PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 3 
Quaife, Mr. P. W. Rygate, Mr. J. M. Sandy, Mr. H. J. 
Statham, Mr. T. I. Wallas, and Mr. H. D. Walsh. 
Sir JOHN RUSSELL FRENCH, K.B.E., became a member of 
the Royal Society in 1899, and remained with us until the 
time of his death, June 30th, 1921. He was born in India 
in 1847. His father was a major in the Indian Army who 
came to Australia when Sir John was only 11 years of age. 
Major French took up farms at Kameruka on the South 
Coast. Sir John Russell French was recognised throughout 
Australia as one of the most eminent bankers this country 
has possessed. It was partly in recognition of his great 
services, in an advisory capacity to the Commonwealth 
Government during the War, that he was made a Knight 
of the British Kmpire in October 1918. He was General 
Manager of the Bank of New South Wales from 1894 until 
his death. Apart from his vocation as a banker, Sir John 
identified himself with all the main public movements, 
especially those of a patriotic and philanthropic nature. 
He was one of the members of the Walter and Eliza Hall 
Trust, and be was a prominent official at St. Andrew’s 
Cathedral of Sydney. He was a member of the Com- 
mittee of the Clergy Widows’ Fund. He was one of the 
founders of the Institute of Bankers of New South Wales. 
Among the many public positions which had been held 
by him were those of President of the Sydney Chamber 
of Commerce and President of the Associated Chamber of 
Commerce of Australia; he was also a director of the 
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. 
Dr. FREDERICK HARRISON QUAIFE, M.A., M.D., Master 
of Surgery, joined the Royal Society in 1876. He wasa 
member of Council from 1897 until his death on the 7th 
March, 1922. He was a Vice-President of the Society also 
during the periods 1905— 1909 inclusive, and from 1912 till 
1916 inclusive. He was born at the Bay of Islands, New 
