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indomitable energy and great capacity for work, liis 

 tenacity of purpose, his love of justice, his benevo- 

 lence, his liberal views, and the manly frankness and 

 independence of his character. 



Some idea of the extent of Mr Pitot's activity and 

 usefulness may be gathered from the number and 

 variety of the posts which he filled, and from his 

 labours in connection with them. During fully twenty 

 years, namely, from 1862 to 1883, he was an indefa- 

 tigable Member of the Legislative Council and of 

 various Government Committees, taking throughout a 

 prominent part in the discussion of all questions and 

 measures of public interest and utility. More than 

 once he was elected to the presidentship of the Chamber 

 of Agriculture, an office for which his administrative 

 abilities and his practical knowledge of the condition 

 and wants of the chief industry of the Colony emi- 

 nently qualified him. Ever since 1863 he was a mem- 

 ber of the Council of Education, and, during twelve 

 years, President of that body, exerting himself to the 

 last in the cause of public instruction. With regard 

 to the different local Societies, there were few of which 

 he was not a member, and to the support of which he 

 did not contribute both by his labours and his purse. 

 It may, indeed, be said that Mr Pitot took an active 

 interest in almost everything calculated to advance 

 the welfare of his native land. 



I might here remark that not a few of the qualities 

 With which our late President was endowed were what 



