The whole of the staff attended the presentations. Mr. L, Tweedie Stodart, Engineer-in-Chief, said "We are met together this morning for a purpose which gives us both pleasure and regret—pleasure that we should have an opportunity to tender to our colleague, Mr. Raeburn, a token of the esteem in which he is held by all members of the Department, and regret that the Department is now to Jose him. I am only voicing the general opinion of us all when I say that Mr. Raeburn will be very much missed, mot only on account of his unique knowledge of the Department's work fiom its earlier con-
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