ANNUAL MEEETING, 



FEBRUARY 9, IS 53. 



The AiiDual Meeting of the New-York State AgrJcultural 

 Society was held at the Assembly Chamber. 



At 12 o^clock the Society was called to order by B. P. Johnson, 

 the Secretary of the Society, who stated that the President of the 

 Society, Mr. Wager, was absent in Florida, on account of ill 

 health. . 



On motion of Mr. Johnson, ' 

 Hon. J. P. Eeekman, Vice-President, was called to the chair. 



The report of the Executive Committee was then read by the 

 Secretary of the Society. 



Mr. Monroe moved to have the report referred back to tlie 

 Executive Committee, for the purpose of having struck out of the 

 notice of Kossuth, all after the word President; which was as 

 follows : 



" The resolution in relation to Gov. Kossuth was duly attended 

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

 absence of the President; and tlie proceedings were of a most in- 

 teresting character : Gov. Kossuth expressing himself highly 

 gratified at this unexpected notice from the Society, assuring 

 those present that nothing Iind given him greater pleasure since 

 he had l>een in tliis country; c-alling to mind so vividly his 

 country, and leading him to h )j)e that the desire of liis heart 

 miglu be gratiiied, wlicn his countrymen miglit be permitted to 

 enjuy, as did our citizens, the op|X)rtunity of engaging in peaceful 

 pursuits, and cultivating their own soil, without any to molest or 

 make afraid.** 



