DOMETT, ALFRED (1811-1887), British colonial states man and poet, was born at Camberwell Grove, Surrey, on May 20, I 81I . He became the intimate friend of Robert Browning, of whose poem "Waring" he was the subject. An interesting account of the friendship between the two men appeared in The Contemporary Review for Jan. 19o5, by W. H. Griffin. ( See also Robert Browning and Alfred Domett, edited by F. G. Ken yon, Igo6.) In 1842 Domett emigrated to New Zealand, where he filled many important administrative posts, being colonial secretary for New Munster in 1848, secretary for the colony in 1851, and prime minister in 1862. He returned to England in 1871, was created C.M.G. in 1880, and died on Nov. 2, 1887. Among his volumes of verse, Ranolf and Amohia, a South Sea Day Dream, is the best known (1872), and Flotsam and Jetsam (187 7) is dedicated to Browning.