etailed monthly retu 



rns are given below :— 



January 



12,923 



February 



18,450 



March • 



39,513 



April 



190,878 



May 



307,052 



June 



235,726 



Jaly 



193,936 



August 



245,598 



September 



147,108 



October 



.. 40,242 



November 



15,717 



December 



13,026 



Col. Sir Hexry Collett, K.C.B.— This distinguished soldier 

 and enthusiastic botanist died on Dec. 21st of last year on the eve 

 of publication of his Flora Simlensis. The Kew Staff did the ' 

 little that was still necessary, and the Director contributed the i 

 following " In Memoriam " :— 



author would impose on me the sad task of writing these words 



Sir Henry 'Collett was born in 1836 and entered the Bengal 

 Army when he was only nineteen. His military career was one "' 

 of great distinction. The Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal 

 Earl Roberts, K.G., V.C, etc., has with great kindness given me ; 



March 1, 1902. ; 



Dear Sir William Thiselton-Dyer,— I was indeed well , 

 acquainted with the late Sir Henry Collett, and had a great regard : 

 for him Throughout his military life he was as persevering and 

 thorough as you describe him to be in the preparation of his book 

 on the indigenous plants of Simla. ^ . 



Sir Henry Collett took a prominent part in several campaigns. 

 As quite a boy he served during the Indian Mutiny. The follow- ■ 

 V.^^^/ear, 18d8, he took part in the Sittana Expedition on the ■ 

 N.W. Frontier of India. ^ < 



Five years later (1862-63) he was with a force employed in the ] 

 f ossya and Jyntea hills on the S.E, Frontier of India, and " 

 receivexl a severe wound in the ankle, which lamed him for life. 



In lhb7-68 he took part in the Abyssinian Expedition, and it 

 was then, I think, 1 first made his acquaintance 



When the second Afghan war broke out in 1878, 1 applied for . 

 Major (as he then was) Collett to be attached to my column as ' 

 Assistant Quarter-Master General. He remained with me during '' 

 the two years the war lasted, and afforded me very valuable assist- 

 ance. It was from information gained by Major Collett, by means ; 



