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Rh extensively in N.8.W., Q'land, and elsewhere, speaking on the value of the vote to women. Is still a champion of woman'a political rights, and lectures and writes. Was Vice- President of Early Closing Assn., and is President of the Woman's dub and Presi- dent of the Ladies' Oomte. for the Assist ance of Discharged Prisoners. llecreations— Her home — "dearest place on earth" — house- keeping, gardening, collecting autographs, bookplates, photos of celebrated people, reading, poetry and art, social questions. Ad&reee— Lynton, 294 Jersey Bd., Padding- ton, Sydney.

SCOTT, Bct. William, M.A., first Govern- ment Astronomer of New South Wales, retired; 5. Hartland, Devon,, Eng. Oct. 8, 1825, s. of the late Thomas Scott, of Boode, Devon, banker, ed. BlundeU'a Sen. TiVerton, elected in 1844 to a Scholarship at Sidney Sussex College Cambridge (B.A., Third Wrangler 1848). Elected Fellow and Ma- thematical Lecturer of his College in 1848, and M.A. 1851. He was ordamed Dea- con in 1849 and Priest in 1850, was Government Astronomer of New South Wales 1856-62, when he resigned, Warden of St. Paul's College in the Univer- sity of Sydney 1865-78, Vicar of Gunning N.S.W. 1878, of Queenbeyan 1870, and Bun- gendore 1881, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Goulburn and Canon of St Saviour's Cathedral Goulburn 1881, retired 1*82. He was for some years Secretary and Treasurer of the Royal Society Sydney. Author of a treatise on Plane Co-ordinate Geometry. m. 1851, Eli/a Anne, <L of Dr. Roberts, B.N., E.G. of Portugal. Be- sides on his own estate at Kurrajong Heights, New South Wales.

SCOTT, William James, Under Secretary Department of Lands Queensland and Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands.

0CRT72H, Ernest George Edward, Under Secretary for Agriculture Queensland since Jan. 1, 1904.

8S3AQBB, Philip Samuel, I.8.O., Regis- trar of the Supreme Court of Tasmania since Jan. 1894; b. at Port Louis, Mauri- tius, April 20, 1845, a. of the late Charles Seager, of the Tasmanlan Civil Service, and arrived in Australia in 1856. Entered the Tasmanlan Civil Service in 1863. Com- missioner of Stamps, Registrar of Deeds, Registrar of Friendly Societies, also member of a number of Public Boards, Commissioner of Fisheries, Chairman of the Committee of Tasmanlan Tourist Association, Treasurer of the fund for erecting a memorial to the Tas- manians who fell in South Africa, and connected with a number of public move- ments. A widower; son, LL.B. Univ ofTaa, and legal practitioner. Addreu — "Gonara," Federal Street, Hobart.

BBABCTT, Arthur, Deputy Commissioner of Taxes and Stamps South Australia since 1896, President of the Marine Board since 1902, and Commissioner of Trademarks and Regiatrar of Copyrights since 1904; ft. Mount Barker, S.A., Jan. 6, 1852, «. of the late William Searcy, Chief Inspector of Police, and Charlotte £. Roffe, ed. private sens, and colleges. Appointed to S.A. Customs Service Oct. 1878, Audit Office 1875, Customs 1876, Tide Surveyor and Measurer of Ships 1889, Secretary of Marine Board 1890, Clerk As- sistant House of Assembly 1894, and Acting Deputy Commissioner of Taxes and Stamps 1891. Publication* — Customs Handbook (1889), Ma rine Board Handbook (1894).

BEDOEPIEIiD, W. J. v Lecturer in Eng- lish and Russian in the University of Manchester. Dr. Sedgefield was the flret student of the University of Melbourne to be admitted to the degree of Doctor of Letters. He subsequently graduated at Cambridge, and has published works on English philology.

SEOAB, Hugh William, M.A., Professor of Mathematics in the University College, Auckland; b. at Liverpool, Eng., Jan. 81, 1868, $. of Robert Segar, ed. at Liverpool College, and Trinity College, Cambridge M.A.; graduated as 2nd wrang- ler in 1890, McNeil and Earl Scholarships. Foundation Scholarship at Trinity College; Teats and Smiths prizes. Formerly Lecturer on Mathematics at University College of Wales, Aberstwyth, and was appointed to his present position in 1894. m. in 1895, Elise Frederica, d. of Franz Scherif, of Auckland. Recreation — Lawn tennis. Ad- drees— "Lynedoch," St. Stephens Road, Parnell, N.Z.

SEM^KEXIC, Victo* Oonradadorf Mo- risset, C.B., Major, Deputy Assistant Adju- tant-General and Deputy Asst. Quartermaster- General Queensland District since 1902; b.