6 E. C. ANDREWS. 
Surveying to the University, Mr. Rygate acted as Lecturer 
for a short time. This was about’ the year 1905. Fora 
considerable time, terminating only at his death, he repre- 
sented the Institution of Surveyors on the Surveyors Board 
connected with the Department of Lands. He was Presi- 
dent of the Institution of Surveyors of New South Wales. 
during the years 1917 — 1918. 
JAMES MONTAGUE SANDY joined the Royal Society in 
1919. He was born in Sydney 64 years ago, and died July 
1921. He was the son of Mr. James Sandy, a former mem- 
ber of this Society, who in 1853, founded the business of 
which Mr. J. M. Sandy himself afterwards became Govern- 
ing Director. He was educated at the Sydney Grammar 
School. He was intimately associated with many notable 
and philanthropic movements, especially the Y.M.C.A. and 
the Benevolent Society. Mr. Sandy regarded the Y.M.C.A. 
as one of the finest influences for good citizenship among the: 
young men of the community, and to its advancement he 
devoted his time unsparingly. He was Vice-President of 
that institution for several years, and was its President in 
1919. ‘For twenty-two years he was a director of the 
Benevolent Society of N.S.W., and had been appointed to 
the Board in 1898, rendering most valuable services as. 
Honorary Auditor, as a member of the House Committee,, 
as Honorary Treasurer, and as Vice-President. He was. 
appointed asa Life Governor of the Society in 1909, in 
recognition of his great services in the cause of benevolence.. 
He has left a widow, three daughters, and two sons; the 
eldest son, Flight-Lieutenant J. L. Sandy was killed in 
France in December 1917; another son, Mr. Harold Mon- 
tague Sandy, held the rank of Lieutenant on active service 
and was awarded the Military Cross. 
Hpwyn JOSEPH STATHAM, Assoc. Mem. Inst. C.H., joined 
the Royal Society in 1892, and was a member until his death 
