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 Pirie Local Court Circuit, comprising eight Local Courts, and also over the Gladstone Insolvency Court. He was subsequently appointed Returning Officer for the Northern Electoral District for the Legislative Council, and the District of Gladstone for the House of Assembly, all of which important positions he still holds, and for which his practical legal knowledge eminently qualifies him. In 1860 Mr. Edmunds married a daughter of the late Mr. Nicholas James, assayer, and has now a family of five sons and five daughters.

John Gibson, HO died at Bowden, Jan. 2, 1872, in his 78th year, was a colonist of thirty-two years. He belonged to Northumberland, England, and in early life was head gamekeeper to Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, on the Etal Estate, and after serving eleven years in the same capacity to Sir Francis Titwell, of Barmah Castle, left for this country. Shortly after his arrival in Adelaide he was appointed Park Ranger, and held that office till it was abolished. Mr. Gibson was for many years an elder of Chalmers' Church, and highly respected for his large-hearted hospitality and benevolence. On the formation of the Hindmarsh District Council he was elected a member, and held office in it for some years.

William Finke, HO was intimately associated with the late James Chambers in pastoral and mining interests, died in Adelaide, January 17, 1864, aged forty-eight. He will long be remembered by our colonists as one who bounteously assisted the cause of exploration; and was the friend and patron of John McDougall Stuart, the explorer, who named several places in the interior after him. In the time of Governor Gawler the section on which Glenelg now stands was offered for selection, and about 1,500 persons tendered. It was decided by lot, as then usual, at £1 per acre, and Mr Finke was the successful tenderer.