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 few were more hospitable to the musical artists who visited the colony. He took a prominent part in the founding of the Mechanics' Institute, from which sprang the present S. A. Institute, and occupied the post of lieutenant in the late Hon. W. Younghusbands' Volunteer Company. He was unostentatious and unassuming, and it is recorded of him that he was a faithful friend to the deserving.

William Randall, ORN at Idlicot, Warwickshire, December 9, 1820. Emigrated from the county of Northampton to South Australia in 1846, and arrived here in December of that year by the "Duke of Richmond." In conjunction with his "brother, Mr. David Randall, who had reached this colony in 1845, he brought capital with a view to investment. He first settled on a section to the east of Kensington, purchased land from the S. A. Company, and laid out a portion of College Town, He next bought a preliminary section from the same Company, and laid out the beautifully-situated township of Burnside, a place where many of our well-to-do citizens are now located. He then took a lease from Mr. Auld of Home Park and the adjoining sections, and commenced dairying operations, and entered into land and mining speculations; the latter unfortunately being attended with serious loss. His next venture was the purchase of Mr. H. Jones' property, now known as Randalsea, to which he removed with his family, dairy plant, etc., and in course of time so extended operations by further purchases from the S. A. Company and the Government, that his estate was one of the largest in that locality. Combining the pastoral, agricultural, and dairying interests, he produced cheese of a first-class quality, considered by competent judges nearly equal to English, and commanding a ready sale in Adelaide. The soil