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MARCH IS, 1897 THE COLONIES AND INDIA 15 Mr. W. E. Parsons, late of London and Worcester, died at Essendon, Melbourne, on January 26, aged 45. Mr.

C. S. Stowell, editor and proprietor of the Delhi Gazette, died at Agra on February 7, at an advanced age. Mr. H.

Bruce Boswell, of the Bombay Civil Service (retired), died at Iver Lodge, Bucks, on March 6, aged 68. Mr. Frederic Ayers, a son of Sir Henry Ayers, G.C.M.G., died at Altnabreac (S.A.) on February 1, aged 50. Mr. John Fisher, a South Australian Colonist of 58 years' standing, died at Auburn on January 24, aged 79.

Mr. George Peggie, a Victorian Colonist of 43 years' standing, died at East Malvern on January 22, aged 68. Mr. Thomas Bertram, a Victorian Colonist of 48 years' standing, died at Caulfield on January 30, aged 82. Mr.

Matthew Hanbury Seymour Clark died at Chakradhar- pur, Bengal-Nagpur Railway, on January 31, aged 31. The death occurred in London the other day of Mr. Adam Burns, a well-known citizen of Halifax (N.S.), aged 72. Mr. George Etienne Rioux, Stipendiary Magistrate of St.

Francis and Bedford, Quebec, died the other day, aged 50. Mr. Frederick Farmer, of EasIP Adelaide (S.A.), was accidentally killed at Kanowna (W.A.) on January 13, aged 42. Lieutenant Alfred Worsley Montagu, of the Bengal Staff Corps, died at Stoke Lodge, Guildford, on March 7, aged 67. Captain Thomas Bell, of the s.s.

Claverley, died at Colombo, Ceylon, on February 10, the result of an accident in Algoa Bay. Mr. Frederick Britain Jones, a Victorian Colonist of 42 years' standing, died at Coralbignie Station (S. on January 29, aged 73. Captain Pottinger, of the ship Itangetikei, was killed aboard that vessel in the roadstead at Napier (N.Z.), during a storm, the other day.

The crack shot of the Poona Volunteers, Lance-Sergeant Carvalho, was accidentally killed by the discharge of a rifle on February 13. Mr. Henry Hampton, a South Australian Colonist of 58 years' standing, died at Staple Ash, near Echunga, on January 31, aged 83. Mr. Hugh Wyatt-Smith, a son of the late Frank Hargrave Wyatt-Smith, of Arroyo Mala, Banda Oriental, died at Bula- wayo on January 20.

Mr. W. T. McLean died at Adelaide (S.A.) the other day, much regretted. He emigrated to South Australia in the David Mclvor in 1859.

Lieutenant Hoggs, R.H.A., died at Secimderabad on February 16. He was a good sportsman, and his death is greatly regretted in the garrison. Mr. John Joseph Graber died at Brighton (Vic.) on January 24, aged 65). He was an old Ballarat identity, and had lived in that place for 46 years.

Mr. John Fitzgerald, of Halifax (N.S.), died the other day, aged 89. He was for many years Sergeant-at-Arms in the House of Assembly at Halifax. Mr. David Evans Pinn, formerly of the Registrar-General's and Titles Department in the Victorian Service, died at Camberwell (Vic.) on January 30, aged 76.

Mr. A. H. Manson, editor of The Transvaal, died at Krugersdorp, Transvaal, recently. For some time the deceased was on the staff of the Krugersdorp Times.

Mr. Boyd Horsbrugh, of the Madras Civil Service (retired), died suddenly at Hastings on March 3. He was a son of the late Mr. Bethune Horsbrugh, of Lochmalony, Cupar Fife. Mr.

Tullockchand Manockchand, J.P., died at Chowpatti, Bombay, on February 12, from the plague. He was a partner in the well-known firm of Tullockchand Shapoorjee, the leading brokers and bankers in Bombay. Mr. James Bromwick Tomkies, of Pangbourne, England, died at Hampton, near Melbourne, on January 30, aged 47. He was out in Australia representing the well-known firm of Messrs.

Kearloy Tonge (Limited), of London. Mr. Dinanath Atmaram Dalvi, M.A., died in Bombay on February 10, aged 53. Mr. Dinanath was educated at Elphinstone College, and he took the degree of LL.B.

He appointed a sub-judge of Bombay in 1873, in which capacity he served the Government for about 20 years. Captain John H. Ward, of the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, died on board the cruiser Grafton on the China station the other day. The deceased officer, who was only 30 years of age, joined the R.M.L.I. in 1885, and became a Captain in 1895.

He loft England to join the Grafton a year ago. Admiral Vallon, Deputy for Senegal in the French Chamber, has just died, aged 74. He entered the French Navy in 1842 and fought through the Crimea, China, and Senegal campaigns, and was made Governor of Senegal in 1882. He retired with the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1886, and for the last eight years i had represented Senegal in the Chamber of Deputies. The Rev.

W. A. S. Robertson, Honorary Canon of Canter; bury, who died suddenly at that city on March 7, was appointed Commissary for the Bishop of Madras in 1891. Ho was a well- known authority on antiquarian matters, and for the last quarter of a century had acted as editor of the Kent Archivo- logical Society.

He was the author of The History of tho Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral," and a friend of the late Archbishop. We regret to record the death of Mr. William Smith, late Deputy Minister of the Canadian Department of Marine and Fisheries. Mr. Smith did not long survive his retirement from the Civil Service.

His career was a long and honourable one in the service of his adopted country, and he represented tho Government on many occasions on important missions. When he retired from official life he had tho great record of fifty-six years of public service. Paratcne To Manu, a well-known Maori chief, died the other day, near Auckland, aged 90. Parateno was a veritable link with the past, having seen service in the raids of the Ngapuhi tribe under the famous llongi, who about 70 years ago brought the whole of tho North Island and a good portion of the South under his personal control. Parateno was a lieutenant with llongi in the capture of Manimaina in 1823, and afterwards went with his chief to the South Island, where he was present at the massacre at Kaiapoi.

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