Knibbs

Retirement-of Mr. S. G. C.

Knibbs Crown Surveyor in B.S.I. for 16 Years

MR. S. G. C. KNIBBS, F.R.G.S., Com missioner of Lands, Crown Surveyor and Commissioner of Works in the Solomon Islands, arrived in Sydney by the “Malaita” on July 28 on leave, prior to retirement from the Protectorate ser vice.

Born in 1886, Stanley Knibbs was edu cated at Sydney Grammar School and Hawkesbury Agricultural College, before joining the survey staff of the C.S.R. Co., in Fiji, in 1911. Two years later he went to the Solomons as Crown Surveyor, pioneering that service in the Protector ate. He has been an Official Member of the Advisory Council and on occasion has acted as Resident Commissioner. His re iirement removes a popular officer.

A son of the late Sir G. H. Knibbs (formerly Commonwealth Statistician) Mr. Knibbs brought to his work an out standing ability. Apart from contributions to sciemific publications, including an ac count of his experiences in the Journal of the Institute of Surveyors N.S.W. in 1916, his book “The Savage Solomons as They Were and Are’’ published in 1929 has left a record of an intelligent observation.

Mrs. A. H. Miller, of Wewak, New Guinea, arrived in Sydney by the August “Bulolo” to spend six months’ furlough.