1862 – 20 September 1862, acting Richard Pine, 20 September 1862 – 1865 Rokeby Jones, 1865, acting William Elliot Mockler, 1865, acting Edward Conran, April 1865–February 1867 Herbert Taylor Ussher, February 1867–April 1872, first time John Pope Hennessy, April 1872 – 1872 Charles Spencer Salmon, 1872–September 1872, acting Robert William Keate 7 Mar 1873 – 17 Mar 1873 Robert William Harley, September 1872–2 October 1873 Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 2 October 1873 – 4 March 1874 James Maxwell, 4 March 1874 – 30 March 1874, acting Charles Lees, 30 March 1874–June 1874, acting, first time George Cumine Strahan, June 1874–7 April 1876 Charles Lees, 7 April 1876–December 1876, acting, second time Sanford Freeling, December 1876–13 May 1878, acting to 5 June 1877 Charles Lees, 13 May 1878–June 1879, acting, third time Herbert Taylor Ussher, June 1879–1 December 1880, second time William Brandford Griffith, 1 December 1880 – 4 March 1881, acting, first time Sir Samuel Rowe, 4 March 1881 – 29 April 1884 W. A. G. Young, 29 April 1884 – 24 April 1885 William Brandford Griffith, 24 April 1885 – 7 April 1895, second time William Edward Maxwell, 7 April 1895 – 6 December 1897 Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, 6 December 1897 – 29 August 1900, acting to 29 May 1898 W. Low, 29 August 1900 – 17 December 1900, acting Sir Matthew Nathan, 17 December 1900 – 9 February 1904 Herbert Bryan, 9 February 1904 – 3 March 1904, acting, first time John Pickersgill Rodger, 3 March 1904 – 19 September 1910 Herbert Bryan, 19 September 1910 – 20 November 1910, acting, second time James Jamieson Thorburn, 21 November 1910 – 29 June 1912 Herbert Bryan, 29 June 1912 – 26 December 1912, acting, third time Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, 26 December 1912 – 1 April 1919 Alexander Ransford Slater, 1 April 1919 – 8 October 1919, acting, first time Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, 9 October 1919 – 24 April 1927 Sir James Crawford Maxwell, 24 April 1927 – 5 June 1927, acting John Maxwell, 5 June 1927–July 1927, acting Sir Alexander Ransford Slater, July 1927–5 April 1932, second time Geoffry Northcote, 5 April 1932 – 29 November 1932, acting, first time Sir Shenton Thomas, 30 November 1932 – 13 May 1934 Geoffry Northcote, 13 May 1934 – 23 October 1934, acting, second time Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson, 24 October 1934 – 24 October 1941 Sir George Ernest London, 24 October