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onlv necessary to refer to the address delivered bv Principal Selby at the Annual Gathering in 1905 at the Students' Brotherhood. Bombay. which deals with many things of vital interest to students and Is lull ol pracﬂcal wisdom and inlormzttion valuable to 501690“.

Hon. Mr. lustice HENRY LUSHINGTON STEPHEN. Judge ol High Court. Calcutta. since toot. Born and “arch 1860. Edurated at Rugby and Trinity College. Cam- hndgc (1.1.8.. 1nd class. Law Tripos ). Called to the Bar. was: [unused on South Wales Circuit. 1886-th; Lieutenant-Colonel ol the rat Battalion. Calcutta Volun- teer Riﬂes. Publication: “Law 0! Sn and Sulmdcnces. tStlo: E 'tor. 14th Edition of Oke's “Synopsis” and 8th Edition ol Oke's "Formulist": Editor of State Trials. Political and Social. 1890.

)lr. RICHARD SHEEPSHAN KS. B.A.. l.C.S.. Deputy Secretarv to the Legislative Department. Govern- ment ol India. was born in the var 187: at Bilton. Yorkshire. and‘was educated at Winchester and St. John'sCollege. Cambridge. Hens appointed to the Indian Civil Service alter the examination at 1894. and arrived in lndla. 2 in December 1895. He ﬁrst serv as an Assistant Magistrate and Col- lector at Huntlarpur for two years. and, alter serving in various suh- divisions. vras appointed Under. Sea-etaryto the BengalGovet-nment. Financial and Municipal Depart- ments, in New 1890. which position! he ﬁlled tor ahout two years. In the year too: he was a pointed Regis~ trar ol the High ourt. Calcutta. and in january ions was appointed to the Legislative Department.

The Honourable Mr. HENRY ALEXASDER SIM. (11.15.. F.R.G.S.. belongs to a lamin that has in the put been intimater connected with India. His grand- lather was General Sim ol the Madras 'neerI. and his grand- lather on is mother's tide was General Fraser. who was Resident ol llvderabad fortune tiltien years.

Ur. Sim was born in Madras in 1856. and is the son at the late Ir. J. D. Sim. c.s.t.. ol Surrev. who was in the Madras Civil service,

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and w» a Member of the Council at the Praidency.

He was educated at Cheltenham College. and. passing into this Indian Civil Service. he lcl t England for India in 187*. His first lew years were apt-m II] the ordinary routine ol a Civilinn's lllc. He was then attached to the Forest Department under Sir I). llrnndes. who had been deputed by the Government ol India to nutrrgattizc torest work in the. Madras Presi- dency. He noted as his Private Secretary for a short limo. and was then appointed District Fort-st ﬂ’tcer at one of the largest lorest districts in the Madras Presidency. where he remained for wine twri or three years settling and organizing

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the lorett-i nl lllt.‘ district. He was then made Stilt-Secretary tn the Board ol Revenuo. Willi which detnrtment he remained connected lor sevt-ral t'cara. He also acted as Collector and its Judge. and w.“ eventually appointed Private Secre- tarv to the (lovcrnur ol Madras. Sir Arthur Have-lock. lrom tﬁr to root.

Altera varied career in t to several branches of the service. he was appointed a Member of the Board at Revennennd to the Madras Legislative Council. Mr. Sim is n

rominent Freemason. is a Past

istrict Grand Warden ol Madras. and has reCeived otlwr Masonic honours.

He is keenly interested in Indian philosophy and religions. and lns given much study to this fascinating hranch ot Indian research.

Mt. Sim has recuttlv had the honour of heng appointed an addi- t'onal Member ol the "K'Cfoy'ﬁ Legislative Council.

Mr. jOSEPH SLADEN. B.A. (0x03). "dictating Secretarv to Bombay (‘mvernment . General. lidu o rational. Narlne and Ecclesiastical Di rtments. was born at Allaha- ba . India. in 1860 and educated at (‘harterhnuse and took his BA. degree at Balltol College. leord. On arrival in India In 3838 he was appmnted Assistant Collector. Ahmedahad. where he remained tor a year and a hall. and Ill 1890 he was sent to oﬂiciate as Asaistaut Political Agent. Kathiawar. The lullowmg year he went to Sind as Assistant Collector and remained there lor nine years. Durin more than five years ol this period he held the post ol Assistant Commis- sioncr in Sind and Sinth Translator to Government. and for two years acted as Collector. ﬁr§t ol Shiknr- pur. then of Karachi, where he was also Chairman ol the Port Trust. He was Municipal Commissioner. Bombay, let a low weeks in 1900. Returning to the Presidency proper alter lurlough in too: he was Collector of Surat tor a tear and ten months. lean‘ng that post in 1903 lor his present one, The family ol Mr. Sladen has given more than one member to the Indian Civil Service. He is the older son ol the late Joseph Slade". who came to India in my» in the Be ul Civil Service and was District u we at Bareilly at the time at his death in 1883. The vnunger son. Mr. F. F. Sla en. LCS. is in the United Pro- vinces. The subject at our sketch was an energetic member at the Sim! Volunteer C o and rose to the rank of Captain before he lelt the province.

)lr. jOHX SANDERS SLATER. the Administratort-eneral ol the Bombay High Court. is in the in'me ol lite. and yet his career in IIndia has been quite a varied one.

Born on the rut of March r850, in London. he is the second son at Robert Slater. Esq” lor many wars the General Manager ol the Union