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 MrHDuuon ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 429 duties of which position he discharged with zeal and intelligence up to the time of his death in Januarw 1877. He had the dignity of C.M.G. conferred upon him. In 1843 the partnership between Captain Bagot and Mr. E. H. Dutton was dissolved, and the latter founded a new head station on the same property, at that time known as Pudna, but which he called Anlaby, after a village in Yorkshire of that name. This magnificent estate comprises about 70,000 acres of some of the best land in South Australia, and is one of the most complete in the Province. It is of this fine estate that Mr. Henry Dutton is now proprietor. He came to South Australia as a boy, and was educated at St. Peter's College. Upon leaving school he received an appointment in the Bank of South Australia in Adelaide, and was for nearly 30 years associated with that institution. He was for some years Manager of the Mount Pleasant branch, but resigned in 1890. In that year his uncle, Mr. ¥. H. Dutton, died in England, and Mr. Henry Dutton succeeded to Anlaby. Mr. E. H. Dutton had practically resided in PLngland since 1853, although he visited the Province for a few months in 1858 and in 1868. Anlaby was originally stocked with a fine strain of sheep, and this Mr. ¥. H. Dutton constantly improved by importations. On four different occasions he purchased for the estate valuable merino rams in Germany, and from these the present flocks are descended. It has been the object of the management to obtain an even standard of woo! rather than to rear prize-taking animals, hence the property has been highly remunerative. Stud sheep of fine quality produced there have been ]nirchased by other breeders, so that Anlaby, apart from its charming scenery and handsome residerice, is noted throughout the Province. There have been four maurigers of the property on behalf ot the Duttons - uncle and nephew — and these gentlemen have made it their peculiar care to improve the property in consonance with the wishes of the owners. The first manager was Mr. A. Buchanan, the second Mr. H. T. Morris, the third Mr. P. M. Miller, and the present, Mr. Mayoh Miller, son of the last named. Many years ago Mr. E. H. Dutton took up the Callana lease, of 1,000 square miles, near Hergott, but owing to the uncertainty of the rainfall, deemed it advisable to surrender it to the Government. With Mr. John Melrose, Mr. Henry Dutton is owner of North Booborowie, a valuable and well-grassed property of about 35,000 acres, situated some 12 miles from the Burra. He is thus a pastoralist on a large scale. In addition to his residence at Anlaby, where he and his wife have been enthusiastic floriculturists, having taken prizes in Adelaide for their blooms, Mr. Dutton has purchased at Unley Park, near Adelaide, a large mansion, surrounded by about 22 acres of land, which is called " Miegunyah," (the native name for " my home "). Mr. Dutton is a Justice of the Peace, a member of the Pastoralists' Association and a man of local influence. He is a Eellow of the Colonial and Imperial Institute, and a liberal-handed member of the Church of England. He built a church at Hamilton, near Anlaby, and presented it to the parish in memory of his only daughter. He contributed largely to the building fund of the Anglican Cathedral in Adelaide. He is a member of the Synod, and a lay reader, frecpiently officiating in the churches in the absence of the clergyman. A member of one of the oldest and chief families, he does not forget his duties to the community.