XX. Proceedings of the SocicUj. 



laiingthe coai(ieti:ois at ihe approaching Kx iij.iion, and to be 

 prtsenied aniiiial y lo the mosl desarving Exh biior in any line 

 or for any kind of produce. 



(Thursday, 5'" My 1849.; 



H. E. the Goveinor. Patron of the Sicieiy, in the ( h lir. 



Pres&nl:— Th3 Urn. Geo. F. Dick PresiJeni, W. Uoler, 

 Vice-President, L. lioulon, Secretary, E. \ig3ureux, Vice-Sccre- 

 lary, C. C. Brownrigg, Rev. L. Baok , V. Singry, W. Di k, 

 F. Dick, C. D'Epinjy, E. Meile, V. de Robillard, R. Rasifoid 

 Deroy, Corresponding Meonber, Capi. Hamley, A. D. C. 



The Secretary laiJ before the Meetit.g : 



1° A Memoir by Mr, Casiillon on the evaporation of vv^iier, 

 'OosidereJ as a cause of eicclricily. The Pr .-iikni named a 

 Cummiaee, composed of Messrs. Biownrigg, Bojer anJ Targ t, 

 to tiXdmine, and report upon, this paper. 



2* A Memoir by Mr. Charles D"E|iray on the njeins 

 of amelieralirig the manufacture of tiie Sjrup sugar, and the 

 io)portance of attention to the manufaciiira' and use of iiaiein 

 sugar making. Messrs. Brownrigg, F. Dick and Dr. Ulcoq were 

 appointed loieport upon M.D'Epinay's essay. 



lir. Bojer read an extract of a Le;ier, wriiici f om London by 

 Mr. Cuninghame.propos ng,on ihepailof Mr. S.riikland.lo iHaki 

 wih the public Mus um, hte Exchange of Specimens of Bri- 

 tish Birds against tbo!>e of Mauritius, Bouibon and Mad*ga.scar. 



Mr. Bojer also read an extract of a Letter fniin Mr, R w-on, 

 dated from Red Sea ^'b Uay last, i'i wbi<li h- announoes 

 the veiy sudden death of Dr. Gardner. Dirertor ol the Hniynical 

 Grtrden, at Paredenia, in Ceylon, huh a toirespondi-^g Member 

 of the Society, tl went out to Paredenia, writes M . Riwson, 

 * to see thd Botani.al Garden and D , (>ardner-, lii. former 1 



