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 has been actively connected With the revival oi Hand-loom Weav- ing in India. a movement which. it may be said. wan ori inated h ~ him. He is a Fellow o the Ca - eutta University.

Major RICHARD HEARD. B.A.. 94.8.. 8.01.. B.A... l.M.S., and l..lil.. Rotunda Hospital. Dublin. Civil Suggeon. Punjab Establish- ment. no joint Medical Officer. Simlu. was born in Ireland in 18 0. He Was educated at Bray Srimlfand afterwards joined the Royal University ol Ireland. taking his 8. A. degree in the car 189:. He has:th mulled in the Medical School ol Physic. Trinity College. Dublin. ('otrunenuuu his medical service in 1895 he catne to lndia during the course of the year. Mu-

ior Heard was seemingly fortunate. within a year ol his arrival to be able to accompany the Military

Expeditions into Waziristan in 18?.” and to take part in the re- lie of Chitral. [or which services he was rewarded with medals and this a. Major Heard entered the Pun ab Civil Service in 18% and has held various appointments as Civil Surgeon in the Punjab. He to Master of Lodge Himalayan Brotherhood. Simla. No. 459. E. c. He is a member ol the British Medical Association. England.

THE CYCIDI‘EIHA OF INDIA.

The llou'hle Mr. ustice till.» BERT STUART ll XDERSON, High Court at jmlicature. Bengal. is the lourth son oi the late tot-urge Henderson. Esq. oi Gordon, Ber. wickshire. and was born on the 4th February 1853. He was admitted to the degree ol MA. at the Edin~ burgh Universit ' in 187, and was called to the [for at t - Middle Temple in May 1876. la the same year Mr. lieu mm mtnc to India and joined the Calcutta Bar in Fetmmty 1877. in 188: heoﬂ‘iriated as Lecturer on Nahum-clan law in the Presiirlency College. and in 1887 was appointed Tagore Lecturer. the subject ol his lectures being " The Law at Wills in India." In 1682 he oﬂicluted as C h iel Presidency Magis~ trate. Calcutta. and in 1808 as .i {migr- ol the High Court ut Quanta.

It ti to he otliciateil as a Judge ol the igh Court 0! the North-Want Prtwttlcl'S. In toot Mr. J "mire Henderson Wasnppointed to act as Standing Counsel to the Govermuent oi India. and since February! 2 he has been a Judge at the tgh Court at Bengal. During his career in India Mr. justice Henderson has devoted much time to professional literar Work and is the author of severa books on the diﬂereat branches at the Law in India. He married in 188:. Mabel Jessie. the second daughter of Colonel T. T. Boileau. formerly of the 20th Hussars. and has one son. Mr. X. G. B. Henderson. a Lieutenant in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Mr. ustice Henderson is the Presi nt of the Bengal Club and: SteWard of the Calcutta Turf Club.

Mr. JOHN WILLIAM HESS. LEY. Chief Superintendent. rst Class. Indian Government Tele- Emph Department. was born in

amino in the year r858. and re- ceived his education at Kcnsing~ ton Grammar School and King's College (Applied Science Depart- ment), London.

Having passed into Coopers I-Iill (second in the Entrance Examination for Tele ph Engineers) he was appointc an Assistant Superin- tendent in anuary 1879. In February 1893 e oﬂicmted as Super intondent an was placed in charge of the Bengal Division, Calcutta. In 1894 he was made pennaaent in that class.

)lr. Hensley served the Depart- ment as Electrician in Calcutta du- ring the years 1892-9 3. and t _ .97. "0 then tool: lurlottglt. during w itch he was deputed to undergo a three montlLs‘ course in Hessrs. Siemens Bros. Telegraph Works at Woolwich in 1898. on which he subsequently printed a report in book lorm. n returning to India he was successively dared to charge oi the following ivtsions:—t)udh and Rohtlkhand. Bengal. Hellary. and Punjab. He was promoted to Uﬁirtating Clnet Superintendent in December root. to Permanent. 2nd Class. in March tutu. and to Permanent, tst Class, in November ot the same year.

He was selectul to carry out the Telegraph operations between Fort:

Changsil and Aijal during the Lnshai Expedition at 289091. for which service he received the Lushai Medal and Clasp, $89-92. His services have been specially acknowledged b ' the Director- General at Telegraph: on ﬁve different occasions. the last being in connection with the restoration oi Telegraph communication in the Kangra and Kuln Valleys alter the lamentable earthquake on 4th

April Iggy.

Mr. enalev is the son at the late F. ]. Hemdey. .. “1)., M.R.C.S. (Motion). an nephew nt Canon Lewis Hensley (Senior wrangler, Cambridge) and ot Sit