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 ofﬁcial this'Departmcnt would be- come rather a drag on Commerce than a help. The choice oi .‘lr. Hewett tor the poi-n was hailed with the widest approval. He was re cognised as a man of marked ability.

t experience. and above all gilt- ed with initiation and organising genius of a rare kind. It must he confessed that business mun are not as a rule admirers ol depaut- mental methods. but it was at onoz realised that “r. HcWett Was him- self essentially a business man. full of sympathy for business cuteqwris: and keenly alive to the neccﬁity of developing resources and foster. mg every legitimate scheme for develonhig our industries. His splendid record at service in India

Mr Imam Hm. “ILL.

and hit cornrimnding pemnnlity marked him out as an exceptional man. Sino- the Department has been organised Mr. lchctt hr» shown great symputh with the busi- ness community. on characteristic energy. and it may solely he said from the point of view oi the com- mercial world at India. that no better man could have been chosen for it post that demands the most exceptional qualities ol mind and imagination.

Mr. OSEPH BALL HILL. Assoc. . Ixsr. C.E.. Executive Engineer in charge at the Suburban Drainage Department of the Cor-

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poration of Calcutta. was born to 18b7 at Salcombc. South Devon, and educated at the Wesleyan College at Tram, Cornwall. He commenced his professional carter in 1883 by becoming an articled pupil of Mr. William Santa Crimp. a wcll-lmown authority on Sanitary Engineering. and gained tnrther experience and knowledge urtch Mr. Baldwin Latham. to whom he was an Assistant tor some consider- able period. In 1886 he was a - pointed Assistant Surveyor to c local board at Wimbledon. and three years later. in r869. he pmceeded to South America. going to Buenos Ayrcs in the service oi ﬁesta-s. Batcman Parsons and Ramon. the Engineering Firm to whom were entrusted the sanitary improvement works of that city, which cost over ﬁve and a halt million pounds sterling. Remaining then.- for (our years Mr. Hill returned to England. in :803. and [or the next six years. until 1800 was associated with Hr. Baldwin Latbam as an Assistant Engineer. Shortly alter the for- intuition ol Calcutta had taken in hand the extcmive system at Suburban Drainage. they. on llr. Lntham's advice. selected Mr. Hill as their Exccutivc Engineer to carry out that important works. and he came to Calcutta in woo tor this impose. During the ﬁve years of is Incumbent-y oi the nppointrncnt. Mr. Hill has. on two occasions, oﬂiciatcd an Chief Engineer to the Corporation. and has modelled a large portion at the Suburban Drainage system and successfully carried out the improved proud. and has also t'Xlt'nSth‘ schemes Ior thc rainnge oi the Bdlinghntto and Fringe art-as. its Well as [or the surittcc drainage oi the suburbs.

hlr. THOﬂAS HENRY HOL LAN D. A.R.C.S-.F.ti.$.. F.R.S.. was born November 22nd. 1868, and edu- cated at the Royal School of Mines and Royal College of Science. South Remington. where he obtained the National Scholarship. the blur- chison Medal and Prize. and was grated the Associatcship with

onours in 1888. In r889 be was elected a Berkeley Fellow of the (Mns' College Ior researches in Chrmicnl Geology. and in the lollowing year was appointed an

Assistant Superintendent ol the Geological Survey of India and Curator ol the Geological “useum. Calcutta. In 1892 he was appoint- ed Professor oi Geology at the Presidency College. Calcuttz. in ad. dition to his duties on the Geolo- gicnl Survey. In 1894 he was promoted to the grade of Deputy Superintendent. and in 1903. on the retirement 01 Eli. C. L Grieshach. C.I-E.. was appointed Director of the Departman His scientiﬁc Wka in India has hecn recagnised bv the grant of the Slurchison Fund ol the Geological Socrcty of London in 1901. and by election to the Fclo lowship oi thc Royal Society of London in root. 3ft. Holland was elected to be it Viced’rcsident of

the Asiatic Sandy in Iqoq and

too. a Fellow ol the University

at (alcuttn in tons. and a Trustee

oi the Indian Museum in root.

His published paras have ll ar- ol t

ed in the Journn he An ropu- logical lnotitute. Geological Magn- zinc. Mint-min ‘ml hlngarine. Quar- terl - Jam 0! the Geological Society. oumnl ol the Asiatic So- ciety am in the Records and Sle- moirs ol the Geological Survey.

Mr. WILLIAM WOODWARD HORXELL. B.A.. In: tor at European Schools» Ben a. was born in the year t 8 in nglond. and educated at Ra cymnd at Trinity College. Oxford. After graduating

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