Sir Henry Brougham Loch, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., whose name has recently been
so prominently before the public in connection with the disturbances in
Mashonaland, is Chief Commissioner at the Cape. In his diplomatic career
he was taken prisoner during the war with China; and, with Mr. Boulby,
the _Times_ correspondent, was carried about in a cage by his captors,
and exhibited to the natives. After his liberation he returned to
England, and was appointed Governor of the Isle of Man, and subsequently
Governor of Victoria; and, in 1889, was appointed to succeed Sir
Hercules Robinson as Chief Commissioner at the Cape.

[Illustration: AGE 22.
_From a Painting._]

[Illustration: AGE 39.
_From a Painting by G. Richmond, R.A._]

[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.
_From a Photo. by Foster & Martin, Melbourne._]


MADAME BELLE COLE.


It was in Jubilee Year that the British public were first charmed by the
singing of this admirable American contralto. She sang in London, and
successive audiences were quick to confirm the judgments of Sir Joseph
Barnby and certain other critics who had heard her only in private. Her
advance to the front rank of English singers was exceedingly rapid, and
her position amongst us was long since made secure. Madame Cole has
taken part in nearly all the great musical events in this country during