xti. Proceedings df the Society. 



Secretary, E. Vigoureux, Vice-Serreary, Rev. L. Banks C. C. 

 Brownrigg, H. C. Bury, F M. Di k ;.n i E. Poujide, vveif :i(1- 

 milted into Ihe great hall ai Gove-ii run House. The S'^creiaiy 

 read to the Gevernor thead'lress "s it was ydop'ed ai ihs So- 

 cieiy's Meeting of 3''* Instant, in wh ch Sir William Comm w;ts 

 pleased to read the fuliowing lep y, and ihen lo diliver ii lo tlie 

 Secretary, who had the lionnr of hvn ling to him, in roliun, his 

 Diploma ss « Honorary Patron to ihe Society t : 



Guc(fi!iifiHeiil llvt .s( , A'h May 1849. 



GEXTiE.MEJ., 



" I itK.«ive . with g;i-»tcf:il ackaowledgraents your very flatteri»i<; 

 ' ' addi-ess on th.e occasion of my approachiug depaittire from the Colony. 



" The exertions which you brinf; to my recollection in such kind 

 " tonns, aieonly a portion of the duty incimibent upon all placed in 

 " authority, for the encouragement of Institutions which have for 

 " theii' object the advancement of science, and its practical application 

 " to the uses of the (Community. 



'■ Bearing in view these admitted claims to favomr, I little doubted 

 " the success of my suit, when miitking the application to the Secre- 

 " tary of State, for vhc annual grant to the Society. As little could I 

 " doubt of the beneficial effects of your continued exertions vipon the 

 " whole body of the Community, in stimulating to the improvement 

 " of cultivation in erary branch, and in its most important one, to the 

 " application of scientific processes, both in the rearing of the plant, 

 " and in the fabrication of its matiued produce, so as to derive, the 

 " greatest possible advantage fi'om the ydfeldiugs of yoxw highly -fa- 

 " voiM'ed SoU. The able and instructive Beport recently given to the 

 " public by tlie Agricultural Committee of your body, fiurnishes my 

 " sufficient warrant for so coiifidently expressing myself. Thus so im- 

 " pressed, you will be able to appreciate the value Iplace upon your 

 " invitation to me to benamed Honorary Patron of the Society, whicfe 

 "moreover has already drawn upon itself a meritedi encomium from 

 " fUstaiit scientific quai-ters appiiised of the useful, direction of its 

 " laljoiu's. 



" That those may long continue extending the sphere of their utility 

 " will be my constant and fei-v^nt desiire: 



" I thank you heartily for your kind expressions on the occasion of 

 " my appointment to Lidia, and most gratefuDy, and in her itame, for 

 " thoSe which you address^to Lady Gtomm, whosfe interest, aB'^tni.tffell 



