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TIMS, Thomas Dillon, Canadian official, born in Castle Pollard, Ireland, 6 January, 1825. He engaged for many years in commercial pursuits, entered the civil service of Canada in 1858, in 1863 was appointed a commissioner to inquire into prison-management at Montreal, and in 1865 became government superintendent of the engraving and printing of the first issue of legal-tender notes. He visited Washington the same year on official business, and in 1867 reported to the government upon a financial system for the province of Quebec, and was placed in charge of Dominion affairs at Halifax. With other commissioners he was appointed in 1868 to inquire into the management of government railways in Nova Scotia. From 1868 till 1872 he was engaged in the organization of the financial department and savings banks in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and in 1872-'3 established branches of the finance department and savings banks in British Columbia and Manitoba. He was appointed financial inspector for the Dominion in 1870, and is inspector of Dominion savings banks, and sub-treasurer and auditor of government railways.
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