Hon. Edward Cephas John Stevens, Member of the Legislative Council, was formerly in the Atkinson Ministry. Mr. Stevens, who is a partner in the firm of Messrs, Harman and Stevens. Christchurch, and a prominent public man, is more fully referred to on page 85 of the Wellington volume of the Cyclopedia, and is also referred to in another section of this volume as a former member of the House of Representatives.