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MAY 1,1897 THE COLONIES AND INDIA 1 DijstaisM and Official I MR. NORTON-KYSHE. of Mr upon the subject of the English form of oath having attracted attention both here and in the Colonies, and which we should think ought now finally to settle the point, satisfying even the would-be reformers upon the subject, has induced us, in connection with passing a creditable examination in Malay, both colloquial and written, and holding alternately, either in Singapore, Penang, i or Malacca, the position of Acting Registrar, Acting Second and Senior Magistrate, Commissioner of the Court of Requests, Coroner, Officer in Charge of the Treasury, and Commissioner 1 his important services in the Colonial Department, to obtain a of Stamps, besides doing in various ways valuable and lasting 1 J- LL 4 i i "i 4i I 1 fa 4 4 1 i 4 iV V- 1 4 i i 1 1 i SFX 41 4 1: F. 1 T.V 4 4 1 i 4 ri ri A -v- 1 I AM 1 1 .1 1 i i record of bis career, as well as a copy of his portrait, which we now reproduce as a valuable addition to those of other distinguished men which we from time to time have been able to place before our readers. Mr.

W. Norton-Kyshe, who holds the position of Registrar of the Supreme Court, Official Adminis- trator, Official Assignee and Land Officer, injHong Kong, began life as a clerk in the office of his stepfather, Mr. James Henry Slade, a well-known and highly-respected solicitor, and in 1871 entered the Coknial Service as clerk to the Procureur and 4 Advocate-General of Mauritius, after previously passing an examination before the Civil Service Commissioner and I obtaining a certiticate for competency. After holding various appointments in Mauritius, Mr. Norton-Kyshe was promoted in 1880 by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach to the Deputy- Registrarship in Pcnang.

In this position, and in others which he held in the Straits Settlements from time to time, he greatly distinguished himself, gaining encomiums from such men as the late Sir Frederick Weld and Sir Thomas Sidgreaves, as well as from Sir Clementi Smith, Sir Theodore Ford, Sir Frederick Dickson, Sir Edward Sir John Goldney, Sir Elliot Bovill, Sir J. Bonser, and others with whom he served and after work for the whole Colony, in January, 1892,1 was appointed Sheriff of Singapore. His admirable reports of cases decided in the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, which run into several volumes, are preceded by a judicial history covering a period of over a hundred years, and he has -also produced two editions of an excellent index to the laws of the Straits Settlements. In September, 1895, Mr. Norton-Kyshe received his present appointment.

The Colonial Service possesses, we are told on good authority, no more hardworking or devoted and conscientious official than this an, who has a lengthy and exemplary record. He-is married to the daughter of Mr. Henry Callaway, of Grove Lodge, Portchester, Hants, Paymaster-m-Chief, R.N., the representative of an old naval family, and who for some jears was private secretary to the late Admiral Lord Alcester. Mr, Norton-Kyshe, whenever at home, has always identified himself with the cause of usefulness to the Colonies, and during his last leave in England took a prominent part in the Debating Society connected with his college at Cambridge. He is an old Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute and a member of St.

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