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 in Brisbane, was appointed consul for the Netherlands in 1863. He was nominated to the Legislative Council in 1866, and, having forfeited his seat through absence from the colony, was reappointed in 1870. In 1880 Mr. Heussler became German consul. He went to Germany as Emigration Agent under the Herbert Ministry, and initiated a large German emigration to Queensland under the land order system. Mr. Heussler married Miss Westgarth.

Heydon, Hon. Louis Francis, M.L.C., son of Jabez King Heydon and Sophia (Hayes) his wife, was born in Sydney, N.S.W., on April 22nd, 1848. Having practised for some time as a solicitor, he was returned to the Legislative Assembly of that colony for Yass Plains. He took a prominent part in the Anti-Free Trade agitation, and was for some time the recognised leader of the Protectionist party in New South Wales. He was Minister of Justice in the last Robertson Administration, from Dec. 1885 to Feb. 1886. In Feb. 1889 he was nominated to the Upper House by the Ministry. Mr. Heydon was married at Bathurst, N.S.W., on August 15th, 1881, to Miss Gill.

Heyne, E. B., author of "The Amateur Gardener," which passed through several editions, was employed in connection with the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, but subsequently resided in South Australia, where he became a recognised authority on floriculture. He died at Norwood, in that colony, on Oct. 16th, 1881.

Hickson, Robert Rowan Purdon, J.P., Mem. Inst. C.E., was born in Sept. 1842, and educated at St. Columba's College, Dublin, and articled to James Burton, Mem. Inst. C.E. He was appointed engineer in charge of the Barrow Harbour Improvement Works in 1872. In 1874 he was elected an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and transferred to member in 1876, in which year he was nominated by Sir John Coode for the position of Engineer-in-Chief of Harbours and Jetties in South Australia. This post he held until 1881, when he went to New South Wales as engineer in charge of the Northern District under the Harbours and Rivers Department. In 1887 he became acting Engineer-in-Chief of Harbours and Rivers in New South Wales, and on the retirement of the late W. C. Bennett, Mem. Inst. C.E., in 1888, he was appointed Commissioner and Engineer-in-Chief of Roads, Bridges, and Sewerage, and an official member of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, Sydney. Mr. Hickson is the son of the Rev. George Hickson and Charlotte Rowan his wife.

Higgins, Right Rev. Joseph, D.D., Titular Bishop of Antifelle and Bishop Auxiliary of Sydney, N.S.W., was born in Westmeath, Ireland, in 1839, was educated at Maynooth College, and, having been ordained a priest of the Roman Catholic Church at Maynooth in 1863, was for some time President of the Roman Catholic Seminary at Navan, and subsequently parish priest of Castletown, Delvin, Ireland. Dr. Higgins was consecrated bishop at Navan on March 31st, 1889, by the Archbishop of Dublin, and arrived in Sydney as coadjutor to Cardinal Moran in June 1889.

Higinbotham, His Honour the Hon. George, M.A., Chief Justice of Victoria, is the sixth son of the late Henry T. Higinbotham, of Dublin, Ireland, where he was born in 1827. He was educated at the Royal School, Dungannon, and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A. in 1849, and M.A. in 1853. When just of age he went to London, and entered himself for the Bar at Lincoln's Inn on April 20th, 1848. He also connected himself with journalism, becoming in 1849 a reporter on the Morning Chronicle, on which paper Mr. B. C. Aspinall, afterwards a political contemporary in Melbourne, was one of his colleagues. Having been called to the Bar on June 6th, 1853, Mr. Higinbotham left the Morning Chronicle, and emigrated to Melbourne, where he arrived early in 1854. Here he practised his profession, contributing meanwhile to the Melbourne Herald. In 1856 he accepted the editorship of the Argus, in succession to Mr. Edward Wilson, who was also the principal proprietor. This post he held till 1859, when he resigned and resumed his practice at the Bar. He now began to take a part in politics, and was returned to the Legislative Assembly for Brighton in 1861 as an independent Liberal. His independence was too decided to prove palatable to the majority of his constituents, and he was rejected at the general election in the same year, but 231