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 . Having inaugurated a School of Arts at his own residence, preliminary meetings with a view to increase its usefulness were held, and a society to promote its interests formed. It was not, however, till 1860 that the School of Design, of which this was the nucleus, was opened, with Mr. Hill as master. This post he filled in a creditable manner till September 30, 1881, when the school was handed over to the Governors of the South Australian Institute. Since then he has continued to use his graver and brush in that beautiful occupation that takes so little yet gives so much. In 1861 he obtained a special prize of five guineas for portrait painting, and also the gold and silver medals for painting at the Intercolonial Exhibition, Adelaide, 1881. Mr. Hill is a member of the Bohemian Club, and president of the Adelaide Sketch Club.

Ralph Wheatley Odgers Kestel, ORN at Portreath, Cornwall, July 28, 1838; arrived in South Australia, with his parents, in February 1848, and was first employed at the Kapunda mine in dressing ore. In 1849 he went to the Burra mines where he was engaged in various works, ultimately turning his attention to the building trade, and locating at Kooringa. Left for Victoria in 1852, and made altogether six trips from South Australia to the Victorian and New South Wales diggings, and when not so engaged worked as a builder in and around Port Adelaide, at which place he at length settled, and entered into partnership with Mr. Henry Burge. Many of the principal buildings in the locality were erected by this firm, notably the model school. Stilling & Co's store at the new dock, the Bank of Adelaide, and other important structures. Mr. Kestel was elected councillor for Centre Ward in 1877, 1881, and 1883, holding office until May 1884, when he resigned