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 the same year was nominated to the Upper House in order to represent the Government in that Chamber, with the office of Vice-President of the Executive Council. This position he held from May to Dec., when he took the additional office of Postmaster-General, the new Sydney post office being opened during the time he held office, which lasted till Feb. 1875, when the Government resigned. In 1873, when Postmaster-General, he was a member of another Conference of Representatives of all the Colonies, which was held in Sydney, to endeavour to come to some agreement with reference to several important questions of common interest to the Australian colonies, among them the mail service between the mother country and the colonies. In consequence of the action of Victoria in entering into a contract with the Peninsular and Oriental Company, which made Melbourne the terminus for that mail service instead of Sydney, as had previously been the case, Sir Saul Samuel was delegated to proceed to New Zealand, England and the United States to establish a postal service between England, New South Wales and New Zealand, viâ San Francisco, which he succeeded in doing in conjunction with Mr. Thomas Russell, C.M.G., who was appointed to act for the New Zealand Government. Having contracted in England for the performance of this service, Sir Saul Samuel returned to Sydney by way of the United States, and at New York was entertained at a public dinner, at which Mr. Arthur, then Collector of Customs and afterwards President of the United States, was one of the guests. At Washington Sir Saul succeeded in making a Postal Convention with the United States Government, which was personally ratified by President Grant, and afterwards by Her Majesty's Government. On Sir Saul Samuel's arrival in Sydney, in Feb. 1874, he was entertained at a public banquet in recognition of the successful manner in which he had carried out the establishment of what is known as the "San Francisco Mail Service." In the same year Sir Saul was created C.M.G. He twice subsequently acted as Postmaster-General under Sir Henry Parkes—viz., from March to August 1877, and from Dec. 1878 to August 1880—when he accepted the appointment of Agent-General for New South Wales in the United Kingdom. In addition to the heavy financial operations which Sir Saul, who was created K.C.M.G. in 1882, has carried through on behalf of his Government, he has had to deal with Imperial questions of considerable importance. In 1885 he was the medium of intercommunication through which Mr. Dalley offered to place what is known as the "Soudan Contingent" at the disposal of the British Government, and through him its acceptance, due in great measure to his energy and promptitude, was subsequently secured. In 1883 Sir Saul acted as Executive Commissioner for New South Wales to the Amsterdam Exhibition. In 1886 he was appointed one of the Royal Commissioners for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, and on the death of Sir Alexander Stuart, who acted for a short time as Executive Commissioner for New South Wales, he performed the duties of that post till the close of the Exhibition, when, for his services in connection therewith, he received the Civil Companionship of the Bath. In the next year Sir Saul was one of the delegates of New South Wales to the Colonial Conference held in London under the auspices of Lord Salisbury's Government. He was also appointed a member of the Organising Committee of the Imperial Institute, Sir Saul, who about this time was presented with the freedom of the Skinners' Company, is a member of the Council of the Royal Colonial Institute. In 1888 Sir Saul paid a short visit to Sydney, where he received a very cordial reception from all sections of the community. The next year he was entertained at a public dinner in London on the occasion of his entering his seventieth year. In 1891 Sir Saul represented the Governments of New South Wales and Queensland at the Vienna Postal Convention. Sir Saul married, first, in 1859, Henrietta Matilda, daughter of Benjamin Goldsmid Levien, of Geelong, Vict.; and, secondly, in 1877, Sara Louise, daughter of B. Isaacs, J. P., of Auckland, N.Z.

Sanderson, Frederic James, S.M., J.P. is the son of Francis Sanderson, formerly of Killingworth House, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and afterwards of South Australia. 402