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 Lieut.-Col. A. W. ALCOCK. C.I.E., M B.. LL.D., F.R.S., is the second son ot the late John Alcock. Esq., of Lee, Kent. He was born on the 23rd June, 1859 and received his education at Black heath and at Westminster School. For his medical course he proceeded to Aber-deen University, where he graduated M. B. with honourable distinction, and was apj>ointed Assistant Pro¬lessor ol Zoology under the late Professor Alleyne-Nicholson, F.R.S.. which post he held between the years 1883-1885. In October, 1885, Colonel Alcock entered the Indian Medical Service and served with the Punjab Frontier Force, whence he was transferred in 1888 to the Marine Survey ol India as Surgeon Naturalist, a position which he held till 1892. In this year he was appointed Deputy Sanitary Com¬missioner of	the	Metropolitan and Eastern	Bengal	Circle. 111 the following year he became Superin-tendent	ot	the	Natural	History Section	ol	the	Indian	Museum. Calcutta, and Professor of Zoology at the Medical College of Bengal and he has since filled both these posts till the present day, with out¬break when he acted as Surgeon Naturalist to the Pamir Boundai\ Commission of 1895. Colonel Alcock is a Corresponding Member of the Zoological Society of London and an Honorary Member ol the Zoolo¬gical Society of the Netherlands, and ot the Californian Academy ol Sciences. Outside ol Iris official work he is known as the author of numerous papers and monographs dealing chiefly with Marine Zoology and Zoogeography. He is married to Margaret, third daughter ol the late J. R. Cornwall, Esquire, of Aberdeen. The Hon'ble Mr. CHARLES GEORGE HILLERSDEN ALLEN, I.C.S., was born at Leicester, Eng¬land, on the 20th ot June 1864. and educated first at Hailey bury and subsequently at Balliol,Oxford, lie- joined the Civil Service on the 24th September 1885 and arrived in India on the 6th December 1885. his first posting being to Patna as Assistant Magistrate and Collector on the 6th Jauuiti y 1886. Mr. Allen served in the same capacity, lor short periods, in the Champuran and Rangpur dis¬tricts, and in 1888 was transferred to Chittagong where he remained for ten years. During the last seven years of tins period, Mr. Allen was engaged in the Survey and Settle¬ment of the Chittagong District, an arduous task which involved the sur¬vey ol an area of 2,000 square miles and the record of the rights of more than 650.000 agriculturists. These operations extended over a period of ten years and cost sixteen lakhs of rupees. Upon their successful con-clusion, Mr. Allen was posted as Magistrate and Collector of the 24- Parganas district, an office which he held for three years.

On return from furlough at the end of 1901, Mr. Allen served for eighteen months as Director oi Land Records and Agriculture, and was then ap¬pointed to be Provincial Superin¬tendent for Bengal in charge of the revision of the Imperial Gazetteer of India.

As Chairman of the Calcutta Cor-poration, in which appointment he was made permanent on the 16th October 1905, Mr. Allen controls the machinery of a complex Institution requiring the exercise of great ad¬ministrative tact and ability, with credit to himself and advantage to the citizens.

The Hon'ble Mr. EDWARD NORMAN BAKER. C.S.I., I.C.S., who was appointed Financial Member oi the Viceroy’s Council in January 1905 has had a distinguished career as a Civilian. His wide experience and ability leave no doubt as to the good work he will do as successor to Sir Edward Law. As Collec-tor of Customs, Calcutta, he was brought into touch ultimately with the commercial conditions of India, and was afforded a wide op¬portunity of studying the vast ami growing trade of Bengal. It is rare¬ly that an official finds time or op-portunity to acquaint himself with the intricacies of the business world, and it is evident that a man who holds so important a post as Fi¬nancial Member to the Viceroy’s Council couid have had uo better