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 , may be represented by members chosen from their own ranks, that members of Parliament must be paid for the time they devote to public affairs. He has shown much public-spiritedness by forwarding, as far as possible, the cause of education, believing that by such means alone the natural qualification of each individual may he turned to the best account, whether for himself or for the general good of the country. He has been for twenty years Hon. Secretary of the Prince Alfred College, having held this office from the commencement of that institution. His steady support of the right of working men to have suitable holdings of the waste lands of the Crown, at moderate rent and for a long term, so that they may have a home, and be able to find profitable employment when work is scarce elsewhere, has made him very popular. Born in 1821, it is not likely that he will, at this period of his life, take a more active position in politics than he does at present.

Samuel White Sweet, ORN at Portsea, England, May 1, 1825; joined H.M. Navy in 1844, and served on the China Station till 1849, chiefly in the signal department. Studied navigation, astronomy, and meteorology, and then joined the merchant service. In March, 1857, he was appointed to the command of the ship "Pizarro," and kept the meteorological log for the Board of Trade for three years, registering every four hours night and day, receiving from Admiral Fitzroy letters of Honorable Mention, especially in reference to forty sets of Lunars taken during one passage of seventy days. He was also presented with a large volume full of valuable information to seamen, with the wind-current and thermal charts of the world. During one of Captain Sweet's voyages in the "Pizarro," the crew mutinied, and the outbreak was only quelled by the prompt steps taken by their Commander.