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the medal and clasp for his services with the Manipur Field Force and he holds the Dehli Durbar Coronation Medal.

Lieutenant-Colonel WILLIAM HENRY BURKE. B.A.. M.B.. B.C.H., D.P.H. (Dublin l‘niverstty). l..\l.5.. Acting Civil Surgeon. Poona (late Surgeon to the Coculdas Tei pal Hospital. Bomhav), was born in Somersetshire. England. in No v-mber. 1855. He was educated at ReesallSchwl. England. 1871-76 and studied in the Dublin and Vienna l'ntx~ersitie~ from 1878 to 188.». Prcvinln to his arrival in India in April 1883, he [urged through the usual rourse of trainuig at .\'(~tlvv which um flf‘t'tNSﬂn' [or a mndivlnte

for India, Forthr nth tour vmrs till

188'; Dr. Burke wrved In the Military llcpntlmt'nt. ln (‘rntml India. Atghant-‘tmn and other places and in thr Btll’tllrs‘t' War oi tummy. mentioned in despatchcs. Since then he has been on the Civil List and has held nianv important appointments in the Bombay Presidency. among which may he mentioned the Resident >urgeoncy of St. Cnmrge's Hospital. Bombay. and the Professorship ol Materia Medica at the Grant Medical College during 188718. This was followed by the Civil Surgeonship oi Ratnagiri till the end of 1880. Dr. Burke was Asistant Civil Sui» goon of Poona for six years during

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art of which time he was also eputv Sanitary Commissioner. In 1897 he was appointed Surgeon to the Kathiawar Political Agencvand served in that province for three and-a-half years. and acted as Civil Surgeon of Karachi in 1899. On his return to Bombay in 1900 he was appointed Surgeon in charge of the Goculdas Teipal Hos ital. and in Julv of 1005 Acting ivil Surgeon and Superintendent of the B. ]. Medical School. Poona.

Mr. RICHARD BURN. l.C.S., Editor ol the Imperial (fiazettcer. was horn in l-l\'t‘rp0t)l 1871. and educated at the Livcrpuol Insti- min and Christ Church. Oxlord; appointed alter examination at 1.. o, arrived on the 2nd Docent- her, 1301. and served in the anllh West Provinces and (ludh an As- sistant Maftstrutt- and Collector; appointvd oint Mugialrﬂlt', June. tﬂoliz and l'ndt-rSecrvtarv to the liovcrntuvnt in August tt‘lo7. Sinwrintrndi-nt ul Census Upvrn. lions, April totm,nlmSinu-rintcnd- vnt ol revision ol llll' ltnpi-tinl tinzcttm-r lor the l'ntto-d Provinces.

Uctulwr. tooz; Witt. nipotntt-Il Dvputv (’onimisxiouvr in 3 av 104:4. He is Author ol the l'uitc-d Pro- vince Ccnsu< ernul‘l. toot. Mr. llurn was sipiminti-d Editor ol the "llllpt’l‘litl liztlttllm-f lor India," Ft'ltl'llill’V .‘tlth. ioo5. He has written various articles on the subjects of Niiiiiisrniitirs and F. thnogra pliv.

Mr. WILLIAM L(‘Hllil.t‘A.\lE~ ROX, Assoc. M. lxsr. (‘12., and joint Secretary and (hurt Ettgtnvvr. P. W. l-h‘lllll’lllltlnl. Governmental Bomlmv. was born at Karachi Ill 1854 and educated at ('ht-ltenhnni ('ollcgc and passed din-ct lroin school hv com wtitivc examination into the R. l. i. Colle c. Coopers Hill. in 1874. At SL‘lIUO he was in the Foot» hall team, Captain of the XXII, Gymnastic champion and winner of the Ladies' Prize. At Coopers Hill he was in the Cricket and Football teams and winner of the gtmnastic prize. In 1877 he was appointed Assistant Engineer in Sind and placed in charge of the Rohri Division. Four years later he acted as Executive Engineer, first of the Bogari and then of Ghar and Shiknr- pur Divisions. and was transferred

As Assistant

to Sholapur in 1887. Cameron mm

Engineer Mr. employed on the im rtant work at deepening the tern Nara Supplv Channel. The Eastern Nara is an 'old river channel, now con- nected with the Indus by the "Supplv Channel." twelve miles long. and starting from the river at Rohri. The Eastern Nara is the sole :ounce of sup- ply to the Jamrao. Miihrao. Thar and other smaller canals in the Thar and Parkar District. In 1886. Mr. Cameron was transferred from Sind. hut returned in 188“; and hold charge of the Eastern Nara District. .Mtcr rt'turn lrnm lt‘JVt‘ in 1891 he wn‘ pnle to the Saturn District, hut to too: he returned to Stnd lot

a ~hort tune a mt-tnhrr and St‘t‘lr-

tanv at .in important (’omnnnion appointed by Government to en< «pure Into lltr Irrigation at Sun! gent-rally. At the end ot mu: lir was appointed Executive Engineer oi the Dharwar District.and in 180% he acted [or a short time as Under- Secretary to Government. P. W. Department. On return from leave in 1800 he was selected for {amine duty. first in Kathiawar and then at anik. Tvm years later he was appointed Superintending Engineer. Southern Division. With Belgauni as the head-quarters. and in 1903 he was translcrrcd to Sind as Superin- tcnding Engineer in charge at lhc Indus Right Bank Works. He pos-