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should be kept as nearly as possible in a state of nature, and not reduced 

 to the condition of an artificial park or garden. 



Mr. Grant suggested if Government was asked for permission to allow 

 the Superintendent of the Society's Gardens to undertake the work, it 

 would be granted at once. Private subscriptions might be got up for the 

 expense of fencing, and the whole might be under the direction of a com- 

 mittee chosen from the Council. 



Mr. PiULE thought the suggestion might be acted on, and proposed that 

 Mr. P. T. Smith, Mr. M. Allport, Mr. Stephens, and Dr. Agnew be 

 appointed as the committee. 



The motion was put from the chair and carried. 



A vote of thanks to the donors of presentations closed the proceedings. 



