2 RIGHT REVD. GEORGE FREDERICK HOSE, D.D. 
The service of Bishop Hose thus corresponded with the 
life of the Colony of the Straits Settlements as a Colony 
instead of an Indian Dependency. He saw several generations 
of Governors and Officials come and go, and witnessed the 
rapid expansion of the Native States of the Malay Peninsula 
under British guidance, the rise and progress of British 
expansion in North Borneo, and the ever increasing prosperity 
of Sarawak in the hands of the Brooke family. 
With this gradual expansion came increasing labours, and 
increasing responsibilities for the Bishop, and as time went on 
it became more and more apparent that it was not possible to 
combine missionary duties in Borneo with the efficient dis- 
charge of the duties of an Anglican Bishop in Malaya. 
The division of the Diocese so strongly urged by the 
Bishop himself has already been carried out and the first 
Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak is thus also the last. 
The life of the Bishop as Chaplain in Malacca during his 
first 5 years of Eastern service was uneventful. It was there 
that he commenced his studies in Eastern botany and the 
Malay language which continued to be a lasting interest to him 
throughout his career. His contributions to our Botanical 
knowledge have been considerable and will be separately 
noticed. Asa Malay scholar he was not only able to serve the 
Church by translations of the Scriptures but also the whole 
community by founding (November 1877) the Straits Branch 
of the Royal Asiatic Society for the promotion of interest in 
the science and literatures of Malaya. 
As its Founder and President, Bishop Hose has taken a 
warm interest in the Society for nearly 30 years. He has 
been in touch with all that is best in the life and thought of 
Malaya for this long period and will be remembered with affec- 
tion and respect. 
To those who knew him, the departure of Bishop Hose is 
a personal loss. He was of a retiring disposition, but his broad- 
minded views, and Christian charity, and his fund of reminis- 
cences of the old times made him a delightful companion. Not 
only will be be long remembered by the Church, and by the 
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