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 the Committee appointed to lllquur into the ﬁnancial cniulitiun ot liurw pent! schools

In um he was appointed Vice- Chancellor ol the Calcutta L'mwr. sltv. Mr. Perth-r was granted the C.l.E.dm:r.ition in mot and was made a Fellow til the Royal ﬁx‘tety iii 1892.. He has made many valu- able cuntrthutions to journals on Chemical. SCientit'ic and Education- al matters. and has been prominently connected with the Asiatic Society at Bengal He has been a member of three Governmem expeditions sent to observe total eclipses ol the sun in Sicily, at the Nicobar Islands and at Viziadnig.

In January 1900, he n1; Knighied for his lung sm'ices in the Educa- tion Department.

Mr. RICHARD (MICHELE PLOWDEN, District Superintend- ent ol Police. Simla. was horn in

'was held as a

He is the youngest son at the late Mr. George Augustus (‘litchele Plowden.

the Mutiny year, at Nammre.

H.E.I.C.S., Chicl Commissioner of the Central Provinces. Mr. Plowdcii received his education at Chcltcnham College and at King's College. London. Return- ing to India in October at t375. Mr. Plow-den entered the Puniah Police. Service in 1878. Fortune seems to have smiled upon him. because Within six months train the tittie he joined the lorcc. lie was

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called tu active at‘l’VlL‘t‘, havuig been made Commandant ut tht' Road l’olice. Kohat District. ‘lunng the Alghan War. As Transport (lﬂit‘t‘l’ he wrved in the Khyber. (ahul. t‘andahar. Prshin, lrnm April 18847» to February this). returning to the l’uiiiah In the same- year. Mr. Plowderi in 1885 served as Assistant District Sutu'l'lntt‘tttlcnl ul POIK‘E at Quctu and in Baluchis- tan. where he also officiated as Assistant Political Agent of the Bolan Pass. He was made a SL'igLstrate oi the tst Class and a justice of the Peace. Returning to the Punjab in r880r Mr. Plowden was put in charge of the Police Training School when it was in its inlancy in 130.2. The districts ot Dcra (ihazi Khan and Peshawar, which abound in dangerous fanatics and criminals of a verj. had type were his next spheres nl actinty. TheSc appointments show the high estimation in which Mr. Plowdcn ractical Police Oﬁicer. In that) c invented the handcuﬂ which is now iti general use in many ot the Puntab Districts. For a period of two was Mr. l‘lowdcti was In charge at the Criminal Identification Bureau at Phillmtr and also in charge ol the School, where he codified the orders and introduced a new and more tactical system nl instruction. .lr. Plowtlen was appointed District Sn renntendent at Police. Simhi. on Feiimnn' :nth. trio... and was trans [erred to Delhi on its becoming vacant in August tons.

)lr. NEVILLE t. E t) Rt. E PR 1 E5 TLEY (Lit-tik'mnil-(olmtel. Shula l'olimla‘r Rtﬂrs). Agent. South Indian Railway. was horn in March. i361. and Was intended tor the medical tmnlt‘smon. hut the death at his lather. who wan in the service ol the Indian Government. compelled him to abandon the idea of studying medicine and in take service in the Traffic Department of State Railwati He: began his career on railwats in December. 1879, and in October. 1884, was appointed Division Sn rtintendent on the Raj imam-3 alwa State Railway. and continued in that position. varied with mtiotb (it duty at headquarters. tili December. t897. when he was selected by the Southern Maliriitta Railway Com-

utiv tor the imittun ol 'l’rutt'ir lanagrr.

In September, moo, he was called up to Simlu to till the position (It Uttder-Secretarv tn the Government nl India in the Railway Department.

During the Win“? ot 1902-03. Mr. l’rirstlev was as~ocmted with Mr. Thus. Roln-rtﬁoti. C.V... the special Railway Commissioner who was brought out trom England to report on the Working of raiIWays in India. and hoisted him in procuring

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the lnlul’ﬂ‘laltolt tor, and in tire mt- ing. his report. at the end M w ich duty in April tun}. he took his first long let“? to Europe.

In the summer at 1003. when on lease Mr. Priestley was tlcptiletl ht the Secretary at State to re. mrt on the organisation and war ing at Railways in America. His report is well known. and it is not necessary to rttcr to it here ttirther than loan that It allOWEd Mr. Priestley to he an official who Was intimate with the practical workin ' ut railway-. and who held hrnail and progressive views. Suhsequenh ly. when Mr. Robertson's report was under consideration by the Secretary at State for India. Mr. Priestley was placed on special dutv at the India Office in connection with it. and on lormatioii ol the Railway Board be was. on Fehruiiry 8th, tons. ii painted its ﬁrst Secre- tary. In t interval between his return lrotn furlough in October