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LL.D.,M.D.,F.R.C.P., Dr. Pfarrer Engel, Dr. Szabo (Director 
of the Austrian Geological Survey). 
Obituary. —On the 31st December, 1893, the remains of 
Dr. Spruce were interred in the churchyard of Terrington, 
Yorkshire. The late Dr. Spruce derived much pleasure and 
instruction from our Herbarium, to which he made many 
contributions during the years 1838-1848. In 1849 he left 
England under the direction of the authorities at Kew, for the 
purpose of exploring the Amazon and its tributaries. In this 
expedition he was engaged fifteen years, and the results of his 
labour were of considerable importance to the commercial 
world. Owing to the destruction of the Cinchona trees in 
South America it was feared that the supply of this important 
bark would soon be exhausted. In 1860, at much personal 
danger and risk, Mr. Spruce precured seeds of the Cinchona 
and transmitted them to India. Since this period the cultiva¬ 
tion of the Cinchona trees has been thoroughly established in 
India, and a supply of this valuable bark (and consequently of 
quinine) is thus ensured. 
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The following Lectures have been given in the Museum 
during the past year :— 
“ English Novels,” by the Pev. Canon 
Lowther Clarke, M.A. 
“ Some Common Defects of Sight, with 
Special Deference to the Public 
Safety,” by Tempest Anderson, 
M.D., B.Sc. 
“Temporary Stars, by Dr. Ralph 
Copeland, F.R. S.E., F.R.A.S. 
(Astronomer Royal for Scotland). 
“Man’s Influence on Nature.” (No. 
III. Plant Life.) By H. M. 
Platnauer, B.Sc. 
“Man’s Influence on Nature.” (No. 
IV. Animal Life). By H. M. 
Platnauer, B.Sc. 
“Roman Children,” by the Rev. 
Canon Raine, D.C.L. 
“Lantern Night. 
“ Corsica,” by J. W. Barry, M.A. 
“ On some Marine Animals.” (Illus¬ 
trated by the real objects prepared as 
transparent Lantern Slides.) By H. 
Clifton Sorby, LL.D., F.R.S. 
“The Dialect of East Yorkshire,” by 
the Rev. C. F. Marmaduke Morris, 
M.A., B.C.L. 
“ Photographic Record of the Rocks.” 
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