12 J. H. MAIDEN. 



lie was appointed a licensed surveyor in January 1872, 

 when he took up work in connection with the Tin Mines at 

 Deepwater. He subsequently was attached to the Trigo- 

 nometrical Survey, then under the superintendence of Mr. 

 W. J. Oonder, observing a considerable part of the primary 

 triangulation in the Wagga Wagga District. About 1877 

 he visited Europe, returning in the following year. Shortly 

 after his return he was appointed, (9th September, 1879) to 

 the position of District Surveyor, being stationed at 

 Armidale, which important post he occupied at the time of 

 the inception of the Crown Lands Act of 1884, under which 

 considerable changes were effected in the administration 

 of the Public Estate. He resigned his appointment in the 

 Lands Department in 1885, since which time he was 

 employed in private practice as a surveyor, principally in 

 the Maitland and Armidale districts. A short time before 

 his death he commenced practice in Sydney. 



From the commencement of his career he showed great 

 promise, and came to be recognised as having great 

 technical knowledge of his profession, being also possibly 

 one of the most skilful draftsmen this State ever had. The 

 higher branches of surveying specially enlisted his attention, 

 and he made a very interesting addition to the methods of 

 determining true meridian by de vising a telescope diaphragm 

 for observation of circumpolar stars. He took a great 

 interest in all matters affecting professional status, and 

 was for many years an active member of the Institution 

 of Surveyors, New South Wales. 



Joshua Percy Josephson, a.m.i.ce., entered the service 

 of the Public Works Department in the year 1868 as a cadet 

 in the Harbours and Rivers Branch, which was then 

 administered by the late E. O. Moriarty, m. inst. c.e. He 

 served his period of cadetship on engineering surveys in 

 connection with the harbours on the coast, under the late 



