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 London on Jan. 12th, 1876, at the age of fifty-six.

Hampton, John Stephen, sometime Governor, Western Australia, was in the Medical Department of the Royal Navy, and came out to Van Diemen's Land in 1843, in the convict ship Constant, of which he was surgeon-superintendent. On arrival he took part with the opponents of Governor Sir John Eardley Wilmot. He was appointed Comptroller-General of Convicts in Van Diemen's Land in succession to Captain Forster, and was subsequently censured, with other officials, by the local executive for having derived profit from the labours of prisoners through utilising some trifling articles of convict manufacture. On the Legislative Council in 1855 appointing a select committee to inquire into the administration of the Convict Department, Mr. Hampton refused to appear before it, and the Governor, Sir, declined to order his attendance, on the ground that the penal establishments were under Imperial control. The Council declared him "in contempt," and ordered the serjeant-at-arms to arrest him. Mr. Hampton threatened to resist forcibly, but ultimately allowed the warrant to be executed, on Sept. 15th. A writ of habeas corpus was taken out, but the Council still insisted that Hampton should appear at their bar, which he declined to do. The Governor thereupon prorogued the Council, with the result that the Speaker's warrant lapsed, and the Supreme Court in the meantime decided that the proceedings against Hampton were illegal, and that the Council had erred in assuming general parliamentary privilege. Mr. Hampton, having obtained leave of absence, visited Sydney, and went thence to England, the Court of Appeal affirming, in Feb. 1858, the judgment in his favour delivered by the Tasmanian Court. Mr. Hampton was favourably received by the Colonial Office, and in 1862 (Feb. 27th) was appointed Governor of Western Australia, the only one of the Australian colonies to which transportation was still permitted. Mr. Hampton quitted the government in Nov. 1868, and transportation was suspended the same year. He died on Dec. 1st, 1869.

Handyside, Hon. Andrew DoddsDods [sic], M.P., Commissioner of Public Works, South Australia, has represented the Albert district in the Legislative Assembly of that colony since 1887. In June 1892 he accepted the post of Commissioner of Public Works in the Government.

Hannaford, Samuel, son of Samuel H. Hannaford, was born at Totnes, Devonshire, in 1828. In 1851 he published "Catalogue of Flowering Plants and Ferns in the Neighbourhood of Totnes." In 1853 he emigrated to Melbourne. While resident in Victoria he was a frequent contributor of scientific articles to the press, and for a time edited the Victorian Agricultural and Horticultural Gazette. He also published "Jottings in Australasia; or, Notes on the Flora and Fauna of Victoria" (1856), and "Sea and Riverside Rambles." Removing to Tasmania, he became editor of The Launceston Times, and, as the result of his work in the botany of the colony, printed "The Wild Flowers of Tasmania" (Melbourne, 1866). In 1870 he was appointed Librarian of the Tasmanian Public Library at Hobart. He died at Hobart Jan. 3rd, 1874.

Hannam, Willoughby, M.I.C.E., was apprenticed to M. Du Bays, C.E., of Reading, England; and was assistant surveyor of the Melbourne and River Murray Railway, Vict., in 1860; engineer of the Moreton Bay Tramway Company, Brisbane, from 1861 to 1863; district engineer (southern district) Queensland Government railways from 1863 to 1868; contractor's engineer on same from 1868 to 1872; district engineer and in charge of surveys (central division) of Queensland railways from 1872 to 1885, in which year he was appointed chief engineer of the northern division. In July 1889 he was reappointed engineer in charge of surveys, and left the service in October of the same year.

Hannay, W. M., was for ten years in the employment of the Glasgow and South-Western Railway, and entered the New Zealand Government railway service in May 1876. He was appointed assistant traffic manager in June 1878, traffic manager in 1879, and assistant general manager in 1880. In 1890 Mr. Hannay was appointed one of the Railway Commissioners of the colony.

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