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 professorial classes at the S.A. Institute until May 19, 1873, when the Church at Mount Pleasant having become vacant through the death of the Rev. Jas. Roddich, Mr. Angus received a call to that pastorate, and was ordained on August 19 in the same year. On the death of the Rev. P. Maclaren, of Port Adelaide, Mr. Angus accepted the position, and was inducted by the Presbytery, May 19, 1879. During the life of Mr. Maclaren steps had been initiated for the erection of a new church, and Mr. Angus had the satisfaction of seeing the present handsome and commodious edifice in St. Vincent-street completed and opened on February 5, 1882. Since 1878 he has been clerk of the Presbytery, vacating the position for one year in order to take the Moderator's Chair at the request of his brethren. Mr. Angus is at present associated with Sir S. Davenport and J. Howard Angas, Esq., in administering the estate of that well-known colonist, the late Geo. Fife Angas, Esq.

Charles Hill, ORN August 13, 1824, in Coventry, England. As he evinced at an early age a taste for art, he was articled for seven years to an engraver at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Entered the Academy of Fine Arts in 1840, and continued to study in the same institution after it was transformed into a School of Design and Arts, under Mr. W. B. Scott, A.M. This gentleman subsequently availed himself of Mr. Hill's assistance in preparing the posthumous works of his late brother, David Scott, R.A.S. After filling other important positions in England, Mr. Hill left for South Australia, arriving here by the ship "Historia," July 28,1854. He started in business as an engraver, but finding little to do, applied for, and obtained the appointment of Professor of Drawing to St. Peter's College and other educational establish-