Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald, C.M.G. (see page 119), died on the 2nd of August, 1896.

Mr. J. K. Warburton succeeded the late Mr. Fitzgerald as Controller and Auditor-General, to which office he was appointed on the 1st of September, 1896. Some particulars of Mr. Warburton's career are given on pages 644–5 of this volume.