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 own account. He was by trade a sugar-boiler, but having learned the art of building, he contracted for and built the first Government offices erected in the colony. He did fairly well at his business, and acquired land in Rundle-street. This he sold, and started farming at Hahndorf, remaining there till 1843, when he removed to Lobethal. Imbued with strong religious feelings, he conceived the idea of erecting a church in connection with the Lutheran Mission, and with his own hands built one at Lobethal, known as the "Weinberg Christi." In 1851 he, with others, started a brewery, which was conducted till 1872, when he sold the connection to Messrs. J. A. & G. Johnston, of Oakbank. In 1873 he started the Lobethal Tweed Factory, and lost no inconsiderable amount. In 1869 he commenced hop-growing, and when the tweed factory failed, threw his whole energy into the hop plantation, and was very fortunate; he not only paid off all liabilities in connection with the tweed factory, but also placed himself once more in a substantial and flourishing position. He was chairman of, and for several years a councillor in, the Onkaparinga District Council. He died at Lobethal, December 10, 1884.

Charles Algernon Wilson, ORN and educated at Turnham Green, near London, and on leaving school entered as clerk in the Bank of Ireland. Arrived in South Australia with his parents by the ship "Duke of Roxburgh," July 1838. His father, Mr. Thos. Wilson, became a prominent colonist, and was for many years a member of the legal firm of Smart, Wilson & Bayne. He served one year, between 1842 and 1843, as mayor of the city, being the second occupant of that office. He was a Fellow of the S.A. Society of Arts, which flourished here some forty years ago, and an active friend of educational and