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 1869), and Electric Telegraph Commissioner (Oct. 16th, 1866, to Feb. 5th, 1869). In 1867 he attended the Intercolonial Conference on Ocean Postal Communication in Melbourne. In 1872 he was once more called to the Legislative Council, and was a member of the Executive Council in the Fox-Vogel Ministry from July 20th to Sept. 10th, 1872. After the defeat of the Stafford Government, Mr. Hall was Colonial Secretary in the Waterhouse Cabinet from Oct. 11th, 1872, to March 3rd, 1873. Subsequently Mr. Hall was a member of the Executive Council in Mr. 's first Ministry, from Sept. 1st, 1876, to Sept. 13th. In 1879 Sir George Grey was defeated on an amendment by Sir William Fox, and appealed to the country. Mr. Hall at this juncture once more resigned his seat in the Upper House despite Sir George Grey's opposition, and was elected to the House or Representatives for Selwyn. When Parliament met in Oct. 1879 the Grey Government was defeated by two votes, and Mr. Hall was called upon to form a ministry, Oct. 8th. He remained Premier till April 21st, 1882, when he was obliged by ill-health to retire, and was succeeded by Sir. During his term of office the Triennial Parliaments Bill and the Universal Suffrage Bill were passed; also the much-debated Maori Prisoners Bill and the Maori Prisoners Detention Bill, which were intended to meet the Te Whiti difficulty. Subsequently the Government despatched troops to Parihaka, and arrested Te Whiti. Sir John Hall has filled numerous local offices, having been Chairman of the Westland and Selwyn County Councils, and of the first Christchurch Municipal Council. He has also been a prominent member of the Anglican community in New Zealand. He was created K.C.M.G. in 1882. He married in 1861 Rose Anne, daughter of William Dryden, of Hull.

Halloran, Henry, C.M.G., son of the late Rev. L. H. Halloran, was born at Capetown, where his father was Chaplain to the Forces, in 1811. He came with the latter to New South Wales, and, entering the Civil Service of that colony, in 1828 became principal Under-Secretary in 1866. This post he held till 1878, when he retired on a pension and was created C.M.G. Mr. Halloran, who married, in 1841, Elizabeth Henrietta, daughter of Joseph Underwood, of Ashfield Park, Sydney, was a lieutenant of Volunteer Cavalry and Mounted Rifles from 1854 to 1864, and has been a J.P. of New South Wales since 1867. He has been a contributor to the press, principally in verse, and has published a volume entitled "Poems, Odes, Songs" (1887).

Ham, Hon. Cornelius Job, M.L.C., is the youngest son of Rev. John Ham, and was born at Birmingham on Jan. 13th, 1837, going to Port Phillip five years later with his father, who was the first pastor of Collins Street Baptist Chapel, Melbourne. Mr. Ham, whose eldest brother, Jabez, was one of the first editors of the Melbourne Age, started business as a land and estate agent in that city in 1855, and was Mayor of Melbourne in 1881-2. In Nov. 1882 he stood for a seat in the Legislative Council of Victoria in opposition to the late Dr. Beaney and Mr. George Coppin, and was triumphantly returned, being re-elected in 1886. Mr. Ham accepted a seat in the Ministry without portfolio in Nov. 1890, and was sworn of the Executive Council. Twelve months later he resigned office after voting against the Government Bill establishing the one man one vote principle, but resumed office on the measure being abandoned. In Feb. 1892, however, when the Ministry was reconstructed under Mr. Shiels, he left the Cabinet. He married in 1868 Hattie, daughter of John Latham, of West Virginia, U.S.A., formerly United States Consul-General in Melbourne.

Hamilton, Edward Angus, was member for Light in the Legislative Assembly of South Australia from April 1870 to July 1871, when he resigned. He was Treasurer for a few days in May 1870, in Mr. Strangways' reconstructed Government. Mr. Hamilton was formerly colonial architect of South Australia, and is now believed to be residing in America.

Hamilton, Edward William Terrick, is the second son of Anthony Hamilton, Archdeacon of Taunton and Rector of Loughton, Essex, by Charity Graeme, his wife, third daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart. He is the younger brother of the late Bishop of Salisbury, and was born in 1809. He was educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Cambridge (of which he was Fellow), B.A. (Fifth Wrangler) in 1832, and M.A. in 1835. He was M.P. 211