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those who promoted a Bill for the reconstitution of the Institute, providing 

 for the better representation of the various district Institutes on the Board of 

 Governors, and for an elected president, and when the new constitution came 

 into force in January, 1903, he was by common consent elected as first- 

 president under the new constitution — a position he still held at the time of 

 his death. 



As a teacher he was singularly clear and original in his methods of exposi- 

 tion, and possessed the valuable faculty of arousing enthusiasm in his pupils, 

 several of whom have become regular contributors to various departments of 

 natural science. Though he was not a public man in the ordinary sense, he 

 took his full share of public duties in all matters where he could contribute 

 special knowledge without becoming involved in questions of local politics. 

 Being thoroughly sincere, open, and straightforward in all his actions, he was 

 a keen and unsparing critic of anything that bordered upon pretence and 

 humbug, but to all genuine students and workers he was a warm friend and a 

 ready helper, and the loss of his valued advice and ripe judgment will be felt 

 by many.* 



* For this Obituary Notice the Eoyal Society is indebted to Professor Charles Chilton,. 

 M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S., Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand. 



