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nical Instruction, and had a share in the organisation and 

 management of the Bournemouth Pupil Teachers' Centre. These 

 institutions ceased to exist some years ago, but Miss Rooper took 

 up the Honorary Secretaryship of the Education Section of the 

 Victoria League and Juvenile Association, and retained that office 

 till the end. The removal by death of Miss C. A. Rooper will 

 long be felt as a loss in a wide circle, and not least by those who 

 were associated with her in the work of the Bournemouth Natural 

 Science Society. 



A. J. G. SWINNEY, M.E., M.Inst.M. and M. 

 Died— July 23rd, 1918. 



Mr. Swinney joined the Society in May, 1916, attaching him- 

 self more particularly to the Geological Section. On February 

 21st and March 7th, 1917, he gave lectures before that Section on 

 " The Mining of Kimmeridge and other Oil Shales." These 

 lectures appeared in Vol. IX. of the Proceedings as the third and 

 last of a series of papers on " The Problem of Kimmeridge 

 Shale." 



MISS EDITH EILOART. 

 Died— September 9th, 1918. 



Miss Eiloart's father was a London solicitor, her mother the 

 writer of stories popular in their day. She settled in this neigh- 

 bourhood about nine years ago, and joined the Society in 1912. 

 She took a general interest in scientific subjects, was devoted to 

 her garden, and delighted in foreign travel. 



LIEUTENANT PERCIVAL M. CHADWICK, R.E. 

 Killed in action — September 22nd, 1918. 



When the war broke out Mr. P. M. Chadwick was a member 

 of the Staff of the Civil Engineering Department of the Univer- 

 sity of Birmingham. He was B.Sc. (Engineering) in Honours of 

 the London University, and had received his M.Sc. degree, Bir- 

 mingham, for an experimental research on centrifugal pumps. 

 His intended continuation of this research would, no doubt, have 

 led to the doctorate had his life been spared. Passing from the 

 University O.T.C. to the East Anglian Royal Engineers he served 

 in Gallipoli, and was present at the evacuation. Recovering from 

 shell-shock and enteric fever he was sent to France. Twice he 

 was wounded, and, a few weeks before the Armistice, a 

 German shell cut short a career so full of promise. Lieutenant 

 Chadwick joined our Society in April, 1918, and looked forward 

 to taking" an active part in its work when the war should be 

 over. His ability as a lecturer, his intimate knowledge of many 

 subjects, and his store of personal experiences would have made 

 his contributions of exceptional interest and value. Of his 



