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 Court. Bombay, was born in 1868 at Norwich, Norfolk, and was educated at St. Edmund's College, Ware. Herts. and at I’niversitv College. London, where he took his B.A. de¬gree. Passing the Indian Civil Ser¬vice Examination in 1887. he arrived in India on the 1st December 1880 and was posted to Bombay as Assis-tant Collector and Magistrate which post he held till May 1896. when he was appointed Second Collector and Magistrate, and alter five months, in September of the same year, was translated to another sphere as Under-Secretary to the (Government. Political Department. He served m that rapacity till 1900. when lie was promoted First Assistant Col¬lector and Magistrate, and subse¬quently elevated to the responsibility of Judge and Sessions Judge in November 1901. He was appointed Judge of the High Court in Septem¬ber 1904.

Mr. W. BELL. M.A.. ( I.E.. Indian Educational Service, Direc ¬tor of Public Instruction. Punjab. Born i860 : graduated at Edin¬burgh University. Joined tin- service. 16th October 1885. as Principal of the Central Training College. Lahore: Professor in the (Government College there. March r888 : Principal. April tSgJ : In¬spector of Schools. Lahore Circle. October l8c)(»; Director of Public Instruction. Punjab, and Under¬secretary to (Government. Educa¬tional Department. November iqoi: Member. Simla Educational Con¬ference, 1901; local Member. Indian Universities Commission, 1002: Inspector of Chiefs’ Colleges in India. 1003: Inspector-General *»t Reforma tory Schools. Punjab. 1004: C.I.K.. January 1004.

Mr. K. A. DO. BIGNELL, Com-missioner of Police, Calcutta, was born at Herne Bay. Kent on ibth September 1847. He joined the Bengal Police service in 1866. and m that year was appointed Pro- bat mnarv Assistant Superintendent of Police at Birbhum. In 1867 Mr. Bignell was appointed Assistant Superintendent. Police, in Balasore. And the next year lie officiated as District Superintendent. In 1868 he was appointed Special Assistant Superintendent of Police lor the pre-vention of the smuggling ol salt. In 1S70 Mr. Bignell was stationed 0:1 duty with the Police Guards on the Eastern Frontier, and he was awarded the Lushai Frontier Medal and Clasp. For two years Mr. Bignell acted as Assistant Super¬intendent of Police in Chittagong, and in 1873 he acted as Special As¬sistant Su|>erin ten dent of Police ir. Hill Tippera. In 1877 he was paced in charge of the District Police of the Sonthal Parganas. and in 1880 he was in charge of the C ty Police of Patna. In 1884 his sendees were placed at the dis¬posal of the Kuch Behar State, and in r880 he was appointed District Superintendent of Police, 4th grade. Ir. 1900 Mr. Bignell was appointed to the 1st grade, and in 190X he was ap|Miinted Deputy Inspeeinr-General of Police. (hi the 10th J.nuary 1992, he received tile ap¬pointment oi Commissioner ol Police. Calcutta. Mr. Bignell in this trying and res-ponsible office displayed great abi¬lity and tact. The police control of an immense city like Calcutta with its variety of peoples is an exacting problem that demands the closest study. Of necessity there i> a big floating |>opulation. and tin- paths of crime are devious. In the lower grades the police of India are verv difficult material to work with, and the most trying part of the work of a Police Com¬missioner is the disciplining of his Native subordinates. That Calcutta should he so free from violent crime is an eloquent testimony to the care and work of the Commissioner ot Police and his immediate staff. During the year of Jubilee Mr. Bignell was awarded the Jubilee Medal for his services.

Major WALTER JAMES BUCHANAN, B.A.. M.D.. I.M.S.. Inspector-General of Prisons. Ben gal, was bom in county Tyrone. Ireland, on the 12th November College. Dublin, and joined flu Indian Medical Service on the *st October 1887. He remained in military employ till 1891 during which time he served with the Black Mountain Expedition of 1888. the Chin-Lushai Expedition, 1889-90, and the Manipur Expedition ot 180r. in 1802 lie was made Stir geon-Captain and served as Civil Sur¬geon of Midnapur He entered the Bengal Jail Department in 1895 and acted as Superintendent of the Cen¬tral Jail at Bhagalpur and Civil Surgeon in addition to his own duties. In 1897 he was Inspect¬ing Medical (Ifficer at Chausa. and in 1898 Suimin tendent of the Central Jail. Bhagnlpui. and after-wards of the Central Jails at Dacca and Alijior*- His services wen placed at the disposal of the (Govern¬ment of India. Home Department. In 1900 .1* Statistical Officer to the Government of India in the Sanitary Department, lie received the ap¬pointment of Inspector-General ot Prisons in 1902.
 * 861. fit- \va> educated at Trinity

Major Buchanan has had a widi experience of medical conditions in India and especially in connection with Jails. lie has made many im¬portant contributions to medical literatim- and has been, since 1899, the Editor of thr ** Indian Medical Gazette." Among his mure im¬portant works are a *’ Manual of Jail Hygiene” and an article on " Quain's Dictionary of Medicine " on “Liver Diseases," and the chaptei on Indian Jurisprudence in Taylor’s Standard Work on Medical Juris¬prudence, Edition 1905. He lia> written many and varied articles on tropical diseases tor the medical journals. Major Buchanan received