1906. 
Obituary. 
73 
last few years he took great interest in the establishment of the Ulster 
Fisheries and lUology Association, of which he was a Vice-President. 
One of his latest public benefits was the generous help which he gave to the 
''Patterson Museum" in connection with the Belfast "People's Palace"; 
and by his will provision is made for valuable additions and improve- 
ments to the Municipal Art Gallery. His business enterprise, pul)lic 
spirit, scientific enthusiasm, and unaffected kindliness, will never be for- 
gotten in the northern city that he loved and served so well. 
G. H. C. 
REVIEW. 
TWO SCIENTIFIC ANNUALS. 
The Science Year Book and Diary for 1906. Edited by Major 
B. F. S. Badex-Powei,!^. Pp. 210 and 365 + vi. London: King, 
Sell, and Olding, Ltd.. Price, ^s. net. 
The Naturalists' Directory, 1906. Pp. 188. London: L. Upcott 
Gill. Price \s. 6d. net. 
These two welcome annuals cannot fail to be useful to men of science. 
In the first named will be found notes and tables on Astronomy, 
Geography, Physics, Chemistry, and Meteorology, reviews of the past 
year's progress in various departments of science by specialists, and a 
directory of periodicals, universities, societies, and of scientific indi- 
viduals, with biographical details ; the volume concludes with a 
comprehensive diary. With regard to the sciences which come within 
our scope, we may mention that the summary on Botany is written by 
Mr. Geo. Massee, of Kew Gardens, that on Zoology by Mr. W. P. Pycraft 
of the British Museum, that on Physiology by Dr. Felix Oswald, that on 
Geography by Mr. Edward Heawood, and that on Geology by Mr. Heury 
J. Seymour, of the Irish Geological Survey. 
The information in the lists and directory seems on the whole to be 
accurate, but we notice that the staff of the Irish Geological Survey, as 
given on p. 138, represents that body as it existed five or six years ago. 
Mr. Gill's " Naturalist's Directory" improves with each year of issue, 
divers omissions being filled up and errors rectified. Unfortunately the 
practice of printing advertisements on pages alternating with the text 
has not been abandoned, though we can conceive of nothing more calcu« 
lated to repel the user of an otherwise handy and pleasant little volume. 
