1 26 ST. HELENA 



In August His Excellency Governor Sterndale had been 

 compelled through ill-health to leave his post, the Gover- 

 norship being undertaken by Colonel Price, C.M.G., O.C.T., 

 and it was with profound and deep regret that the inhabi- 

 tants received a cable announcing his death in England 

 of sudden failure of the heart, on October 3, for he had been 

 expected to arrive again in the island in November. For 

 five years he had administered the Government, and his 

 courteous kindly manner will always be remembered by 

 all classes of society. The fountain in the garden, the road 

 round the West Rocks, the improved wharf, the museum, 

 which it is greatly to be hoped will be kept up and added to, 

 and the new drainiage system will testify to his many works 

 of improvement. In November Lieut. -Colonel Henry 

 Lionel Gallwey, C.M.G., D.S.O., senior division, was ap- 

 pointed Governor. 



The West India Regiment had been ordered to St. Helena 

 to replace those regiments stationed there during the war, 

 but the inhabitants, having suffered before from the mutinous 

 conduct of this regiment, petitioned against the order. 

 The Colonial Secretary therefore refused to allow them to 

 proceed on account of the objection raised, and the War 

 Office accordingly decided to send two companies of the 

 South African line regiment in their place. 



The following postal statistics are of interest as showing 

 the work done by the postal staff, which is small. The 

 heading, Money Orders, shows a decrease, but in every 

 other department there is a substantial increase, especially 

 in the number of mail bags, there being an increase of 443 

 during the eight months of 1902 as compared with the 

 same months of 1901. The increase of monies received 

 in the island is also worthy of notice ; 



