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Hebrides, Fiji and Tonga groups, with those of the Solomon and 

 Louisiade Archipelagos, were accurately determined, and numerous 

 doubtful dangers, long the cause of perplexity and anxiety to 

 the navigator, were either correctly placed or proved to have no 

 existence. 



These examinations, and the improved conditions of the charts 

 which resulted from them, much facilitated the intercourse between 

 our great Australasian colonies, the islands of the Western Pacific, 

 and the coasts of China and Japan. 



During this voyage a considerable portion of the Fiji group was 

 also surveyed in detail, but the " Herald's " long absence from 

 England caused the completion of this work to be left to other 

 hands. 



In 1861 the " Herald " returned to England by Torres Straits 

 and the Cape of Good Hope, arriving home in the month of May, 

 and this memorable voyage terminated Captain Denham 's active 

 service afloat. 



During the short intervals of active service under the Admiralty, 

 Captain Denham executed several commissions connected with the 

 mercantile steam marine for the Lords Committee of the Privy Council 

 for Trade, and also with reference to harbour improvements at Liver- 

 pool, Swansea, and Bideford. 



He received votes of thanks from various National and Local 

 Boards, and in 1834 was presented with the freedom of the borough 

 of Liverpool, and elected a member of the Literary and Philosophical 

 Society of that city. 



In 1839 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and, in 1841, 

 a brother of the Corporation of Trinity House, and a corresponding 

 member of the United States National Institute for the Promotion of 

 Science. 



Sir Henry Denham was knighted for his long and important 

 services in the " Herald " on the Pacific Station, and especially for 

 the assistance he rendered by his counsel and otherwise to the New 

 South Wales Government during the Russian War of 1854-55. 



He was promoted to the rank of Rear- Admiral in March, 1864, of 

 Vice- Admiral in January, 1870, and Admiral in August, 1877. 



He died at his residence, Carlton Gardens, on July 3rd, 1887. 



G. H. R. 



