Mr. Benjamin Marcus Wilson, Expert Shorthand Writer to the Justice Department, and Private Secretary to the Minister of Railways, is a son of Mr. B. Wilson, of the Government Printing Office. Born at the Thames, in 1870, he was educated at Wellington College. Mr. Wilson began to learn shorthand before leaving college and became proficient. On leaving college he entered the office of Messrs. Buckley, Stafford and Tread-well, solicitors, leaving there to join the Government service in February, 1893, as expert shorthand writer in the Justice Department, which position he still holds. While with Messrs. Buckley and Co., Mr. Wilson passed the barristers' general knowledge examination. The subject of this notice has taken great interest in cricket, in which sport he is an all-round player. He is a member of the Wellington Cricket Club, and represented Wellington in the match against Hawkes Bay in 1892, when his team was successful.

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