TUESDAY 1st DECEMBER 1859. 



His Excellency the Governor, Patron of the Society, 

 in the chair. 



Hon. G. Fropier, Hon, C. Wiehe, Presidents. 



Honbles. F. Bedingfeld, C. C. Brownrigg, Captain 

 Mann, R.E , Surveyor General, Capt. O. Stokes, Royal 

 Engineers, Dr Ayres, Dr. Donald, Dr. Regnaud, Messrs. 

 A. Desenne, F. Dick, Doyen, Fernyhough, Fleurot, P. 

 Furse, Halais, Hazlitt, Herchenroder, J. Levieux, C. 

 Lienard, C. Meldrum, E. Mellish, V. Naz, A. Paruit, 

 H. Pitot, A. Redl, V. Robillard, C. Rouge. 



The Secretary, Mr L. Bouton, read the following 

 Report : 



Your Excellency, Gentlemen, 



After the Exhibition of which the brilliant splendor 

 T/as enhanced by the patronage and generous assistance 

 bestowed by Your Excellency, it would seem that our 

 Society had nothing r.iore to do, but to seek repose un- 

 der the shade of its laurels and enjoy its triumphs ; 

 such however cannot be the case. Our intellectual la- 

 bours must be resumed and continued, since, to the 

 impression they have made on the public mind, and 

 also to the care the Society has taken, each year to en- 

 rich the colony by the introduction of all kinds of ve- 

 getable seeds, the superior excellence of some of tlie 

 specimens exhibited is in great measure due. 



This day of rejoicing, which comes at the end of each 

 year, as a crowning to the labours of the Society, is 

 viewed by it, as the day of grape gathering or corn reap- 



