A. distinguished former Indian Civil Service oficial has just passed away in the person of Sir Evan Maconochie, x.c.1#, Born on July 1868, Sir Evan joined the Bombay 1 Service in 1889, first serving 'a Assistant Collector and Settlement Officer. He then became Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the Revenue Department, For some time he was private seeretary to the Maharaja of Mysore, ing to the civil Commissioner of Division, he became agent to the Govern: General for the States in Kathiaws He wrote an interesting book entitled ""bate in the Indian Civil Service."
Indian Advocates Sea Training in India Apparently there has been con: siderable laxity in the granting of certifentes to Indians for qualification as advocates in India, for. the General Council of the Bar in Eng Jand has deemed it necessary draw the attention of all barristers feranting such certificates, to a relation of the Council which em. Whasizes the great importance attached to those certificates in India, and warns them to. take scrupulous care. "that "such certs certificate is "tee fates are accurate and' that unless the Indian has genuinely attended the Training for the Indian Mercantil Marine on the good ship Dufferin has begun in learnest. The Dufferin which is fully equipped for the purpose is now lying in the harbour at Bombay. The cadets, who nam-her 50 in all and have been chosen by examination, come from all parts of India.
Altogether 7 eandidates for examination sat at the various centres, and the papers were all set, corrected and marked by the same officer. The centres were Bo bay, Lucknow, Lahore, Calcutta, Madras, and Rangoon. Forty boys passed and, after these had been ex-
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