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 Flintshirc. Wales. [it :874 he joined the Public Workq Department a; an Assistant Engineer. and he has been connected with the construction and control of Indian Railways since then. and hits ncquired a unique experience and knowledge of their working. After being engaged for ~ome thirteen years in the construc- tion ol various State Riiiltvays, Mr. Wynne retired from Government
 * ervrce in “ﬂy, and was subsc-

i uently :iiiimintcd Agent and third Engineer at the Bengal-Nagpur Railway. It IS in connection with this line linc that his name will he chirtly remembered in the Rail- wnv history ol India.

During the period that he held this appointment the whole of the present systuin ot the tonipaiiy. about 2.00” miles, Was con-itrtictcd and worked under hi‘ direction. llc was tintrnuwntul in bringing the It cu ga l-Xiig pur Railway into t‘nlcnttn, and he has made this Railway notable tor its enterprise and good mnnngcment.

Mr. Wynnc's reputation as it Rail. way expert was by no means con- third to India. In 1001 his services Wero requisitioned for China to reorganize the concessions ot the Engineering and Mining ( onipany in Northern Chitin. This work necesr situtedltis rcstdonce in China for tho yciirsmnd during that time he travelled a great deal in Manchuria. It was on the eve of the crisis that plungod Russia and 1.1 n into a disintrous war. and r. Wynne. hull hardly completed the journey to Russia across the much-discussed Siberian Railway when War broke out. Mr. Wynne stayed some little time in Roma. and then again in mm returned to India. When Mr. Robertson. the Special (101an sioner appointed by the Governv merit of India, completed his Iamous Report, the whole subject of the control 01 Indian Railways was under consideration. As a result of the report the new Railway Board map inted,and Mr. Wynne was selecte asone of the three Com- missioners. The Government of India have written as follows regarding the scope of the Board :—

" The conception of 3 Railway Board is not new. it has been advocated and considered on various ocmsions for many cars past. Its central idea is that ere should

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be it body ol irnctical busmess men engaged witi lull authority to manage the rnilwa ol India on commercial princip e1. and freed from all names-40min! mtrictions. or iiocdlegsly inelastic rules. . . Tin-re are two tIIStittCt classes of duties with which the new authority will have to deal. The first is (Inh- borntivn and incluch the IIITPJH'R‘ tion of the railway progrmnmu and the greater questions of raiIWay policy and finance aficrting nll lint-a . . . . 'I'Itcs‘ecottd class otdutics is administrative. and includes such matters as the construction of new lines by State. Agviicy. the carrying out of new works on open lint-s. the

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improvement of railway manage- ment with regard both to economy and public convanience."

It will be seen that tﬂb dutieS of the Commissioners cover an cnor. mous ﬁeld. and their responsibilities are of the WId09I. The success of the development of course depends on the personnel of the Board, and. as it is at prﬁent constituted, it should infuse vitality into the railways and bind them into an intelligent federation. Mr. Wynne has always been an enthusiastic Volunteer. In 1888 he raised the Bengal~Nagpur Railwzty Volunteers. Col. Wynne was ap inted in 1891 an Honorary A.- .o. to the Vicaroy. and was created 2 (3.1.12. on the Ist

January :903.

.\Ir. HERBERT III.M\\'OOD I.C.S.. j.l’.. Officiating judge, Col- euttn High Court. Born in the venr 1850 at Lee, Kent, and educated at Ultrlllgllum. “1' went up (or the In: inn Civil Servici- (‘oiiiiwtitivu Examination in i877. and passing. otter tlii- usual probation. arrived in India in Ilvccmlwr 1879. He Wits posted to Ih-ngul and served as :\5~istiint Magistrate for some \‘mry rising to joint Magistrate and Ikputy ('nllvt‘tni‘ in 159“. iii the same your living niilmintwl Iii- sperturdiviieraloi Registration. In x0VOIllIn‘I' int” Mr. lloliiiwmd was continued as District and Sessions judge at (iiiyn, in which content; ho wrved ﬁrst at Hhugalpore Ill 1893. He Went in Patna ilﬁ judge in torn andiitti-ruards to lIlt‘ z4-I’arganas. till lIit‘ \‘l‘df Ilptls when he wag appointed tut’iflirtnti-iis it I’itistii' Indigo til the (ah tutti High t‘uurt lroin Janitan to Jllllu oi that year He \\'J\ placed on sin-rial duty in Scptt-iiilwr oi the- ozone your to wtve uii thc t‘uniniitiw appointed ludral with the revision of thv salaries oi .‘Illllhlt‘t‘lltl Others. "0 rejoined thv High (‘uiirt in the inlluwing war taking his seat In March as titlicinting I’uisiie lodge in the vacancy caused by the [vow of {titsvllt‘t‘ of the Ilun'ble Mr. justim Stephen, Mr. Huliiiwood niblishcd ii legnl Work t'ltlllIL‘tI the “Inst and Practice oi Registration in Bengal" iluriiig lii~‘ iin‘tnnlwncy ut the «rhino of InspectorJlciicrnl of Registration in Iit'tlgftl tThnckcr, Spink at (30., 1894).

Mr. ARTHUR WILLIAM DE. o 'I'ITII. 1115.. MA. ((‘nntaln. Assn» titiit toniiitrnllrr. India Ti'viisuries, was born in the year 1874 in Hampshire. En‘Iﬂlld, :utd educated at Ilulwich (‘0 ego. and at Trinity Hall. Cambridge. Ile. took his (1 rec as Bachelor of Arts in 1896 am in the following year competed sucu-ss- fully at thr Indian Civil Service Examination. In 1808 Mr. Dcntith passed the second and final examina- tion and came to India at the end of the same year. He was first posted at Dacca as Assistant Magistrate and Collector. subse ncntly serving as Sub-Divisional (l ccr at Gobindpnr and Giridih. then as Joint Magis- trate at Midnapore and Alipore, and in 1905 was appointed to his pres-cut

ﬁt as Aﬁistnnt Comptroller, India

reasurics. In 1902 he took his MA. degree.