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which he was the first director. This appointment he held 

 until 1884, in addition to that of Superintendent of Forest 

 Surveys. When on furlough in England in 1884 he was 

 appointed by the Secretary of State for India to the charge 

 of the English students at the French Forest School at Nancy, 

 and in acknowledgment of his services to the cause of forestry 

 he was in 1887 awarded the cross for Aferite agricoU by the 

 French Government, On his return to India in 1887 he was 

 appointed temporarily to the Conservatorship of the Punjab 

 forests, and was shortly afterwards selected by the Government 

 of India to act as Inspector-General of Forests. In 1890 he 

 was a second time selected to fill the office of Inspector-General, 

 but was prevented from taking up the appointment by a 

 temporary illness, which obliged him to return to this country 



Colonel Bailey had been elected a life member of the Royal 

 Scottish Arboricultural Society in 1887, and on his return from 

 India he took an active part in its work, and interested himself 

 also greatly in the whole subject of forestry. The subject 

 was at this time acquiring gradually increasing importance. 

 A lecturership had been founded at the University in 1889, 

 which was first held by Dr Wm. Somerville (now of Oxford). 

 In 1890 Colonel Bailey succeeded to this post, which he held 

 till 1907, when failing health made it necessary for him to 

 retire. In 1893 he was elected a member of the Council of 

 the Society, and was Convener of the Transactiotis Committee 

 for many years, later becoming Editor of the Trafisactions. 

 It was largely through his endeavours that the Transactions 

 came to be issued half-yearly instead of annually, and he gave 

 to his work as Editor an amount of attention which only those 

 associated with him could fully appreciate. He laid especial 

 stress upon punctuality of appearance, and this in itself involved 

 an amount of continuous labour such as can best be realised 

 by those who have attempted a like task. His tact, con- 

 scientiousness and exactness, no less than his wide knowledge 

 of the subject, eminently fitted him for the post, and he neglected 

 no opportunity of improving the standard of the journal, and 

 of widening its scope, while at the same time keeping strictly 

 in view the needs of the various interests represented in the 

 ranks of the Society. 



Colonel Bailey was President of the Society in 1898, and 

 that year accompanied the members on the Annual Excursion, 



