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 public opinion in favour of the views it so consistently and persistently advocated for sixteen years. Though frequently asked to occupy public positions, Mr. Gall declined to do so, on account of failing health, which led him to retire from business in 1873, leaving it in the hands of Mr. Reginald Sheridan, his then partner. As a frequent correspondent to the Press, his pen is ever ready to aid in calling attention to public abuses, or in suggesting improvements, and his letters in the daily papers have been marked by telling terseness. Prevention of cruelty to animals and preserving the park lands for the use of the people were objects for which he personally struggled hard, and to a large extent succeeded. He has been an active member of the Chamber of Manufactures from its commencement, and an earnest worker in connection with the Christian Church, Grote-street, for several years. As a private gentleman and a citizen Mr. Gall enjoys the esteem and friendship of many of his fellow-colonists.

John Langdon Bonython, HO was born in London on October 16, 1848, is the descendant of an old English family, the Bonythons of Bonython and Carclew, Cornwall. He received his education in Adelaide, under Mr. (now School Inspector) Burgan, and in 1864 entered the literary department of the Advertiser and associate papers. Having occupied different positions on the reporting and editorial staff, he became, in 1879, one of the proprietors, joining the firm of Barrow & King, which has since become Burden & Bonython. In 1881 Mr. Bonython was appointed a magistrate, and on the formation of the Adelaide School Board of Advice was selected a member. On the retirement in 1883 of the Hon. D. Murray, Mr. Bonython was chosen chairman, which position he now occupies.