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 with all the leading musical organizations and occupying various responsible positions. Mr. Oughton arrived in Adelaide in August 1870, when he immediately received an important position as organist, and also an appointment in the Civil Service. He conducted the Musical Union for several years, and also formed the fine Military Band, which he still directs. Of this band much might be written, for it has done good service in the community; suffice it to say, that on every occasion when it has performed it has been listened to with much pleasure and satisfaction. Besides arranging for this band, Mr. Oughton has scored several entire works for orchestra. He also occupied the honorary position of city organist to the Adelaide Corporation for a lengthened period.

Handasyde Duncan, M.D., AS born at Glasgow, Scotland, November 13, 1811, and passed his boyhood in that town. He received the first part of his medical education at the University of Glasgow, and obtained his degree of M.D. in 1831, before he had attained the age of 21. He passed some time in Paris, where he learned the use of the stethescope [sic], then a new discovery; travelled through the south of France on foot, and later on continued his studies in Germany. In 1836 he became a Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1839, and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He settled in Bath for two years, and there he married, but the damp climate of England affected his health, and he sought the more genial climate of Australia, with the intention of abandoning his profession and of devoting his attention to farming pursuits. He took passage by the "Katherine Stewart Forbes" to Port Adelaide, and arrived in Holdfast Bay, March 21, 1839. Having bought a