Josiah Boothby

Josiah BoothbyCMG(1837–1916) was apublic administratorin the colony ofSouth Australia.

Boothby was the fifth son of theBenjamin Boothby(who later became a judge in theSupreme Court of South Australia), and was born atNottinghamon 8 April 1837. He went to the colony with his father in 1853, and in that year became Clerk in theColonial Secretary's Office, Clerk in theAuditOffice in 1854, Chief Clerk in the Audit Office in 1856, Chief Clerk in the Chief Secretary's Office in 1859, also Governmentstatistand Superintendent ofCensusin 1860, Assistant Secretary and Government Statist in 1866, and Under Secretary and Government Statist in 1868. He waselectedCorresponding Member of theStatistical Society,London,in 1869; was appointed Trustee of theSavings Bank,South Australia, in 1869; a Commissioner for International Exhibitions in 1872; joint editor of a work "South Australia: its History, Resources, and Productions," published by authority of Government in 1876, and Executive Commissioner representing South Australia at theParisUniversal Exhibition in 1878, in connection with which he was created C.M.G., and received the Cross of theLegion of Honour.Owing to a dispute in connection with the expenses of the Paris Exhibition he retired from the public service of South Australia in 1880.