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the accidental breakage of a portion of the machinery. The present Victoria Mill is one of the most complete in Australia. As agricultural settlement extended, he established mills at Wallaroo, Snowtown, and Port Pirie. The whole of the milling property was recently disposed of to the Adelaide Milling and Mercantile Company, Limited. Mr. Duffield was elected as one of the representatives of the district of Barossa in the first Parliament, April 22, 1857, and was re-elected to the second, third, and fourth Parliaments, being thus continuously one of the members for Barossa from April, 1857, to March, 1868. He was re-elected for the same district in 1870, and sat until the dissolution on November 23, 1871. He held office as Treasurer in two successive Cabinets, viz., the Hart Ministry (the fifteenth since the inauguration of responsible government here), from October 23, 1865 till March 27, 1866; and in the first Boucaut Ministry, from March 28, 1866, to May 2, 1867. He introduced the Dog Act, and succeeded in carrying that measure, and many of the colonists are under an obligation of which they are unaware to the deceased gentleman for what he did in this matter. After serving as local representative for many years, Mr. Duffield on July 25, 1873, first took his seat as member of the Legislative Council. He applied himself with assiduity to his Parliamentary duties, until failing health compelled him, during the latter part of 1878, to seek leave of absence. He participated to some extent in the work of the following session, but at length found himself unable to continue his service to the country. His resignation was accepted May 27, 1880. Mr. Duffield was local Director of the Bank of South Australia, and held that office until 1873, when he accepted a position on the Adelaide Board. He was also a Director for many years of the Adelaide Marine and Fire Insurance Company, and occupied several other posts of importance, all of which he had to resign in consequence of ill-health. He was owner,