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courtesy and diplomatic skill enabled him to disarm much opposition 

 to reforms which his mature judgment and statesmanlike grasp of 

 affairs led him to suggest. 



Notwithstanding advanced years, Sir Robert Kane's health was 

 generally good, but the end came after a very short illness, and one 

 morning last February many gathered at his funeral to honour the 

 memory of one whose scientific reputation belonged to a past genera- 

 tion, and whose later life was largely devoted to the advancement of 

 his country's material interests. 



J. E. R. 



