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“dency, we cannot let it pass without some attempt to express to you 
“our earnest thanks for the services you have rendered the Institute, 
“and our great regret that the call of duty should summon you away 
“from us. We feel, Sir, that not only the Institute, but the Province 
“itself, owes you a heavy debt of gratitude, and in your departure will 
“sustain a loss not easily to be repaired. The zeal and ability with 
“which you have discharged the difficult and laborious duties that 
“devolved on you in carrying out the system of magnetical observations 
“established by the liberality of the Imperial Government; the 
“investigation of magnetical and meteorological phenomena, with which 
“ your name is inseparably associated; and the various scientific memoirs 
“that proceeded from your pen during this period, have not only been 
“of invaluable service in promoting the interests of science in the 
“ Province, but have also caused the name of Canada, and of Toronto in 
“particular, to be honoured in all parts of the world where science is 
“cultivated. 
“We must not forget, also, that to you is mainly due the rise and 
“progress of this, the only active Scientific Society in Upper Canada, a 
“result brought about not only by your own exertions and example, but 
“also by that unfailing courtesy and kindness which has always marked 
“your intercourse with us and which has inspired us all with the 
“strongest feelings of esteem, and permit us to say, of affection towards 
“ you. 
“ Wethank you, Sir, for having acceded to our request that we might 
“be permitted to retain a memorial of yourself, in the form of your 
‘“‘ portrait, which will always serve to remind the Society of how much it 
“owes you, and will be treasured by it as a choice heirloom. 
“We now beg of you to accept the accompanying piece of plate as a 
“slight token of our esteem and gratitude, receiving with it an earnest 
“assurance that, much as we deplore your departure, our best wishes for 
“your happiness and welfare go with you.” 
The writer is glad to be able to reproduce this address in extenso, it 
so well sets forth the grateful esteem in which the distinguished 
gentleman was held, and how much this Society owed him for 
countenance and support ata critical stage in its existence. The useful 
career of this early friend of the Canadian Institute did not terminate 
with his residence in Canada. General Sir John Henry Lefroy was 
called to serve the Empire in other parts of the globe, notably in 
Tasmania and Bermuda. 
