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Dunedia Congregational Church. After fourteen years' 

 work in Dnnedin he went to Ballarat, where he laboured 

 from 1885 until 1888, when he became Congregational 

 minister at Marrickville, and he retired from the active 

 ministry in 1911. Dr. Roseby was widely known as an 

 astronomer. He took up the study of the science early in 

 his career, and' wrote numerous articles and some books in 

 connection with it. His principal work was the computa- 

 tion and publication in 1895 of "Elliptical Elements of 

 Gale's Comet." No elliptical comet elements had pre- 

 viously been computed in Australia since Rumker's com- 

 putations in 1822 and 1825. He was elected a Fellow of 

 the Royal Astronomical Society, and was president of 

 the New South Wales branch of the British Astronomical 

 Association in 1901 and 1902. From 1913 till 1916 he was 

 chairman of the Australasian Congregational Union. He 

 was chairman of the New South Wales Congregational 

 Union in 1891 and 1903, and delegate from New South Wales 

 to the International Congregational Conference in London 

 in 1891, and was first president of the New South Wales 

 Evangelical Council in 1900. 



John McGarvie Smith was born at Paddington in 1844, 

 and died at Woollahra on 6th September, 1918. He had 

 been a member of this Society for forty-four years, having 

 joined in 1874, and w T as known as a practical scientist. At 

 the age of thirteen McGarvie Smith was obliged to seek 

 his own livelihood, and learned the trade of a watchmaker 

 and jeweller. He took up photography, which led to an 

 interest in chemistry. At the age of twenty-three he 

 began to attend classes at the Sydney University in prac- 

 tical chemistry under Professor Liversidge, and theory 

 under Professor John Smith, at the same time attending 

 to his private business. As a metallurgist he rendered 

 valuable help in solving problems on mining fields, including 



