ph ant . ▁He ▁married ▁May ▁Ann ▁Wal sh ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 ; ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 ▁he ▁was ▁charged ▁with ▁desert ing ▁his ▁wife . ▁ ▁He ▁exhib ited ▁a ▁sketch ▁Hor se ' s ▁Head ▁with ▁the ▁South ▁Australian ▁Society ▁of ▁Arts ▁at ▁Ad ela ide ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁possibly ▁as ▁a ▁student ▁of ▁Charles ▁Hill . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 6 0 s ▁he ▁super vised ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁Gran ite ▁Island ▁cause way ▁for ▁Bor row ▁& ▁G ou ge , ▁his ▁father ' s ▁contract ing ▁business . ▁He ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁land ▁and ▁commission ▁agent ▁in ▁Wall ar oo , ▁then ▁from ▁ 1 8 6 8 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 7 ▁at ▁Mann um , ▁then ▁in ▁Ad ela ide . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 5 ▁he ▁was ▁lic ensed ▁as ▁an ▁ass essor ▁under ▁the ▁Land ▁and ▁In come ▁Tax ▁Act . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁Public ▁Act u ary ▁on ▁ 1 6 ▁March ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁and ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁creating ▁the ▁office ▁and ▁its ▁procedures . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Statist ical ▁Society , ▁and ▁was ▁elected ▁a ▁corresponding ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Statist ical ▁Society ▁of ▁Paris , ▁on ▁the ▁nom ination ▁of ▁M . ▁Bell om , ▁engineer ▁with ▁the ▁French ▁Department ▁of ▁M ines , ▁and ▁M . ▁Le ▁N asse ur , ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Society . ▁ ▁He