CONNECTED with the Public Service of this colony for upwards of thirty years. He came to Victoria in 1839, from England, and brought with him a large stock of general merchandise, intending to devote his attention to a mercantile career. He entered into partnership with Mr. Bacchus, of Bacchus Marsh, but as the success of the firm was very indifferent, he retired from the business in 1845, and went to England, returning to Sydney in 1848. From that place he brought horses, cattle, and sheep overland to South Australia, arriving here in the same year. Ho joined th6 Customs Service in 1850, and remained in it until 1858, when he left to take the appointment of Inspector of Sheep
Hon. A. B. Murray, M.L.C.
in the South-east. He remained there three years, and then rejoined the Customs, and was appointed Sub-Collector at Blanchetown, on the opening of that port. He afterwards held a similar position at Morgan, but resigned in 1883 in consequence of ill-health, and returned to Adelaide. From that date till his death, which took place in January, 1885) in his 70th year, he resided at the Semaphore.
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