QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

London: John Churchill & Sons, 1870. Fifth Edition. Leather. Fair. Dr. C. Remigius Fresenius 8vo. 377pp, The 3/4 leather Front and rear covers are detached and two thirds of the spine is missing. Red marbled endpapers. Aware inscription tipped in "University of Otago Session 1874 Laboratory Class 1st prize (aequus) awarded to Mr Peter Seton Hay . 3/4 leather binding

Otago Witness , Issue 2767, 27 March 1907, Page 12 DEATH OF MR P. S. HAY.

Mr Peter S. Hay, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department, died at Wellington on the 18th. Deceased contracted pleurisy last November, and had been in the hospital for some time ... He was a most able and conscientious officer, and but for his extreme modesty would probably have occupied a much, higher position in the engineering world. He was born in Glasgow, and arrived at Port Chalmers in the ship Storm Cloud in 1860, when only eight years of age. He went through the public schools, and then attended the Otago University, where he gained hie B.A. degree in 1877, and his M.A., with first-class honours in mathematics and mathematical physics, in 1878. Three years previous to this Mr Hay had entered the Government service as a cadet in the Public Works Department. His undoubted ability soon came to be recognised, and only four years later he was appointed to the post of assistant-engineer in Dunedin. After carrying out these duties for a period of five years, during which time he was associated with a number of important works, he was transferred to Wellington in 1884. Two years after he joined the staff of the Public Works Department in the capital city he was promoted to the position of Resident Engineer. In this capacity deceased laboured for 10 years, and then, came further promotion with his appointment as Superintending Engineer for the whole colony. His elevation to the highest position in the engineering branch of the service was brought about when Mr W. H. Hales retired from the position of Engineer-in-Chief at the beginning of last year.