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Perdi^^and von HocHSTETTER, son of a clerical professor at Esslingen 

 in Wiirtemberg, was born on April 30, 1829. Destined at first for 

 his father's calling, he was led by his love of nature to adopt a 

 scientific career, and studied at Tiibingen under Prof. F. A. 

 Queustedt. After taking his doctor's degree, he proceeded to 

 Vienna, where he made the acquaintance of Haidinger, and from 

 1853 to 1856 was employed on the geological survey of Bohemia. 

 In the following years Hochstetter was absent from his native land, 

 being engaged as one of the scientific staff on the well-known 

 voyage of the ' ^ovara,' during which he quitted the ship for a time 

 in order to study the geology of ]S"ew Zealand and visit the 

 Australian gold-fields. The results of his explorations are published 

 in the first volume of the geological section of the work describing 

 the expedition of the 'jN^ovara ;' and Dr. Hochstetter was also joint 

 author of the small volume on Xew Zealand, a translation of which 

 is in the possession of this Society. On his return he was suc- 

 cessively Professor at the Yienna Imperial Polytechnic Institute, 

 and Director of the United Imperial Museum of Xatural History, 

 in both of which he reorganized the collections. In 1880 he was 

 elected a Foreign Correspondent of this Society. He was the author 

 of alarge number of separate papers and memoirs on mineralogical and 

 geological subjects, besides a 'Manual of Crystallography' and one on 

 Mineralogy and Greology; and he was the means of discovering 

 pile-buildings and other remains of a prehistoric race on the 

 margins of the lakes of Carinthia. Dr. Hochstetter was much 

 esteemed by the Imperial family of Austria, and numbered the Prince 

 Imperial among his pupils. His health had been for some time in 

 a failing condition, and he died, much regretted by all who knew 

 him, on July 21, 1884, leaving the reputation of an admirable geo- 

 logist and an indefatigable worker. 



The long and melancholy list is not yet ended. We lament, in 

 sympathy with our geological brethren across the Atlantic, Alexander 

 Murray, member of the Canadian Survey, to whom we are indebted 

 for most of what we know of the geology of Newfoundland. We 

 have lost also from the list of Members who have contributed papers, 

 Mr. T. CuRLEY and Mr. Joseph Colthurst, and but two days since 

 came the heavy news of the death of Mr. J. P. Campbell. Born 

 December 29, 1821, the eldest son of Walter P. Campbell, Laird 

 of Islay, and cousin of the present Duke of Argyll, his prospects 

 early in life were darkened by the loss of the family property during 

 his father's lifetime, and thus he found himself, immediately after 

 attaining his majority, thrown upon his own resources. This trial 

 was borne with a quiet magnanimity which gained him the admi- 

 ration of his kinsfolk and friends. He was called to the Bar, but 

 never practised. Prom 1854 to 1860 he was successively Private 

 Secretary to the Duke of Argyll and Secretary to the Board of 

 Health, the Mines Commission, and the Lighthouses Commission, 

 and from 1861 to 1880 he held office in Her Majesty's household. 

 In the intervals of the above duties he travelled much. Iceland and 



