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 Moncrieff, Alexander Bain, entered the Civil Service of South Australia in Nov. 1874, and in April 1888 was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of that colony in succession to Mr. . He is also Engineer of Railways and Harbours and Jetties.

Monro, Sir David, K.C.M.G., M.D., was the fourth son of Alexander Monro, M.D., Professor of Anatomy in Edinburgh University, by his first wife, Maria, daughter of the late James Carmichael Smyth, and was born in 1813. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.D. in 1836. Sir David, who was knighted in 1866, afterwards studied medicine in the schools of Paris, Berlin and Vienna. He was one of the earliest settlers in Nelson, N.Z., under the New Zealand Co., and took a prominent part in the agitation for a constitution before 1853. Having been a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of New Munster in 1849, he sat in the first New Zealand Parliament in 1854 for a Nelson constituency, and succeeded Sir as Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1861, being re-elected in 1866. In 1871 he was unseated as the result of the first election petition adjudicated on in the colony. Sir David married in 1845 Dinah, daughter of John Seeker, of Widford, Oxfordshire. He died on Feb. 17th, 1877.

Montgomery, The Right Rev. Henry Hutchinson, D.D., Bishop of Tasmania, son of the late Sir Robert Montgomery, K.C.B., G.C.S.I., formerly Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub, by his second wife, Ellen Jane, second daughter of William Lambert, of Woodmansterne, Surrey, was born in 1847. He was educated at Harrow, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. second class Moral Sciences Tripos in 1970, and M.A. in 1873. He was ordained deacon in 1871, priest in 1872, and was curate of Hurstpierpoint from 1871 to 1874, of Christ Church, Southwark, 1874 to 1876, and of St. Margaret's, Westminster, from 1876 to 1879, when he was appointed vicar of St. Mark's, Kennington, Rural Dean of Kennington, and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester. In May 1889 he was consecrated Bishop of Tasmania, in succession to Dr. . He was enthroned in St. David's Cathedral, Hobart, Oct. 29th, 1889. Bishop Montgomery is a member of the Council of the University of Tasmania. He married Maud, third daughter of Ven. Archdeacon Farrar.

Montgomery, William, was born in 1822 in London of an Ulster family, and educated at Belfast. He went to sea in early life, and was in command of a trading vessel at eighteen, but subsequently migrated to Australia, from whence he went in 1860 to Canterbury, N.Z., settling there as a merchant. Mr. Montgomery was concerned for many years in provincial politics, and in 1868-70 was Provincial Treasurer and subsequently President of the Executive Council. In 1874 he was returned to the House of Representatives as member for Akaroa, which he represented till his withdrawal from politics in 1887. Mr. Montgomery refused the office of Colonial Treasurer in the Ministry of 1877; but was Leader of the Opposition against the  Cabinet which succeeded. On August 16th, 1884, he accepted the offices of Colonial Secretary and Minister of Education in the - Ministry, but held these for the briefest time, as the Government was defeated on August 28th. Later (Sept. 3rd), when the Stout-Vogel combination again came into power, Mr. Montgomery declined to take office. He retired from Parliament in 1887. Mr. Montgomery has been prominently connected with educational matters in the colony, having been at one time Chairman of the Canterbury Board of Education, and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College from 1876 to 1885.

Montrose, Charles, is a native of Kent, and was born in 1840. He served in the navy as a midshipman, and was present at the final bombardment of Sebastopol. He was afterwards for nine years In the British army, and went through the New Zealand war, during which he was specially mentioned in despatches by General Sir. He retired from the service in 1869, holding Crimean, African and New Zealand medals. He has since been engaged in journalism, and has published "Picturesque New Zealand," a work on "Strikes and their Remedies," and is now connected with the Melbourne press.

Moore, Hon. David, who is a native of New South Wales was an early colonist 328