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 Captain J. Treloar ADELAIDE AND VICINITY 571 pioneering work of mining. His opinion on mines was sought for and valued, and reliance was placed on his conclusions and convictions. He was called upon to formulate reports on many important mines around Coolgardie. Seeing the great futLire that lay in store for several of the leading mines, he quickly invested his money in them. The; Hannan's Brown Hill Mine at Kalgoorlie was purchased by him, and resold at a considerable profit. The Reefers Eureka was pegged out and develop(d by him ; and was then floated in Adelaide with a large capital. In May, i<S96, he journeyed to London and sold the Lombard and Charing Cross Mines. The Blumberg and other mines of South Australia were also floated by the Captain successfully into the Talunga Goldfields Development Company, with a capital of ^350,000, with ^50,000 guaranteed working capital. Eour hundred and forty-two acres of freehold land have fallen to the possession of the companx', and systematic developmental work was instituted under his sLipervision. F"or nearly 50 years this able miner pursued his avocation over almost all the known Australian mining fields. With copper, gold, silver, asbestos, nickel, and bismuth, Captain Treloar had extensive experience ; and few had as ripe and comprehensive a knowledge of the nature of these metals, and the multifold conditions attaching to their discovery and raising. His practical acquaintance with every detail of the complex operations of mining was conclusively evinced in the successful development of th<; properties he controlled. His knowledge was gathered from numerous mining fields with diverse metalliferous capabilities. He died at his residence, Nicholson Street, North h'itzroy, on April 3, 1 90 1. Rev. Henry Thomas Buro;ess, LL.D. IN the village of Sandbach, Cheshire, a child was born on March 27, 1S3Q, who was destined to wield a great influence within the Methodist Church of Australasia. Henry Thomas Burgess' came to the Province in 1848 with his parents, and lived at the Burra, then in the heyday of its prosperity. He entered the ministry in 1859, his first circuit being Yankalilla. In no fewer than a dozen circuits in the Province he has "travelled" as a Methodist preacher, and has been Chairman of the District, Home Mission Secretary, Conference Secretary, and Connexioiial Editor on several occasions. In 1880, 1890, and again in 1900, Dr. Burgess was called to the Presidency of the South Australia Conference. After serving as Secretary to the General Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church for six years. Dr. Burgess was elected President, the highest honor which it was in the power of the Church to bestow. He proved himself equal to all the demands made upon him whilst occupying that onerous position, and worthy to stand in the place of the great man who had preceded him. As a preacher. Dr. l^ur^ess displays a keen power of analysis, and as a thinker and speaker, he is in the front rank of Australia's public men. In November, 1898, the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the Middletown University, U.S.A. He is die author of several prize essays, notably "The Eruit of the Vine," and is a frequent contributor to many local and foreign periodicals. He is generally regarded as being the leader in the movement for Methodist union, which was so recendy consummated in South Australia. ^' ^' "