Mr. James Johnston , Government Sanitary Inspector for the Province of Marlborough, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in February, 1866. He was educated privately, served an apprenticeship of five years to the building trade under his father, and was subsequently employed as a builders' clerk in London and in Manchester, England. Mr. Johnston came page 327 to New Zealand in the year 1901, and was almost immediately appointed an inspector under the Health Department. For a short time, he was employed in Wellington, and was then appointed assistant to the Government inspector at New Plymouth, where he remained until April, 1904, when he received his present appointment. Mr. Johnston is a member of the Blenheim Bowling Club.