A COLONIST of thirty-two years, having landed at Portland in 1853. He was for twenty-seven years a resident of Mount Gambler, occupied a seat in the Gambler West District Council, was member of the first and second Town Councils, and served as Mayor in 1878 and 1879, since which period he has taken but little part in public matters. He died March 14, 1885, aged 67 years.