200 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



our esteemed guest was appointed, along with some other eminent 

 men, to report upon tropical forests and the influence which they 

 exerted on the climate and the resources of the country. That 

 report has had an important effect on the movement in India for 

 the conservation of the vast and rich forests there. In 185G, he 

 was appointed Conservator of Forests in Madras; and in 18G1 he 

 brought out a book on tlie "Forests and Gardens of South India," 

 which was extremely useful in letting people see the value of the 

 forests, and what ought to be done to assist their cultivation. In 

 18G4; he made an important investigation into the vast forests of 

 the Punjab, and in acknowledging his report the Government 

 of India gave him the proud title of " the Founder of Forest 

 Conservancy." He was afterwards appointed a Commissioner 

 to report on what measures should be taken for the systematic 

 cultivation of the forests of India. It was then at Calcutta and 

 Barrackpore that I saw much of our friend in the bright domestic 

 life over which a cloud of bereavement has recently so sadly 

 come. In 1867, when Dr Brandis came home, Dr Cleghorn 

 was appointed to ofiiciate as Inspector-General of the Forests 

 of India. In 18G9 he returned to this country, and since then 

 he has taken an active part in the work of the India Office. Many 

 a young man must have a pleasant recollection of the kindly 

 way in which he was introduced to the service by our friend. 

 When he retired, the Government of India said of him :- — " His long 

 services from the first organisation of Forest Management in Madras 

 have without question greatly conduced to the public good in this 

 branch of the administration ; and in the Punjab also Dr Cleghorn's 

 labours have prepared the way for the establishment of an efficient 

 system of Conservancy and working of the Forests of that province." 

 Since our friend became a resident in Edinburgh, he has been 

 an ardent member of the Botanical Society, of which he has 

 been President. Of recent years he has been an Examiner in 

 Botany for the University of Edinburgh ; and for eighteen years 

 has been Chief Examiner in Forestry for the Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society, an office which he continues to hold with great 

 satisfaction to all concerned. He was elected a member of the 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society in 18G5, while still in India. 

 Soon after his return to this country he was duly elected to the 

 Council of the Society, and in 1872 he was appointed President, 

 being re-elected in 1873, and again in 1883, 1884, and 1885. 

 During his second term of office the International Forestry Exhibi- 



