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civil engineer to practice his profession in Sydney ; lie received 

 the appointment of Mineral Surveyor to the Government, and 

 when Sir Thomas Brisbane arrived his skill was utilised to 

 search for water for the supply of Sydney. The result was the 

 construction of Busby's Bore, whereby a tunnel was made from 

 the Lachlan Swamp to Hyde Park. In this work Mr. William 

 Busby acted as Clerk of the Works, during the period of its 

 construction from 1827-1837. In length it is 2 J miles, with a 

 section of 4 feet by 5 feet. The delivery of water averages 3 to 

 400,000 gallons daily, which was sufficient for the then population 

 of 20,000. 



On the completion of this important engineering work, Mr. 

 William Busby engaged in pastoral pursuits in the Northern 

 Districts and met with considerable success. Some little time 

 previous to his death he was in ailing health, but the end was 

 hastened by a severe chill. He died on Thursday, 23rd June, 

 aged 75 years. He was esteemed by a large circle of friends, and 

 as a Member of the Legislative Council, to which he was elected 

 in 1867, he gave close and regular attention to everything that 

 tended to the public good. He joined this Society in 1875. 



Arthur Todd Holroyd, born 1st Dec, 1806 ; died 15th June, 

 1887 ; aged 81. — Mr. Arthur Todd Holroyd was born in London, 

 and educated at Ripon Grammar School. At 18 years of age he 

 commenced to study medicine, first at Cambridge and then at 

 Edinburgh, where he took his M.D. degree in 1830. He however 

 preferred the legal profession, and entered at Lincoln's Inn, but 

 wishing to travel before being called to the Bar, in 1835 he visited 

 Home and Egypt. He penetrated beyond the great desert into 

 the Soudan, and as one of the earliest of English travellers, passed 

 over the sime route as General Gordon traversed to Khartoum. 

 He thence journeyed down the Blue Nile to Senaar, crossed the 

 desert to the White Nile, thence to Kordofan and Cairo. From 

 his personal witness of the extent of the slave trade he was able 

 to make representations to the British Government in aid of its 

 suppression. In 1838 he visited Palestine and Syria; unfortunately 



