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The late Mr. H. M. Jenkins. 
mav well be congratulated if it shall find a successor of equal 
power and devotion.* 
The reader now has before him, too much perhaps in mere 
catalogue fashion, some idea of a busv life which had been 
heartily devoted all along to the duties which belonged to every 
successive stage of it. Schoolboy, student, worker, subordinate, 
and chief — always resolute, energetic, svstematic, urgent, prompt, 
and punctual in the work he had to do — Henry Michael Jenkins 
had grown in capability and power from year to year. Every 
step taken was in advance, whether from one position to another, 
or at length from one duty to another in the position which he at 
last achieved, and which he held for nearly twenty years. What 
were the special points on which his continual success had de- 
pended ? For my answer to this question I am largely indebted to 
Professors T. Rupert Jones, P. Martin Duncan, and W. Carruthers, 
who have been his friends since earlv manhood, and especially to 
his cousin, Mr. F. J. Lloyd, F.C.S., with whom he often discussed 
both the subjects and the objects of his work. He was always 
-singularly receptive, svmpathetic, teachable. This lay at the 
foundation of it all. ?sot only every subject which he touched, 
* ^Ve add here a list of the Medals and Diplomas conferred upon Mr. Jenkins 
at various dates : — 
1870-71. "Souvenir de gratitude,'' with bronze medal, from " Les Cultiva- 
teurs de la Seine." 
1871. Silver medal of the "Socie'te des Agriculteurs de France," as dele^te 
of the French Peasant-Fanners' Seed Fund. 
1871. Gold medal, "Souvenir reconnaissance," from the "Communes de 
Montlery et Linas," bearing the motto, " Solidarite des peuples." 
1871. French Pea^-anl-Farmers' Seed Fund. Diploma. In recognition of his 
valuable services as Honorary Secretary, and in distributing seed com in France. 
1871. Diploma appointing him foreign member of " L'Acade'mie Boyale 
d'Agriculture de Suede." 
1872. 2Gth June. Elected Corresponding Member for England of the Central 
Agricultural Society of France. ^ 
1872. Gold medal from the " Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. R€- 
publique FrauQaise." Testimony of esteem, and in recognition of the succour 
given by French Peasant-Farmers' Seed Fund. 
1S77. Diploma and Silver medal, "as a proof of great esteem, and as a re- 
membrance of the Agricultural Exhibition at Christiania." 
1878. Bronze mf dal of the " Societe des Agriculteurs de France. Congrea 
international de I'Agriculture." 
1879. Mansion House Committee. Gold medaL Her Majesty Queen 
Victoria, Patroness. 
1880. 10th Nov. — Elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Agricultural 
Society of Hanover. 
1883. Diploma of the Dutch Agricultural Society, in recoognition of his 
services at tlie Amsterdam International Exhibition. 
1884. Gold Medal for his ' Agricultural Reports ' (and Agricultural writings 
generally) at the International Agricultural Exhibition, Amsterdam. 
1884. International Health Exhibition. Diploma for services rendered as 
Judge. 
188.5. Bronze Medal of the International Inventions Exhibition, and Diploma 
f<r services rendered. 
