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22 THE COLONIES AND INDIA Sto. 19,1890 Mr. W. L. Vernon, a well-known Sydney architect, has been appointed to the position of Government Architect under the Minister for Public Works.

The office of Surveyor-General is to be abolished, and the position of Chief Surveyor and Superintendent of Trigonometrical Survey created in lieu thereof; and Mr. Edward Twynam has been appointed Chief Surveyor and Superintendent of Trigonometrical take effect from August 1, 1890. SOUTH AFEICA. Cape Colony. Mr.

Gill has been appointed Civil Commissioner and Resident Magistrate of Tarkastad. Mr. F. Wrensch has been appointed Assistant Resident Magistrate for the Cradock District. Transvaal.

Mr. Advocate Morrice has been appointed Fifth Puisne Judge of the Transvaal High Court. The appointment was offered to Mr. Gugerowski, Senior Puisne Judge of the Orange Free State, but the offer was declined. Dr.

Jorrissen, Assistant Landdrost of Johannesburg, has been appointed Third Puisne Judge of the Transvaal High Court, in place of Mr. Esselen, who has resigned. THE WEST INDIES. Bahamas. We understand that the new appointment of Auditor of the Bahamas has been offered to and accepted by Mr.

W. R. Hunt at a salary of 350Z. per annum. Hitherto the post of Auditor has been held in conjunction with the office of Colonial Secretary.

Mr. Hunt is a son of the late Right Hon. G. Ward Hunt, and entered the Colonial Service in 1887 as Second and Audit Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office, British Honduras, which appointment he now vacates. British Honduras.

By the transfer of Mr. W. R. Hunt to the office of Auditor of the Bahamas, the appointment of Second and Audit Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office has become vacant. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.

Mr. H. W. ChambrS Leech, LL.D., barrister-at-law, has been appointed a Judge of the Residency Court within and for the State of Perak. Mr.

G. C. Wray, Assistant Protector of Chinese, Penang, has been granted leave of absence with half salary for twelve months. Mr. C.

Kemp, Second Assistant District Officer, Klang, has been appointed First Assistant District Officer, and is succeeded by Mr. J. H. M. Robson, Chief Clerk, Ulu Selangor.

It is stated that the Government have raised the salaries of the Penang First Grade Surveyors from $150 to a month, as an inducement for good men to remain in the service. CEYLON. In spite of rumours to the contrary, we hear that Sir Bruce BurnBide is not retiring from the Chief Justiceship, but is only taking three months' leave of absence, so that it is premature to discuss the question of a successor. The Auditor-Generalship was still vacant when the mail left, and Various names are mentioned for the It is reported that Mr. Thwaites, Registrar of the Supreme Court, will soon leave the Colony on leave of absence, preparatory to retirement, and will be succeeded by Mr.

G. Grenier, the Deputy Registrar. BRITISH INDIA. Major-General Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency, now com- mandiog at Allahabad, has been selected to succeed Sir Thomas Baker in the command at Rawul Pindi. dolontctl anb QfhituaxQ.

Australia. Mr. William J. Dangar, the well-known owner of Neotsfield Estate, near Singleton (N.S.W.), and one of the most prominent stockbreeders, especially of horses, in the Colony, died on August 3, aged 61 years. He was one of the oldest residents on the Hunter River.

Mr. William Teece, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Goulburn, died on August 3, at the age of 45. He was elected to the House 18 years ago as the representative of Goulburn, and was then the youngest member of the House. He has sat for the same constituency without interruption ever since, having been returned unopposed no less than five times. The death is reported from Western Australia of Captain William Heslop, one of the best-known shipmasters in South Australia.

In the early fifties he was engaged in the trade between Adelaide and Melbourne, and at one time held the position of Harbour Master at Glenelg. An Extraordinary Piece of Japanese "Weaving, which is now in the exhibition in Tokio, will shortly find its way to London, where it will be shown to the public by the owner, probably in Bond Street. It is known as tsuzure-ori, or pierced weaving. It is of great size, and the design is equestrian archery, an old-world accomplishment in Japan, and one which is frequently used for purposes of illustration and design by Japanese artists. The price asked for it was about or about 1,7002.

The distinctive feature of this kind of weaving is that the whole margin of the design is perforated like the joining of postage stamps, so that when the whole piece is held up to the light the design of the artist seems to be suspended in the body of the stuff. In Japan this kind of weaving has been regarded as a tour de force of the artist, and it is believed that the piece which will soon reach this country is the finest and largest ever produced. TpTSTITTJT SUPERIEUK DE COMMERCE, ANTWERP, established by the Belgian Government for higher Commercial Education. The English Professor receives a limited number of Youths as Boarders, who are prepared for admission to the Institute, or for English Public Examinations. Younger Lads are also received, and these follow the classes of the well- known Allgemeine Deutsche Schule of the Here, in addition to a good general Education, they acquire a knowledge of both the Fxench and German Languages.

Terms, references, and full particulars, on application to Rue van Lerius 20, Antwerp. Mr. Joseph Crank, an old South Australian Colonist, died at his home at Norwood, last month. He went to the Colony in 1854, and was widely known and greatly respected. Mr.

Gosling, an old resident of Milang (S.A.), and a Colonist of 40 years' standing, died last month, widely regretted. Mr. Joseph Oldfield, an old Colonist, died at Adelaide recently, aged 66 years. Mr. W.

Barker, one of the principal townsmen of Mount Barker (S.A.), died at that place on July 29, aged 73 years. New Zealand. Mr. John Probert, a well-known resident of Auckland (N.Z.), died at that place recently. In his will he left 14.000Z.

to the New Zealand Wesleyan Conference, and 1.000Z. to the New Guinea Mission. The death is announced of Major-General William Bookey Langford, late of the Royal Marines, which took place at Folkestone. The deceased officer, who was 80 years of age, entered the service when George IV. was reigning, in 1828, and served with the Marine Battalion in Spain during the operations against the Carlists, from 1836 to 1840, being present at the actions of Fuenterrabia and Hernani, besides several minor affairs.

From 1841 to 1842, while serving in Her Majesty's ship North Star, he took part in the operations of our first expeditionary force in ended in the opening of the treaty ports to British trade. From China he proceeded, in 1846, to New Zealand, where the Maori chiefs were in a state of insurrection, and he was placed in command of a force consisting of Royal Marines and a detachment of the 96 th Regi ment, with which he successfully attacked and destroyed the strongly-stockaded pahs," or villages, of the insurgent chiefs. In 1854, during the Anglo-Russian war, he accompanied the naval expedition to the Baltic. The deceased, who was decorated with the China, New Zealand, and Baltic medals, retired on full pay as lieutenant-colonel in 1858, when he received the honorary rank of major-general. South Africa.

The death is reported from the Cape of the Hon. Charles Brownlee C.M.G., which occurred at King Williamstown on August 17. The deceased gentleman spent 40 years in the public service of the Cape Colony, and when he retired through ill-health, in 1886, he was specially thanked by the Cape Parliament and allowed a full-pay pension. Dr. Lavine, a well-known resident of Pietermaritzburg, died at that place on August 12, widely regretted.

West Indies. Mr. Eugenius A. Zuill died at his residence, Loyal Hill, Devonshire (Bermuda), on August 16, age4 69 years, after a lipgering illness. He leaves a widow and eight children, and is widely regretted by a large circle of friends..