and one of the first 

 Trustees of the Society, which he continued to be till a short 

 time before his death. He did not take any active part in the 

 business of the Society, but through a long series of years he 

 supported the objects the Society always had in view — the ex- 

 tension of the study and a love of ITatural History. 



