2 MAY 1903, Page 2

It is with great regret that we record the death

of Mr. Hanbury, the Minister for Agriculture, which took place on Tuesday morning after a very short illness, the cause of death being pneumonia. Mr. Hanbury was only a week before his death in his place on the Treasury Bench dealing with the business of his Department. As a Minister of Agri- culture he achieved a distinct success, and the farmers found in him a man who really understood their needs. Mr. Hanbury was a man of large private fortune and the owner of a consider. able estate. The task of finding his successor will not be an easy one.