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 the result being that the Victorian plans and methods were in almost every case adopted. In 1879 he visited the United Kingdom as Secretary to the famous "embassy," of which Mr. (now Sir) and Professor (now Dr.)  were members, and whilst in London was twice examined before a committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into and make suggestions for reorganising the system of collecting and compiling the statistics of the United Kingdom. This committee in its report spoke of Mr. Hayter as having brought the statistical system of Victoria "to an unusually perfect condition." On his return to Victoria he made arrangements for taking the census of 1881, which, as well as the compilation of the returns, he afterwards carried out successfully. In 1890 he contemplated retiring from office; but, at the special request of his Government, he consented to remain, first to represent Victoria at an intercolonial statistical conference held in Tasmania, of which he was elected president, and secondly to conduct the operations of the Victorian census of 1891, which was successfully taken under his management. He was awarded a silver medal at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1875, a silver and a bronze medal at that of 1880, a gold and a bronze medal at that of 1888-9, a gold medal at the Amsterdam Exhibition of 1881, a silver medal at the Calcutta Exhibition of 1884, a bronze medal at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1887, a first-class award at the Adelaide Exhibition of 1887, and a grand prix (diploma and medal) at the Paris Exhibition of 1889, for his statistical publications. Besides the Victorian Year-Book, Mr. Hayter is the author of "Notes of a Tour in New Zealand"; "Notes on the Colony of Victoria—Historical, Meteorological, Geographical, and Statistical," a portion of which has been reprinted for use in the Victorian State Schools; a "Handbook to the Colony of Victoria," 40,000 copies of which have been distributed in England and elsewhere; a "Nosological Index," now used in the Statistical departments of all the Australian colonies, a volume of poems, and numerous statistical reports. In 1877 he edited "Précis of Information on the Colony of Victoria and its Capabilities for Defence," for use in the Imperial War Office. Mr. Hayter is an honorary member of numerous scientific societies in Europe and the colonies, to which he has frequently contributed papers. He was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George on May 24th, 1882, an officer of the French Order of Public Instruction on July 14th, 1882, and a Chevalier of the Order of the Crown of Italy on July 17th, 1884. Mr. Hayter married, in 1855, Susan, daughter of the late William Dodd, of Porchester Terrace, London.

Heales, Hon. Richard, M.L.A., sometime Premier of Victoria, was the son of an ironmonger, and was apprenticed to a coachmaker. He was born in London, and, having married, emigrated to Victoria with his father in 1842. At first he worked as a journeyman coachbuilder, but soon became proprietor of the establishment in which he had been employed. In 1849 he was elected to the Melbourne City Council for Gipps Ward, and then paid a visit to England, which lasted from 1852 to 1855, during which he made himself prominent as an advocate of the Temperance cause. Responsible government having been conceded, he was elected to the Assembly for East Bourke in 1857, and became the leader of the advanced liberal party. In Nov. 1860 the Ministry were defeated by a somewhat incongruous majority, which subsequently put forward Mr. Heales for the premiership, which he assumed in conjunction with the office of Chief Secretary. His Cabinet included such strong names as those of Ireland, Verdon, J. M. Grant, and others; and Mr. Heales sketched out a democratic programme which included payment or members, reform of the Upper House, and protection to native industries, all of which were subsequently achieved after a long and arduous struggle. Finding himself in a minority, Mr. Heales obtained a dissolution in July 1861; but his fiscal policy being distrusted, he had to make way for Mr. (afterwards Sir) in the following November. As a private member, Mr. Heales was able to achieve a great triumph in the passing of a measure which he introduced for the maintenance and establishment of common schools, and which virtually laid the foundation of the present advanced state school system of Victoria. 222