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 BURKE'S COLONIAL GEIfTRY. 263 Rostella, by the Rev. H. P. Kane. When twenty years of age he went to Queensland, and travelled overland from Brisbane to the Gulf of Carpentaria. He was among the first pioneers who took up station property on the shores of the gulf. On account of ill- health he returned to Tasmania, and accepted a position as council clerk to the Municipal Council of Glamorgan, which he held until the beginning of 1875, when he again left Tasmania, and recom- menced squatting pursuits on the Murray, at Cumberoona, near Albury, in which district he resided until elected to the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in 1880, since which time he has continued to reside in Sydney. Mr. Lyne was secretary for Public Works in the Dibbs Administration, 1885 ; declined the offer of leader of the opposition in the succeeding Ministry formed by Sir John Robertson ; again secretary for Public Works in the Govern- ment of Sir Patrick Jennings, which office he continued to hold until the Jennings Ministry retired in 1887. Mr. Lyne instituted a water conservation commission in New South Wales, and under his pre- sidency its proceedings were brought to a successful issue. II. Bishop, h. 27th May, 1848 ; m. Emma Bennett, and has issue, two sons and four daughters. III. Charles, b. 30th August, 1849 ; unm. IV. Clarence James Quartus, b. 9th August, 1855 ; m. Lilias Murray. v. Carmichael Finloch, h. 30th July, 1861 ; m. Alice Walch, and has issue, one son. Mr. Lyne emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Tasmania with his parents in 1826. He has held the commission of the peace for over 40 years, has been warden of Glamorgan for 11 years, and a member of the Legislature for the last eight years. ILinEage. John Lyne, Esq. of Little Compton, co. Gloucester, England, son of Thomas Ltne, Esq. of Lyde, co. Gloucester, and grandson of Hene¥ Lyne, Esq. of Little Compton aforesaid, m. Ist July, 1775, Betty Curtis, of Colesbourne, co. Gloucester, and had a son, William Lyne, Esq. of Apsley House, Glamorgan, Tasmania, b. at Little Compton, CO. Gloucester, 15th March, 1782; arrived in Tasmania in 1826 ; m. in London, to Sarah Bishop, who d. 2nd December, 1873. He d. 2nd February, 1854, having had issue, I. John, now of Gala. II. William, of Apsley House, Cran- brook, Tasmania, J. P., chairman of Quarter Sessions, co. Glamorgan, and member of Municipal Council, b. 7th November, 1811 ; emigrated to Tas- mania with his parents in 1826, and acquired the estates of Apsley, Cran- brook ; and Redcliffe, Swansea, both CO. Glamorgan, comprising in all about 10,000 acres. He «i. 9th Sep- tember, 1841, Caroline, daughter of John and Hannah Amos, and d. No- vember, 1869, having had issue, 1. James, b. 2nd December, 1848 ; m. 18th July, 1880, Lizzie Emily Walch, and has issue, one son and two daughters. 2. Frederick, of Eedcliffe, Swan- sea, CO. Glamorgan, Tasmania, J.P., b. 12th March, 1850; m. 4th March, 1875, Flora Margaret, daughter of Henry Lyne, Esq., and has issue, I. Walter Douglas, h. 24th December, '1875. II. William Henry, b. 27th April, 1879. III. Frederick John, b. 14th October, 1885. I. Flora Mary. II. Edith Caroline. Mr. Frederick Lyne's estate of Eedcliffe consists of 4,900 acres. 3. Lewis Walter, b. 28th December, 1855 ; «J. April, 1880, Eosina Amos. 1. Fanny Matilda, b. 18th June, 1843; TO. 11th March, 1874, Henry Gordon Von Stieglitz, Esq. of Tullochgonun, Fingal, Tas-