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Mr. WILLIADJ t.Rl).\’ LYNCH COTTON. M. 1351. (KB, M.S..»\., son ot the late Colonel Hugh Cotton. Cumhermere. Cheshire. icin- ed the Indian 1’. W. D. in 1866, being posted to Delhi. As early as t87o he was appointed Exorutive Engineer at the 4th grade. and two years later Assistant Secretary to the Government of India. In :873 he officiated as L'ndenSecretary. That same year he was posted to

the 2nd Circle [or sperm] duty in connection with the erection ol the Nngu Bridge. and later. in Novem- ber, being transit-ﬂed to Bengal, rendered service on the [amine works. for which he N‘t‘t'n’t‘d the thanks 0! the Government. For serviCes rendered in connection with the famine in Madras, in 187 he received the thanks of the Ma - rm Gow'rtiment. Promotion tol-

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lowed these special duttex and in XSSI. Mr. Cotton was appointed an Executive Engineer. tst grade. Un return from lurlougli in 1884 he ofﬁciated as Superintending En- gineer. [n 1889 he was ap iointed Superintending Engineer. lhngnl- pore Divrsiou, and the same year was granted leave for mu years to count for pension. He retired on pension in 1891. Aside tram his profession. Mr. Cotton was galetted a Magistrate in 1868. was elected Member of the Societv of Arts in 1870, :md an A.M.lnst. CE. in :874. He joined the ﬁrm of Oldham Brothers. Civil Engineers. in 1500. lit-coming Sole Proprietor in 1305. From this he retired in too: to be- come 3 Consulting Engineer Since 189! he has been Consulting Engi- neer to the Adrniinstrator-General of Bengal. He prepared the work- ing plans and supervised the con- struction in 1304-9601 the large premises on Dalhousie Square erect- ed hy the Standard Lite lnsur» ante Company.

Mr. LESLIE \VARLOW BAR- RY. member of the firm of Messrs. Orr, Dignnm a: (0., Solicitors. ol Calcutta. was liom in London on the tzth August 1866. He was educat- ed at l’n‘iversny College School, Lon- don. and at Ltm‘nllt College and Bra- sl-nose College. Oxford. heinizliite Ex- hihitioner oi Litiroln and late Scho- lar oi the lastvnamed College. At Oxlnrd he tool: Honours in Classio cal "Slixleratinns" and "Greats," and alter graduating BA. in 1880 pro- reeded to the degree at MA. in 1892. In the meantime. in $3on had en- tered into articles with his uncle. Mr. Thomas Webster. tormeer Fellow nl Trinity College. Cambridge, at

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that tune practising as it Soliutor In London. and in [Box had his articles transient-d to Messrs. G. F. Hudson. MattheWs & ('o., a well- luiown City firm. He passed his ” Final ” in tho: and was admitted as .i Soliritur oi the Supreme Court in 134;} Mter practising {or a nhorl tune in London he came to lndiu in 1505 to join the firm ol Messrs. Urr. Robertson and Burton, and in 1904,

upon the amalgamation of his ﬁrm with that of Messrs. Dignam & Co., a new firm was thendtahlished under the name of Messrs. Orr. Dignnm & (0.. and he joined as one of its members.

Messrs. LOVE-10C K & LEWES. Chartered Accountants, No. :5. Mangoe Lane. Calcutta.

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