OBITUARY. 



Sutherland Sinclair. 



Secrefary, September, 1882 to May, 1917. 



Mr. Sutherland Sinclair was tlie eldest son of the Rev. 

 Sutherland Sinclair, of Greenock, Scotland, where the subject 

 of this notice was born on 25th October, 1851. He was 

 educated at the Greenock Academy, and after leaving school 

 in 1866 was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Glasgow. 



In November, 1870, Mr. Sinclair voyaged to Pensacola, in 

 Florida, returning the next year. 



Only a few are aware how extensively travelled a man Mr. 

 Sinclair was. In November, I87I, he left the Clyde in the 

 ship " Tamerlane" bound for Sydney, arriving on I5th February, 

 1872. In his itinerary he records as one of his first visits as 

 that to the Australian Museum, which he describes as a large 

 building " with some pretensions to architectural beauty." 



It was evidently in his mind to obtain employment in 

 Sydney, but failing to acquire a satisfactory position he stuck 

 to the " Tamerlane," which next proceeded to Shanghai, coal 

 laden, leaving here on 12th March, 1872, and arrived at the 

 Chinese port in the following May. Thence in June to Kobe, 

 Japan, in ballast, via Osaka in the same month, reaching Kobe 

 on 30th June. In the following month the vessel was at Hong 

 Kong and Amoy Island. The final stage but one of his voyage 

 was now entered on for the "Tamerlane " left Eastern waters 

 in September for New York, rice laden, by the Cape of Good 

 Hope route. In the Atlantic St. Helena was touched at in 

 December, 1872, and Sinclair duly availed himself of the 

 opportunity to visit Longwood, and the site of Napoleon's 

 tomb. New York was reached on 3rd February, 1873, and on 

 the eighteenth of the same month the vessel started on the 

 return " home." The Tail of the Bank was reached on 19th 

 March, 1873, so bringing this long voyage to a close. 



