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president’s address. 
which appeared in 1869, and ran through fourteen editions. 
His most brilliant researches were on the actions of the 
inorganic bases, such as calcium, potassium, sodium on the 
functions of living protoplasm. During the earlier portion 
of his life he devoted much attention to Clinical Medicine ; 
but his favourite study was Pharmacology, and, in spite of 
the demand on his time made by his hospital duties and an 
extensive practice, he managed to spend a good deal of time 
in his laboratory. He was a rapid thinker, and devoted 
his whole life to his work, and was thus able to cover a wider 
field and accomplish more than could have been thought 
possible.. 
The Rev. R. M. Gawne, M.A., died on the 20th October, 
1910, at Swaffham. He was formerly Rector of Reymerstone, 
and later of Ashill. He was born in the Isle of Man, and was 
the second son of the late Edward Moore Gawne, Speaker 
of the House of Keys, Isle of Man. He was educated at 
Eton, and Christ Church, Oxford. 
The Rev. Richard Freeman, who died at his residence, 
Whitwell Vicarage, on the 26th of February, 1911, was much 
interested in the study of the Rotifera. In 1904 he worked 
for some days at the Sutton Laboratory, investigating these 
organisms, and in February, 1905, he read a paper at one of 
our meetings on Rotifera, which was published afterwards 
in the ‘ Transactions.’ It is a matter of great regret that his 
early death has deprived us of a worker in a somewhat 
neglected branch of Natural History in Norfolk. 
The sad death of Mr. J. E. Balls, on March nth, is deeply 
deplored by many friends in Norwich and elsewhere. He 
was famous in early life as an athlete. He had retired from 
his connection with Barclays’ Bank, which, including its 
former existence as Gurney & Co., had lasted fifty years, 
but he only lived two years to enjoy his retirement. 
Mr. Henry Scherren, F.Z.S., died on April 25th at 
Harringay. He had devoted himself to journalism, especially 
