Tjie Water Sup ply Act and Stock Act, with which h s name was also associated, were other m 'asures from which large and lasting beuefi had resulted. At Home the name of Mr M'Kenzie was 'much honored, and he was ncvir mention'd without the deepest re spect, bordering almost on reverence' As & man he was tenjHcr, loving and kind, and in his home circle the the oss the family had 1 sustained was irreparable; but Lady M'Kenzie and her. children well knew n their loss they hao the sympathy oi many, sincere and warm friends in all parts of the colony and abroad. When at Home the Prince of Wales personally, express •& to him his re gret at the demise .of the lion, gentleman. Sir J. G. Ward thenj 1 presented to, the M'Kenzie family, the repprjb of inc. Committee on 'vellum, hand somely bound. Sir Joseph passed a gjow ng ob his fytp collea gue It was a privilege .or anyono to have been his friend, and it was still a greater privilege to have rjeen closely associated with' him in storm and stress, fair and fine weaither, and to get a thorough insight into his strongly moulded character, firm and resolute 1 will, receptive mind, and sturdy, fearlessness, which, with his splendid frame, combined to make one of the greatest representatives of the Highlands of Scotland, who in his early days trod the soil of the newct Britain 1. He made up his mind ■to: {toggle for a, freer] and. better condition of affairs in the country of his adoption than in the Home country. It. can scarcely be denied that it required a man of courage and grit to take a foremost part in such a woriv, and that these characteris tics were possessed toy Sir' John M'- Kenzie in ihci higihese degree. His lift was all too short. After refer ring to the courage with which de ceased had undergone the operation in London, Sir Joseph went on to say that Sir John had' made a deep impression upon the niche of history and left a record 'hat will not be al lowed to pass into oblivion. 