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William White

WHITE, William, Canadian official, born in London, England, 6 January, 1830. He was educated at Burlington House school, Hammersmith, and entered the English civil service in 1846, but resigned in 1854, and the same year entered the Canadian post-orate department. He became its secretary in 1861 and deputy postmaster-general in July, 1888. Mr. White was appointed a member of the royal Commission to inquire into the organization of the Canadian civil-service commission in June, 1880. He is lieutenant-colonel of the 4th battalion, and commanded the Canadian team at the matches of the National rifle association at Wimbledon, England, in 1884, when it won the Kolopore cup. He has published " Post-Office Gazetteer of Canada" (Ottawa, 1872), and "Annals of Canada" in the "Canadian Monthly Magazine."

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