Matthew Smith, J.P.,
ARRIVED in the colony by the "Africaine" in November, 1836. He resided for a short time at Kangaroo Island, and afterwards practised the profession of the law in Adelaide. On the early settlement of Port Lincoln Mr. Smith was appointed a Resident Magistrate. He ultimately returned to Adelaide, where he continued to conduct a respectable practice, and filled at intervals the important offices of Stipendiary Magistrate, and Acting Commissioner of Insolvency. On his retirement from the public service, Mr. Smith was the recipient of a testimonial from the members of the legal profession in Adelaide. He died at Prospect, Nov. 18, 1858, aged sixty-four years. He was a man of great intelligence, and much liked by all classes of the community.