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ciety seventy copies of the paper on the system of Irrigation 

 in use in the Lombards Venitian States, which was laid be- 

 fore the Meeting ol 2«» September last; sxpressing his wish 

 that these papers be distributed by the Society as seems most 

 advantageeus, and that observations and suggestions as to the 

 best manner of bringing the system into practice here, be 

 called for. 



Mr. Bojer resumed the subject touched on by him at last 

 Meeting, regarding the proper mode of prepaiing lime for cla- 

 rifying canejuiee, and stated that of the numerous limekilns 

 in this Island only three, viz. that of Messrs. Brownrigg, La- 

 butie and Robillard, were capable of producing proper lime, 

 and that even those were far from perfect, but might be im- 

 proved by alterations which he suggested. 



Mr. Dupont recalled the attention of the Meeting to the sub- 

 ject of the institution of a School of Agriculture. He stated 

 his couviction that great benefit would result from an Establish- 

 ment of this natuie, and pointed out the means by which he 

 proposed to effect it. Mr. Dupont's proposal laid before the 

 Meeting of 2nd September last had been referred to the Agri- 

 cultural Committee, but was not yet reported on. 



Mr. Bojer, Vice-President, Mr. Bouton, Secretary, and Mr. 

 Morris, Vice-Secretary, were appointed a Committee to obtain 

 the necessary information, and to answer the questions pro- 

 posed by Mr. Crawford in a letter to Mr. Hnwes, under Secretary 

 of State for the Colonies, laid before the Meeting of 10th June 

 last, relative to the identity and connexion of the Malay lan- 

 guage with that ef Madagascar. 





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