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illustrated, of a journey " From Christiana to Bergen, across 

 Norway, by the Valders Route." A fourth lecture on " Plant 

 Galls," illustrated by photographs in colours, was delivered in 

 1914, and on December 9th, 1915, the day he was attacked by the 

 illness from which he died, he was to have delivered a fifth lecture 

 on " Experiments with Bacterialized Peat," supplemented by a 

 description of " Local Galls collected during the summer." A 

 special feature of all Mr. Hamilton's lectures was the use of photo- 

 graphs in colours taken by Mrs. Hamilton and himself. Their 

 series of slides numbered several hundreds, and comprised the 

 most interesting views and trees in the New Forest as well as 

 striking features in some of the best gardens in the Bournemouth 

 area. 



The occasion when Mr. Hamilton had full scope for the 

 exercise of his wonderful energy and powers of organisation was 

 the Congress of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies 

 held at Bournemouth in June, 1914. He was Hon. Treasurer and 

 Chairman of the Hospitality Committee and took a leading part in 

 bringing together and arranging a very interesting scientific 

 exhibition and other features of a Conversazione given by the 

 Mayor of Bournemouth, Dr. S. McCalmont Hill, at the Municipal 

 College. He was also associated with Mr. Walter Child Clark in 

 entertaining the members of the Congress at a garden party at 

 Michelgrove House. On the same occasion he served as an 

 admirable guide to the interesting geology of the Honeycomb 

 Chine, adjoining Boscombe Place. During the greater part of 

 his life at Bournemouth Mr. Hamilton was a warm supporter of 

 the Horticultural Society, and up to his death he filled the office 

 of Hon. Secretary. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society and delivered lectures illustrated by photographs 

 in colours, in London, Manchester, Liverpool, and Edinburgh. 



After war broke out Mr. Hamilton, as a leading authority 

 in surgery, was appointed Chairman of a Committee entrusted 

 with the erection of extra wards for the reception of wounded 

 sold : ers at the Boscombe Branch of the Royal Victoria and West 

 Hants Hospital. Latterly, he regularly attended the arrival of 

 relays of wounded soldiers at the Boscombe Station and allotted 

 them to the care of the several medical officers connected with the 

 Hospital. 



The representative character of those who attended his 

 funeral at the Bournemouth Cemetery on December 22nd bore full 

 testimony to the high regard and esteem in which Mr. Hamilton 

 was held by all who had been associated with him and who deeply 

 deplored the loss of a large hearted friend and devoted colleague. 



D.M. 



