BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 



he followed the advice of his favourite Candide, and 

 cultivated his garden in his leisure. He put his 

 characteristic energy and thoroughness into this hobby, 

 and obtained correspondingly good results. 



When war broke out, R. H. Lock was one of the 

 first to feel he must join the army. He had shot for 

 his College when he was a member of the University 

 Volunteers, and he had been a member of the Ceylon 

 Mounted Rifles. But Government requested him to 

 undertake special war work. He was appointed 

 Chairman of a Vegetable Drying and Fruit Preserving 

 Committee, and he threw himself heart and soul into 

 the immense amount of work that arose. Two 

 factories were started by the Committee with a view 

 to experimenting on the drying and preserving of 

 fruit and vegetables, thus conserving and increasing 

 the national food-supply, and providing attractive 

 and nutritive food for the troops. The work interested 

 him keenly, for he united in a remarkable degree 

 scientific and business abilities. He was intensely 

 practical in everything he did. Naturally the lion's 

 share of work and responsibility devolved on the 

 chairman. In addition, he had his own work of 

 Inspector rendered still heavier by the shrinkage of 

 the staff of the Board, many of whom were with the 

 colours. 



In February, 1915, at the most interesting and 

 crucial stage in the development of the factories, 

 R. H. Lock was struck down by a severe attack of 

 influenza, but he refused to give in for more than a few 

 days. He made an incomplete recovery, and in 



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