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 Flintshire. Wales. In 1874 he joined the Public Works Department as no Assistant Engineer. and he has been connected with the construction and control of Indian Railways since then. and has acquired a unique experience and knowledge at their WOI'KIng. Alter being engaged tor ~‘ome thirth years in the construc- tion of various State Railways, Mr. Wynne retired from Government service in rally. and was subse- uently appointed Agent and (hie! Engineer at the Ilengalcxugpul Railway. It til in connection “‘llll this fine line that his nann- will hechielly remembered in the Rail- wnv history at India. During the period that he held this appointment the “hole 0! the nt swtem ol the t‘ompuny. about 2.060 miles, wits constructed and worked under hi: direction. He was iii-itrutncntnl in bringing the B en 1; u I . X n g p u r Railway Intn Calcutta, and he hns made this Railway notuhle for its enterprise and good management. ‘ Mr. Wynne's reputation as 3 Karl- way expert was by no means con- fined to India. In 1902 his sen'ices were requisitioncd lor China to reorganize the concessioru oi the Engineering and Mining Company lﬂ Northern China. This work nece=r sitnted his residence in China [or two vents. and during that tune he travelled a great deal in Manchuria. It was on the eve of the crisis that plunged Russia and J3 nu into a disastrous mr. and r. “'plne had hardly completed the journey to Russia across the much ’ Siberian Railway when war broke out. Mr. Wynne stayed sortie little time in Roma, and then agnin in I904 returned to India. When Mr. Robertson, the Special Commis- sioner appointed by the Gox‘ern- ment of lndia,completed his famous Report, the whole subject of the control of Indian Railway; was under consideration. As a result of the report the new Railway Board was up inted.nnd Mr. Wynne was selecte none of the three Com- missioners. The Govemment oI India have written as follows regarding the scope of the Board :— " The conception of 1 Railway Board is not new. it has been advocated and considered on various occasion! [or many vars past. It: central idea is that there should

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he a body at tactical bustneﬁ men engaged wit: lull authority to manage the milsvavs of India on commercial principles. and [reed from all non-essential restrictions, or needlessly inelastic rules. . . There are two distinct Clauses 01 duties with which the new authority will have to deal. The first is delt- herative and includes the prepare tron ol the railway programme and the greater questions of railway polin and ﬁnance uﬂecting all lines . . . The second clnss of duties is udmtubtmtivr. and includes such matters at the construction at new lines by State Agency. the carrying out of new works on open lines. the

Mr. T. R. “"l’SSt-L

improvement of railway manage- ment with regard both to economy and public convenience.' '

It wﬂl be seen that the duties of the Commissioners cover an enor- mous ﬁeld. and their responsibilities are of the widest. The success ol the development of comic depends on the personnel of the Board. and. as it is at present constituted, it should infuse vitality into th e railways and bind them into an intelligent lcdmtion. Mr. Wynne has :ilwap been nn enthusiastic Volunteer. In 1883 he raised the Bengal-qum Railway Volunteers. Col. Wynne was up inted in :89: an Honorary A.-D.-. to the Viceroy. and was created a C.I.E. on the rst January 1903.

Mr. HERBERT HOLMWOOD l.C.S.. thciating Judge, Cal. r'uttzi Hi In Court. Born in the 'ear 1850 at .ee. Kent, and educated at L'p-rngham. He went up lot the In ran (‘ivil Service Competitive Examination in 1877. and passing, alter the mind probation. arrived in India in Dru-miter t879. He was [listed to Bengal and served an Assistant Magistrate for some years rising to Joint Magistrate and Dvput) Collector m 1300. in the stme year being appointed In- stwctordierieral of Registration. In Xm'emher 189.; Dir. Holmwuod was continued as District and Sessions judge at tiayn, in which capacity he served tirst at Bhagnlpure in 1893. He went to Patna as judge in too: andntterwards to the u-Pnrganna. till the year was when he was apporntcd to oﬁicintc tn .1 Puime ludge of the (‘ol-‘uttu High Court trom lunuur ' to lune oi that year. He w.“ placed on sll‘fllti duty lt‘. September ol the same year to serw on the Committee appointed to deal With the rev'uion ol the salaries of Ministerial Glitters. Hr rejoined the High Court in the following year taking his seat in March as Uﬁ'lcinting Puisnc Judge in the vacancy caused by the leave of ahence ol the Hon'blc Mr. Justice Stephen. .‘lr. Holmwood ublished a legal work entitled the “ w and Practice of Registration in Bengal" during his incumhehcyot the ofﬁce of Inspector-General 01 Registration in Bengal (Thacher, Spink& (20., 189;).

Mr. ARTHUR WILLIAM DEN- TlTl-l, l.C.S.. MA. (Cantnh), Assis- tant Comptroller. India Treasuries. was born in the year 1874 in Hampshire. England. and educated at Dulwich College, and at Trinitv Hall. Cambridge. lie took his as Bachelor at Arts in 1896 and in the tollowing year compatcd success-

fully at the Indian Civil Service Examination. In 1898 MLDcntith

passed the second and ﬁnal examina- tion and came to India at the end of the same year. He was ﬁrst postal at Dacca as Assistant Magistrate and Collector. subseggcntly scrvin as Sub-Divisional ( ctr at Gobin pm and Giridih. then as Joint Magis- trate at Midnapore and Alipore. and in 1905 was appointed to his present

IOSI as Assistant Comptroller, India

reasuries. In 1902 he took his

MA. degree.