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on behalf of the Society, by the Secretary, in the unavoidable 

 absence of the President. 



The interchange of the Transactions with foreign associations, 

 has been very extensive the past year, and is constantly increas- 

 ing. During the year large assortments of different varieties 

 of grain and seeds, have been received from England Scotland, 

 France, Bavaria, and Russia ; and returns have been made as full 

 as the means of the Society would permit. 



A most interesting feature in our intercouse abroad is, that which 

 has been opened with the Royal Hawaiian Society of Honolulu, 

 Sandwich Islands. This Society has been organized three years, and 

 has published three numbers of their transactions, which are in 

 the highest decree creditable to those Isles, and show most clearly, 

 what has been done, in transforming to a great extent, the entire 

 groups from barbarism, to their present condition of civilization, 

 within the memory of many of those who compose this Society. 



In 1850, the Secretary having noticed the formation of a 

 Society there, solicited permission through the American Mis- 

 sionary Board, to forward on behalf of the Society, their 

 Transactions to Honolulu; the request was most kindly com- 

 plied with, and in due time returns were received, expressing 

 the most heartfelt thanks for this donation. During the succeed- 

 ing year, a letter was received from the Hon. Wm. L. Lee, the 

 Chief Justice of the Courts of Hawaii, and Pres't of the Society, 

 calling to mind his former residence, wiien a young man in the 

 village where the Secretary resided, and giving a brief account of 

 the manner in which he became a resident of those Islands, 

 20,000 miles from our Atlantic coast. He was remembered not 

 only, but it was most gratifying to be assured, that he was enga- 

 ged in a most noble work amoijg this people, and that his influ- 

 ence was felt in the advancement of all those industrial pursuits, 

 that give character and stability to civilized Society. A letter 

 has been received from him lately : and a box of grain, seeds, and 

 useful works on agriculture and horticulture, have been for- 

 warded to the Society, and the arrival of a collection of seeds 

 from the Islands, which is on the way here, is daily expected. 



