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 Waterhouse is a member of the Council of the University of Tasmania. He is joint author with Mr. F. W. Edmondson of "Digest of Reported Cases in the Supreme Court, etc. . . . of the Colony of Victoria, from 1861 to 1885" (Melbourne, 1886).

Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott, B.A., the eldest son of the Rev. (q.v.), of St. John's, Christchurch, N.Z., was born on Dec. 20th, 1863, at Caulfield, Melbourne, of which parish his father was then incumbent. At the age of nine he was taken to New Zealand, on the occasion of his father's appointment to the cure of St. John's, Christchurch, and was educated at the grammar school of that town, and afterwards at Canterbury College. In May 1883 he graduated at the New Zealand University, and came to England early in 1885, where he has since lived. In 1887 Mr. Watson took up journalistic work, and was a frequent contributor to the St. James's Gazette and other papers. In 1888 he published "Marahuna: a Romance" (Longmans), and in the spring of 1890, "Lady FaintHeart" (Chapman & Hall), a novel in three volumes. Mr. Watson, who is now a regular contributor to the National (late Scots) Observer, has published a tale of adventure in the Maori war, called " The Web of the Spider" (Hutchinson & Co., 1891). He is joint author with Mr. J. M. Barrie, the novelist, of a play called Richard Savage, which was produced at a Criterion matinee in April 1891.

Watson, Rev. Henry Crocker Marriott, was born at Prossers, in Tasmania, on Nov. 9th, 1835, and is on the father's side of Irish descent, his grandfather being of Tipperary, the family estate, "Brook Watson," near Nenagh, having, only as recently as 1857, passed into other hands. Mr. Watson's father, Brereton Rolla Ross Porter Bloomfield Watson, emigrated in 1821, when very young, to Tasmania where he married Miss Catherine Wade. Mr. Watson was educated in Tasmania, and having decided to study for holy orders, became a teacher. Migrating in 1858 to Victoria, he was appointed to the office of reader in the parish of St. Peter's, Melbourne, and as the result of his studies gained an exhibition worth £100 a year to Moor College, Sydney. After completing his course there, he was ordained deacon by Bishop in Melbourne in 1860, and was appointed to the curacy of Christ Church, Ballarat, which he held till 1862, in which year he took priest's orders. On March 7th, 1863, he married Annie Macdonald, eldest daughter of John Wright, of Hobart. The same year he was appointed incumbent of St. Mary's, Caulfield, near Melbourne. This preferment he held till 1864. Mr. Watson was incumbent of Tarradale and Malmesbury, in Victoria, from the latter year till 1867, subsequently of Inglewood and Tarnagulla, and of Christ Church, Kilmore, from 1870 to 1873. In the latter year he removed to New Zealand, where he became incumbent of St. John's, Christchurch, a position he still holds. In 1885-6, whilst on a visit to England, Mr. Watson acted as deputational secretary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and again in 1889-90. Mr. Watson has published "Adventures in New Guinea" (1875); "Erchomenon; or, Republic of Materialism" (Sampson Low, 1879); "The Decline and Fall of the British Empire; or, The Witches' Cavern" (Treschler, 1890).

Watson, Hon. James, M.L.C., J.P., was born at Portadown, in co. Armagh, Ireland, on Dec. 17th, 1836, and educated at the Church of England school in his native town. He emigrated to the colony of New South Wales early in life, and engaged in mercantile pursuits, becoming a partner in the firm of John Frazer & Co., of Sydney. He was returned to the Assembly for the Lachlan district in 1869, and subsequently represented Young. Mr. Watson was Colonial Treasurer in the Parkes Administration from Dec. 1878 to Jan. 1883, and in Feb. 1887 was called to the Legislative Council. Mr. Watson married on April 8th, 1871, Miss Margaret Salmon Ewan.

Watt, John Brown, was appointed a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales in June 1861, but resigned on leaving for England in March 1866. He was reappointed in Oct. 1874. In 1877 he presented the sum of £1000 to the University of Sydney to found an exhibition for students from primary schools. In April 1890 his seat in the Legislative Council became vacant owing to prolonged absence in England.

Watterston, David, editor of the Australasian, was born in Haddingtonshire 495