b HENRY DEANE. 



the great systems of Australasia. The permanent way and 

 rolling stock were largely renewed, and the net revenues dur- 

 ing Mr. Eddy's term of office increased from £765,000 in 1888 

 to £1,322,000 in 1896. Rates and fares were reduced during the 

 same period, and the status and pay of the staff were materially 

 improved. The Railway Institute is a lasting memorial of the 

 constant thought the late Chief Commissioner gave to the welfare 

 of the employes, and when he died he may truly be said to have 

 earned the affection of his subordinates, the respect of his colleagues 

 and the confidence and gratitude of the people of the Colony to 

 to which he ungrudgingly devoted his mature experience and his 

 splendid talents. 



Mr. W. A. Hutchinson. — The death of Alderman Hutchinson 

 of the Glebe, occurred June 20th, 1897, and the news was received 

 with wide spread regret. Mr. Hutchinson was a well-known 

 figure in municipal circles. For a number of years he occupied a 

 seat in the municipal council of Balmain, and for two years was 

 mayor of that borough. For nine years he has occupied the 

 position of alderman in the Glebe Council, and during last year 

 he filled the mayoral chair. At the time of his death Mr. 

 Hutchinson was a vice-president of the Municipal Association of 

 New South Wales, and no more energetic municipal worker was 

 to be found. It is not surprising to find that his energy led him 

 to enter political life. Indeed it would have been surprising had 

 it been otherwise. Before the passing of the present Electoral 

 Act the- deceased gentleman was one of the representatives of 

 Balmain in the Assembly, and whenever he spoke in the House 

 it was generally felt that he had given deep study and careful 

 consideration to his subject. Kindly and warm-hearted in dis- 

 position his face was welcomed everywhere, and his many acts of 

 private charity gained for him hosts of friends. As a director of 

 the Deaf and Blind Institute, and by means of his influence and 

 active co-operation with many philanthropic societies and institu- 

 tions, he was enabled still further to give vent to that charity 

 which was within him. Mr. Hutchinson was a thorough business 



