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Denbighshire and Flintshire. In 1883-84 Mr. Luxmoore began on 

 his own account the exploration of the Caves at Ffynnon Beuno and 

 Cae Gwyn, and during the exhaustive work carried on under grants 

 from the Royal Society and the British Association, from 1885-87, 

 he rendered great assistance, and was one of the committee. In 

 1887 he was elected a Fellow of this Society. He died very 

 suddenly at Locarno, in Italy, on March 27th, 1893, at the age of 

 63. 



Charles Edward Austin, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., was born at Wotton- 

 under-Edge on the 22nd June, 1819. As a young man he was 

 engaged under Brunei in the construction of the Great Western 

 Railway, which was opened through to Bristol in 1841. After- 

 wards he resided in Russia, devoting his attention to the steam- 

 navigation of the Volga. He was elected a Fellow of this Society 

 in 1858, and four years later communicated some notes ' On 

 a locality in Siberia where Fossil Fish and EstJierice have been 

 found.' For many years he was engaged in the construction of 

 foreign railways, especially in Eastern Europe and Asia Minor. In 

 the latter country, about ten years ago, he worked a mining con- 

 cession at a considerable loss of time and money. He was also 

 engaged in enterprises for dealing with the sewage of towns, and 

 published treatises on the subject. 



Mr. Austin died on the 8th April, 1893, aged 74 years. 



Sir James Anderson was born at Dumfries in the year 1824. 

 Having received his early education in his native town, he entered 

 the mercantile marine at the age of 16, and ultimately rose to the 

 command of one of the Cunard line of steamships. His chief 

 scientific work was in connexion with the laying of the Atlantic 

 cable, when he was in command of the ' Great Eastern.' In 

 November 1866 he received the honour of knighthood on the 

 successful completion of that undertaking. About four years after- 

 wards he joined this Society, though I am not aware that he ever 

 took any active part in its work. Sir James Anderson died in 

 London on the 7th May, 1893, in his 69th year. 



James William Davis, F.L.S., F.S.A., was born in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Leeds on the 15th April, 1846, and received his early 

 education at the grammar school of that town. When about 

 18 years old he accompanied his father's family to Halifax, where he 



