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Obituary. 



[No. 7, NEW IKKIJES. 



At the Universal Exhibitions of 1851, as well as that of 1855 

 in Paris, Dr. Royle represented the East India Company, and was 

 engaged in arranging the department of each building that was 

 allotted to India. He evinced the same interest in the Exhibi- 

 tions of this Presidency, and some valuable " observations on the 

 improvement of the resources of the several districts" will be found 

 in the 18th Vol. of this Journal, p. 64, 1857. 



The materials collected at the different Exhibitions are now 

 preserved in a capacious museum, built for the purpose in the 

 premises of Leadenhall Street. Within a few days of his decease, 

 Dr. Royle was actively engaged in the arduous work of classifica- 

 tion. These duties occupied so much of his time that he had less 

 opportunity to attend to the labours of his Professorship. During 

 the last two years that he retained this office, his friend Dr. Head- 

 land lectured in his stead; and it was not until 1856 that Dr. 

 Royle resigned. He also made use of Dr. Headland in some of 

 his literary labours. He committed to his supervision the editions 

 of his " Manual of Materia Medica," which is much valued by 

 students. 



For a short time he held the office of Secretary to the British 

 Association for the advancement of science. He took an active 

 interest in the development of the plan of the great Exhibition of 

 1851, and the success which attended the Exhibition of the de- 

 partment of Indian Products was due in a great measure to his 

 efforts. He was a fellow of the Royal, Linnsean and Geological 

 Societies, and at the time of his death held an appointment in 

 connection with the East India Company in London. A subscrip- 

 tion is on foot to place a bust of him in the Hall of King's Col- 

 lege, London. 



