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 was educated in E at the Warwick Grammar ool. received his professional training at the R. l. E. College, Coopers Hill. and his practical training at the Bristol. Avonmouth, and Portiahead Docks.

Mr. Stanle ' carne out to India in 1887 as an asistant Engineer and was posted to the Secunderahad Division. where he was employed on Hili * Works.

In Octo r 1891 he was transter. red to Burma as Personal Assistant to the Superintending Engineer. Mandalav. and so uently held charge oi that and the Thayettnyo Divisions.

He was permanently promoted to Executive Engineer in january 1897. and called upon to act as Amatant to the C hiel Engineer and l‘nder-Sccretan- to the Government of Burma in Februa ' 1898. which appointnunt he hcl with ali ht interruptions till April 1903, wren he was made Under-Secretary to the Government at India.

Mr. ALBERT EDWARD SILK. I. Ixst. C.E..washornat Graves- end. Kent. in 1862, and was educated at the Grammar SChool. Cranbrook. and the Royal Indian Engineering College, Coo Hill. He was appointed to t e Public Works Department aa an Assistant

Engineer on the rat October r882. and alter undergoing a course 01 practical training on the Goiltord

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and Snrbiton and hlaidstone and A=hlord Railwiiys. he arrived in India in Xoi'cmhcr1883. Althon h trained asa Railway Engineer. r. Silk ma rusted on arrival in India to me Irrigation Department at the Government at Bengal. From 1883 to 1890 he worked on the Orissa Canals. and from 18 to 1892 on the Sam: Canals. Tlelile at an irrigation oﬂlcer is an arduous and ammo-s one. and after eight mecca- >iie irrigation seasons. Mr. Silk's health Was so impaired that it war decided to transler him to the Dart eeting Division at the Public Works bepartment to prevent a com- plete breakdown. While Mr. Silk was on lurIough in 1893 he we. placed on apecral duty toexarnine and re rt on the Sewerage system of in, where the acwage tnrm tystern ol disposal had been so suc- cesslul. With a view toitt introduco tion in Bengal. He aleo reported on the Waterworks system at that at)". 9n ht: reat‘urnhtlo Isnflkia at the gmntngo r» r. i wasn- nted Engineer to the Sanitary Bengal.undluter on in the

year, Sanitary E 'neer. Bengal. and Secretary to t at Board. In 1895 Mr. Silk wasselected h the

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as their Engineer {or six months during the absence of the permanent incumbent. Whileonleavc in 1898 Dir. Silk was again placed on special duty to study the then recently dis. covered biological systems at sewn

disposal. and on his return to India the Government at Bengal directed the construction of an ex rimental septic tank in the Presi ency jail, Calcutta; this experiment. under Hr. Silk’s careful attention. has led to the adoption 0! this watt-m 0! may dispowl in mourn! the large Mills. Factories and Works in the \‘Idnlly ol Calcutta. and it is not improbable that it will eventuallv gnmde the objectionable trench- tng 'system now in vogtu: in Municipalities in Bengal. In 1900 Mr. S I: wait nominated try the Government of Bengal to he a Commissioner of Calcutta and a Hemher ot the General Committee at the Calcutta Municipalitv, and since then he has been raminently connected with the orporntion. having on twaoccasmna, in 1901 and 1903. acted as Chairman; and his expert knowledge oi. and long

experte‘ ace in sanitary work have Wed at the highest value. The head-works oi the Howrah Water- works were constructed lmrn designs hy Mr. Silk as were also the Berharn. pore Waterworks, and on his advice several ol the other Waterworks in Bengal have been extended and improved. Mr. Silk now holds the rank at Superintending Engineer in the Public Works De iartment. and is a "ember ol the mtitution of Civil Engineen, Fellow at the Royal Sanitary Institute. and a Fellow at the Calcutta Univehitv. which latter honor was conterred on him

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Mr. RICHARD HUGH TICK- ELL. Executive Engineer. Punjab

Irrigation. was educated at ('00 in Hill, and came out to India in [£31. First served {or nine years in Central India in the Roads and Militan' Works Branches ol the I'. W. U.

The design at the Dalv College at Indore and the Show Water \i orks were the principal works on which he was emp eyed. joining the Punjab Irrigation Department in 1890. he served on the Western jnmna. Mul. tan and Bari Doah Canals and sur- veyed the Ghuggur Canals. His ser- vrces were lent to the Native States at Kotah andjhallawar trorn 1896 to root. The New Palace at Kotah was hull by him as well as many other handsome huildi ; most of these were designed by irn. such as the