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On his return to England he resumed his duties as Hydrographer 

 at the Admiralty, where he continued until 1829, when he accepted 

 the office of Commissioner for the management of the affairs of the 

 Australian Company. Before quitting England the King was 

 pleased to mark his approbation of his services by conferring upon 

 him the honour of Knighthood. The University of Oxford bestowed 

 upon him the degree of D.C.L., he was elected a Fellow of this 

 Society, and made an Honorary Member of the St. Petersburg Aca- 

 demy of Sciences, and also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. 



On his arrival in Australia he took up his residence at Port 

 Stephen, a beautiful little bay about sixty miles to the north of 

 Sydney. The quiet repose of this delightful spot was quite in uni- 

 son with the mind of Parry, and while zealously discharging his 

 duties as Commissioner of the Colony, he managed to promote 

 among the colonists by whom he was surrounded, a spirit of piety 

 and devotion to which they had before been strangers. He built a 

 church, in which, in the absence of any authorized clergyman, he 

 officiated himself. 



After a residence of five years in Australia he returned to England, 

 and accepted the office of Poor Law Commissioner in the county of 

 Norfolk. The duties of this appointment were, however, by no 

 means congenial to Parry. He was frequently called upon to adju- 

 dicate in cases in which his judgment was at variance with his 

 feelings, and in about a year he resigned his appointment. 



About this time he was selected to organize and conduct a newly- 

 created department of the public service with the title of Comp- 

 troller of Steam Machinery, and continued to discharge the duties 

 of this office with zeal and ability for ten years. During that time 

 he saw introduced into the Royal Navy the screw-propeller, now so 

 justly regarded as indispensable in our fleets, and did much to extend 

 and improve the steam power of this country. 



In 1847, finding his health begin to suffer from the onerous 

 duties of his office, he accepted the appointment of Captain Super- 

 intendent of Haslar Hospital, which he held until his promotion to 

 his Flag. 



In 1853, the Lieutenant-Governorship of Greenwich Hospital 

 falling vacant, it was offered to Sir Edward Parry, who accepted it, 

 greatly to the satisfaction of his friends, who rejoiced in the expec- 



