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13. President of the Local Government Board. — Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, born 1840 ; educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford ; M.P. for Mid Lincoln, 1868 ; for Sleaford division, 1885 ; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1885 ; President of the Board of Agriculture, 1889. Present appointment, June 27, 1895. 14. President of the Board of Trade. — Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, born 1838 ; M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, 1874 ; for the St. George's division of the Tower Hamlets, 1885 ; Secretary to the Admiralty, 1885 ; President of the Local Government Board, 1886. Present appointment, June 28, 1895. 15. Lord-TAeutcnant of Ireland. — Right Hon. Earl Cadogan, born 1840 ; succeeded to title, 1873 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford ; M.P. for Bath, 1873 ; Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1878 ; Lord Privy Seal, 1886. Present appointment, June 28, 1895. 16. Lord Chancellor of Ireland. — Right Hon. Lord Ashbourne (formerly Mr. Edward Gibson); born 1837; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; called to the Irish Bar, 1860 ; M.P. for Dublin University, 1875 ; Attorney- General for Ireland, 1877 ; Lord Chancellor of Ireland, June, 1885, to Feliruary, 1886, and again, August, 1886, to August, 1892. Present appoint- ment, June 28, 1895. 17. Secretary for Scotland. — Right Hon. Lord Balfour of Burleigh, born 1849 ; assumed restored title, 1869 ; educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford ; is a Representative Peer for Scotland ; Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, 1888. Present appointment, June 28, 1895. 18. First Commissioner of IVorTcs. — Right Hon. A. Akers-Douglas, born, 1851 ; educated at Eton and University College, Oxford ; called to the Bar (Inner Temple), 1874; M.P. for East Kent, 1880 to 1885; and for the St. Augustine's division of Kent since 1885 ; Patronage Secretary to the Treasury, 1885-1886, and again, 1886-1892. Present appointment, July 2, 1895. 19. President of the Board of Agriculture. — Right Hon. W. H. Long, born 1854 ; educated at HaiTow and Christ Church, Oxford ; M.P. for North Wilts, 1880 ; and for the Devizes division, 1885 ; Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, 1886-1892 ; M.P. for West Derby division of Liverpool, 1893. Present appointment, July 2, 1895. The following is a list of the heads of the Administrations of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria : —

Heads of Dates of Administrations. Appointment Viscount Melbourne April 18, 1835 Sir Robert Peel. Aug. 30, 1841 Lord John Russell. July 6, 1846 Eari of Derby. Feb. 26, 1852

Heads of Dates ot Administrations. Appointment Benjamin Disraeli. Feb. 28, 1868 W. E. Gladstone. Dec. 9, 1868 Benjamin Disraeli. Feb. 21, 1874 W. E. Gladstone. April 28, 1880

Earl of Aberdeen. Dec. 27, 1852 ; Marquis of Salisbuiy June 24, 1885 Viscount Palmerston Feb. 8, 1855 ' W. E. Gladstone. Feb. 6, 1886 Earl of Derby, Feb. 22, 1858 Marquis of Salisbuiy August 3, 1886 Viscount Palmerston June 17, 1859 W. E. Gladstone. August 15, 1892 ' Earl Russell. . Oct., 1865 ! Eari of Rosebery. March 5, 1894 Earl of Derby. July 6, 1866 ' Marquis of Salisbury June 25, 1895 II. Local Government, England and Wales. — In each county the Crown is represented by a Lord-Lieutenant, who is generally also custos rotulorum, or keeper of the records. He usually noniinates persojis whom he considers fit and ])ro])vr