Appointed in 1892, he worked on a variety of agricultural production and chemistry related issues in India.

His work included methods to detect castor seeds in animal feed.

His work included the analysis of Indian soils, foodstuffs and other matters of interest.

He served as the head of the chemical department at the Imperial Agricultural Research Institute established in 1904 at Pusa in Bihar.

Hutchinson in 1914[5] while another, Wenonah Hardwick married (later Sir) Eric Cecil Ansorge in 1915.