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Mr. Greham, a native of Dumfrieshire, arrived in India in 
1826, under the patronage of the late Sir John Malcolm, who was 
at that time Governor of this Presidency. He was honoured with 
the friendship and esteem of that great and good man, and 
lived in his family until he was nominated by him to the appoint- 
ment of Deputy Post Master General, which he held up to the 
period of his death. He possessed a combination of qualities which 
peculiarly fitted him for the duties of his Office. The natura) kind- 
ness of his disposition led him to be courteous and obliging to every 
one who had business to transact with him, and to be ever ready and 
willing to investigate every complaint, and to rectify any errors that 
might have been committed by his subordinates; while at the same 
time, no unreasonable applications or groundless complaint disturbed 
the equanimity of his temper: nor did he serve the Government with 
less zeal and diligence than he served the public. 
The performance of his arduous duties left him little leisure 
for the prosecution of his favourite pursuit: but the few and brief op- 
portunities, which were afforded him, were eagerly laid hold of and 
improved; and it should be added, that one of the objects he was de- 
sirous to effect while Superintendent of the Society’s Garden, shortly 
after its establishment, was to store it with an extensive assortment 
of rare wild as well as useful Indian plants, chiefly collected by 
himself. 
His private virtues will long he held in affectionate remembrance 
by his sorrowing friends. There was a gentleness and modesty of 
manner, a simplicity and ingenuousness of disposition, a humble 
mindedness, and a total freedom from guile and self-seeking which 
engaged the attachment and esteem of every one to whom he was 
known. His whole character and conduct were habitually regula- 
ted by a deep sence of his own moral imperfection, and by a humble 
endeavour to act, in all things, in conformity with the Divine Will. 
' Mr. Graham expired at Khandalla, the favourite scene of his 
botanical researches, on the 28th of May, 1839, at the age of 34, after 
only a few days illness. The intelligence of his death was 
received at every station within this Presidency, with an almost uni- 
versal feeling of sorrow and regret, and his friends have testified 
their admiration of his character, and their sorrow for his death, by 
the erection of a handsome monument over his grave, 
