62 HAMLYN’S MENAG "MENAGERIE hiiaaebisc sole 
gress of the work. But it is available iS special 
research, except such investigations as come un- 
der the Vivisection Act, and it is the hope of the 
Council that it may come to be as important a 
centre of scientific work as the richness of the 
available material justifies. 
——_&—— 
The London Aquarium Society. 
This Society was established on November 
Zist, 1919, for the promotion of the study of 
Aquatic Life, Animal and Plant. 
It consists of Ordinary, Associate, Honorary 
and Ex-officio members of either sex. 
Ordinary Members are elected on a Certificate 
of Recommendation signed by two Ordinary Mem- 
bers, giving the names, residence, and descrip- 
tion of the Candidate. The Certificate is read at 
two General Meetings, the Candidate being. bal- 
loted for at the Second Meeting. 
The Annual Subscription is Five Shilling 
payable on election, and subsequently in RAs 
on the Ist January in each succeeding year. 
Ordinary Members only are eligible to vote, 
and to hold Office. 
The Annual Subscriptions of Ordinary Mem- 
bers may be compounded for at any time for Two 
Pounds, Ten Shillings. 
Associate Members are elected under similar 
conditions to Ordinary Members, and have all the 
privileges of Ordinary Members, except that they 
may not propose Candidates for Membership, 
Vote, or hold Office. 
The Annual Subscription is Two Shillings and 
Sixpence, payable on election, and subsequently in 
advance on lst January in each succeeding year. 
Members elected after the lst July in any year 
pay Three Shillings and Sixpence if Ordinary, and 
One Shilling and Sixpence, if Associate, for that 
year. 
The Council in whom the management of the 
affairs of the Society is vested, is elected annually 
and is composed of the President, two Vice-Presi- 
dents, Treasurer, Secretary, and not more than 
twelve other Ordinary Members. 
Any person desirous of becoming a Member 
of the Society may obtain further particulars of 
the Honorary Secretary, 252, Caledonian Road, 
London, N.1. 
Funeral of the late James W. 
Bostock. 
The mortal remains of Mr. James W. Bostock 
who was the oldest member of the world-famed 
_ world. 
Bostock family, was laid to rest on Mond 
Abney Park Cemetery, in a grave adjoinir 
one where his brother Frank was laid 
seven years ago 
The coffin was. of beautiful polished oi 
massive brass fittiings, and bore the follc 
inscription :— 
James William Bostock, 
Died 18th December, 1919, 
Aged 63 Years. 
The principal mourners were:—Mrs, J. 
Bostock, Mr. E. H. Bostock, Mrs. Frank B 
tock, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Fitt, Mr. «Be 
tock, Miss C. Bostock, Lieut. Francis Bostoc! 
Miss Boyes, Mr. W. Russell, Mrs. 
senr., Mr. W. Murphy, Capt. "Rowland and 
Rowland, Mr. Geo. Devey, Mr. Jack M. Head 
Mrs.. F. Gray, Mr. W. Kayes, Mr. Tom Nor 
Mr. and Mrs. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. W. Croy 
Mr. R. T. Mackenzie, Mr. Alf. Norton, Mr. J 
Studt, Mr. and Mrs. Hastings, Mrs. Panton, M 
Mestray, Mr. C. Deakin, Stanley Barney 
many others. 
There were an enormous number of mo 
eautiful wreaths. and other floral tributes. 
News of the death of Mr. James W. Bostoc 
“Jim” Bostock as he will be affectionatel 
fee by his friends, has been received with feel 
ings of regret by a large circle of friends. in sho: 
land, a loss we share: with them as he was one 
our oldest friends in the business. The late 
Bostock bore an honoured name and he has 
up its dignity all his life. Few men had trav 
so wide, and for many years he toured Ameri 
and all parts of the Continent and gained a> 
wide reputation. In his early days he ran 
menagerie and had toured all over with it and 
his last return from abroad he toured this cou 
with Anita, a lady he was exhibiting up to 
time of his death. He was one of the found 
of the Showmen’s Guild, or the Showmen 
Van Dwellers’ Protection Association, as it 
then called, and was elected President in 1891 
1892. Like the majority of showmen, he had h 
his ups and downs but he was always a worl 
and Showland is the poorer by. his death. 
ee a 
Public Men I have Known. 
MR. JOHN DANIEL HAMLYN. 
Mr. J. D. Hamlyn has an advantag 
most East London public men. He is alway 
the limelight. It is true he no longer sits on 
Borough Council of Stepney, but as “ 
agerie man” he is known all over th 
Even in the waste Pla of 
