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Oct. 24.—MM. Vanquelin and Thenard made a report on 
M. Laugier’s memoir on the Fer résinite of Haiiy, from Frey- 
berg.—M. Geoffroy St. Hilaire read a memoir on the ol- 
factory organs of fishes.— _M. de Grandpré read a memoir on 
the means of sounding the ocean in order to discover the val- 
leys which give rise to currents. 
Oct. 31.—M. Serres communicated a work, in manuscript, 
on the comparative anatomy of animal monsters.—M. Moreau 
de Jonnés read some extracts from letters written from Mar- 
tinique, detailing the ravages of the yellow fever and those of 
the last hurricane. 
HORTICULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF JAMAICA. 
_. We feel much pleasure in announcing the establishment, on 
Jan. 10, 1825, of “*The Society for the encouragement of 
Horticulture and of Agriculture, and of the arts connected 
with them, in Jamaica :”’—the first, we believe, that has yet 
been formed in the British West Indies. 
The following is a list of the Officers and Council of this 
Society. 
Patron: His Grace William, Duke of Manchester, &c. &c. 
—President: Edward Nathaniel Bancroft, M.D., Fellow of 
the Royal College of Physicians, &c.—Vice-Presidents: Ho- 
nourable John Mais ; Samuel Murphy, Esq.— Treasurer : Ro- 
bert Smith, Esq.—Secretary: John Miller, M.D.—Honorary 
Members of the Council: The Right Reverend the Lord Bi- 
shop of Jamaica; the Honourable William Anglin Scarlet, 
Chief Justice; the Honourable William Burge, Attorney- 
General.—Council: Honourable Joseph _Barnes; Honour- 
able Francis Smith; William Shand, Esq.; George Mills, 
Esq.; Edward Tichbone, Esq.; George Atkinson, Esq. ; 
William Brooks King, Esq.; William Lambie, Esq.; Charles 
Mackglashan, jun. M.D.; James Wier, M.D.; Jacob Adol- 
phus, MLD.: James Simpson, Esq.; Honourable James Laing; 
Sir M. B. Clare; John Lunan, Esq.; Stewart West, M.D. ; 
William Gordon, M.D.; John Ferguson, M.D.; J. R. Phil- 
lips, Esq.; Thomas Higson, Esq.; C. S. Cockburn, Esq. ; 
Rey. W. T. Paterson; Alexander M‘Intosh, Esq.; Robert 
Gray, Esq. , 
The more especial objects of this association will be best 
seen from Nos. XI. and XII. of its regulations, with their sub- 
ordinate heads, which are as follows: 
* XI. That the following be the subjects for information, 
upon 
