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Thomas Mitchell. He was afterwards engaged on an inquiry 
_ the cause of a serious railway accident between Sydney an 
Parramatta, in which several lives were lost ; also on the Hun 
River Floods Commission, and on the City and Suburban Sews 
and Health Board, of both of which he acted as Chairman. In 
all these inquiries he showed a clearness of judgment and a des 
to get to the root of difficulties which made his services of much { 
value to the public. 
He was one of the Trustees of the Sydney Grammar Seh 
from the time of its first institution, and was for some y 
_ Chairman of that body. In 1863 he was called to the Bar 
New South Wales; and in 1878 he was elected a member “ 
_ Senate of the University, his former seat on the Senate havi 
__ become vacant when he resigned the Professorship. He died 
the 7th of the present month. 
These obituary notices have run to such a length that I am sure ; 
_ the members will be glad if I do not trespass further on 
_ patience. I therefore conclude with a wish that the present 
: - Inay be a prosperous one for the Society, and that it may be 
2 -defore- such another list of losses by death may have to 
i “recorded. 
