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 Superintendent ot Construction. Promoted to Chiei Superintendent. and class. November 8th, 1003. the Iollowing vear brought him promotion to Chief Suiit-rintend. ent. 1st class; he receiving this step on 19th July too... and the same year also saw him advanced to the higher appointment of De puty Director. August 27th, 1004. and in charge of the Office ot Deputy Director oi Construction. On 3rd April 1905. Mr. Streat- field James became Olhcinting Director (Construction) at Tele- graph. During his busy official career Mr. Streatiiehl James has found time to contribute to the technical literature at his Depart- ment. heing the Author oi “The

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Morse Signallcr's Companion“ and also at “The Construction ul Tclr’ graph Spans. Angles. Stars and Vite Suspension Bridges." both at Which works have been put» lishcd by order at the Director. General of Telegraphs tor the use 01 the Telegraph Department ol the Government oi India, the lormer being also used by the Telegra h services in Egypt. Cey- lon. an Persia.

Ma'or WILLIAM ERXEST JENNINGS. M.D.. D.I’.H.. j.P.. I.hI.S.. Superintendent oi Plague Operations in the Bombay Presi- dency. was born in 1865. graduated

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from the Edinbu h University in t837, and entered t 1: Indian Medical Service in the same year. Sinu- his arrival in India in 1888 he has held various Military and Civil up. pointments. including the Medical charge at the truth lntantry. all the Soul Horse Regiments and the turd Rlﬁt‘s; the (‘ivil Surgeonship ul Ratnagiri. Punch Mahals. Sliikar- put and Rajkotc and. on lour 0c. casmns, the Acting Health Ofﬁcer- shi i oi the Port ot Burnt-av.

n the last catuicuy he tirst Came into contact WIIII pIagUe in root). and. then-alter. controlled Several IITIIICIN" ol plague administration. reaching his present position in toot. A monograph upon Plague published by him in too} was adopt. ed by Government for use in all Civil Radical Institutions in the Bombay Presidency. He is the Bombay Editor of the lam .Ilm'i- ta} G:t:(llr. Infections and Tropi- cal Disease Editor of Treatment, London. and a standing contrihntor to several other medical journals- In recognition of his plague senices the Order of St. john of Jerusalem m conferred upon him by Her late Ma'estv Queen Victoria. Empresa of mils. and hot; also aFellow oI the Rand Institute of Public Health and of the Incorporated Society of Medical Ofﬁcers of Health. Out: side of his profession Major Jennings is well known in llasonic circles. being the Grand Master Depute oi all Scottish Freemasonry in India. Burma and Ceylon, and also as a musician. having on set-era] occa- sions acted as Organist of St. Tho mas' Cathedral in Bomhay.

Mr. NORMAN WRIGHT KEMP, Barrieter-at-Iaw. t‘hici Presidean Magistrate and Rcwnue Judge, Bomhai'. was horn in the city when- he now administers Law and Justice and was educated at the Follegiate (Dr. Brt‘t‘e's). Edinburgh. Scotland. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in Michaelmas mos, and came out to India shortly alter. He acted as Ofﬁcial Assignee at the (amt tor Reliel oI Insolvent Deht- ors. Bombay. from too: to [004. and was appointed Assistant Corn~ missioner and Asistant Taxing Master. High Court. Bomhav. Mr. Kemp's next change of ofﬁce was made. in Februarv 1005. when he occupied the seat of Third Judge

at the Court at Small Causes. Bom- bay, and also acted as Second Ju$c in the same year. Mr. Kemp united in his present appointment trom June to September 1905. in which month he was made per- manent on the promotion ol )Ir. Saunders Slater to the post at Adniirustm tor-t iencral

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Mr. MICHAEL KENNEDY, ]. P.. Deputy Inspector-General ot Police tur Railways and Criminal Investigation, was born in March last). He completed his education at Wellington College, Berkshire; came out to India late in x876 and joined the Police Department as Assistant Superintendent in March 1377. 'l'hrce \‘eurs later he was se-

lccteil for special tlutv in charge 0! Police operations néainst docoits on the Frontier between the British and the Nuam's territorv. and lot his fﬁt‘t‘lit’t’ services )Ir.‘ Kennedv received the thanks of the Govern- rnent oi Bombay and H. H. the

Nizam's Government. In 1382 he was again employed on special dutv m the Kaladgi District, became Stiiwriritendent at Police in 1885, and was sent to Kathiawar on spe- cialdutv to organize the Kathiwar Agent-V Police. From Kathiawar to Sim] to not a far cry, and in 180% )Ir. Kenncdt' went to Upper Sind as District Superintendent 0! Police. The next \‘cal’ he was sent to Poona and held charge at the district oﬁand on for about ten years. The authori-