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 Commander Sydney. He arrived in this colony in 1866, and was associated with Captain Hutchinson in marine surveys on the coast. He was in the "Beatrice," when she made her first trip to the Northern Territory. Exposure and hardships endured in that locality hastened his end, and brought his useful career to a close at North Adelaide, on July 4, 1869, in his 29th year. Military honours were accorded by the citizens at his funeral.

Captain John Hutchinson, R.N., HO was for some years the Commander of the South Australian Survey Station, died in the prime of life at North Adelaide, July 9, 1869, a few days after the decease of Lieutenant Guy, who had been associated with him in marine surveying. The services rendered by Captain Hutchinson, and other officers similarly engaged, have been invaluable to shipmasters frequenting these waters; and the Admiralty authorities as well as Colonial Governments have not hesitated to acknowledge the value of the coast surveys effected. Captain Hutchinson entered upon a naval career in the early part of 1842, when a mere lad of thirteen years of age, and was employed exclusively in the exploring and survey departments of the service, where his tastes and qualifications had ample scope. He was first engaged on the English and Irish coasts, under Admiral Bullock and Captain Wolfe, remaining there until 1845, when he joined H.M.S. "Herald," on board which he served until the vessel was paid off in 1852. During this period the "Herald" was surveying in the Pacific Ocean and in the Arctic Seas, where it was sent on a search for the ill-fated Sir John Franklin and the members of his expedition. For services thus rendered Captain Hutchinson received the Arctic medal In 1852 he again rejoined the "Herald," which had been fitted out for an exploring and survey cruise among the South Sea Islands. She sailed for some time in the Coral Sea, and then returned