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 member of the Legislative Council. On March 20, 1857, he resigned the Commissionership to Sir. S. Davenport, and in April, 1859, he retired from Parliament. In 1861 he gave up the Surveyor-Generalship, and shortly after left for England. In 1871, as fifth Baronet, he succeeded to the title and estates of Ford and Hastings, in Sussex. Since that period he has lived retired, but never lost his interest in South Australia. He was a Resident Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, and a most earnest worker on its behalf. He was of amiable disposition, and eminently respected for his kindness and affability.

Rev. Allan W. Webb, ORN June 17, 1838, at Leamington, Warwickshire, where his father wa.s a portrait painter of good repute. His early education was obtained at Vicar's Grammar School, in that town. Left an orphan at thirteen, he went to reside with his uncle. Dr. Allan Webb, a physician of eminence in Calcutta. In India he went to La Martiniere College, and there received a good classical and mathematical education, with instruction in the vernacular languages of India. "When barely seventeen years of age he had to leave India in consequence of a total break -down in health, and sought its restoration in the more genial climate of Australia, landing in Adelaide in May, 1855. He here passed through the severely trying experiences of a youth seeking employment in a strange land, and ultimately found it as junior clerk in a merchant's office. When nineteen he left the Church of England, to be associated with the Wesleyan Church. Becoming convinced of the Scriptural view of baptism, he was immersed, and joined the Baptist Church. Continued to hold the position of book-keeper in the establishment of Messrs. J. Colton & Co., but spent much of his leisure in study, and