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 started a private Bank, under the title of Archer, Gilles, & Co., but through over-speculation the concern got involved, finally paying, however, 20s. in the pound. Mr. Gilles in 1844 came to Adelaide with his family, in the "Will Watch," from Launceston, and shortly after arrival arrangements were entered into to float the Glen Osmond Silver Mines, when he, to further the scheme, went to England. He succeeded in his object, and the mine was worked for five years with good results; but at the expiration of the lease Mr. O. Gilles, his brother, refused a renewal for twenty-five years, on the ground that he was getting too old. Mr. L. W. Gilles held several important positions; among others, Secretary to an Insurance Company, and Trustee of the Savings Bank, and when the goldfields of Victoria attracted attention he was appointed by the Government as Colonial Storekeeper under Mr. C. J. Latrobe, the then Superintendent. He also accepted the office of Under-Secretary, under Mr. Forster. After this he was sent to Warrnambool as Resident Magistrate, which position he occupied for about fourteen years, and drew his pension from 1866 under the Pension Bill until his death. Mr. Gilles made a voyage to England by the first steamer on the Panama line (the "Kaikoura") from Sydney, about 1866. He married a second time four years ago. His eldest son resides in Adelaide.

Price Maurice, ORN at Wrexham, England, November 16, 1818; and educated there at the Grove. Declined a commission in the East India Company's service, and came out to South Australia, August 9th, 1840, per "Caleb Angas," with the object of devoting himself entirely to pastoral pursuits, in preference to any other avocation. Began in a small way in 1843 or 1844, and eventually acquired leases from the Government