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Secretaire d^Etat que la Societe, lui est redevable de la 

 qualification de Royale qu^clle porte et de ^allocation 

 annuelle qu^elle reyoit du gouvernement. 



Cette proposition ayant ete accueillie, la seance est 

 ouverte. 



Le Secretaire donne communication de la lettre sui- 

 vante, qu^il a regue de Sir Rawson W. Rawson^ Gouver- 

 neur des lies Barbades et depuis longtemps membre de la 

 Societe : 



•' Government House, Barbades, 

 " 3rd December 1874. 



" My dear Mr Bouton, 



" I had much pleasure in receiving by the last Mall your 

 friendly letter of the l4th October, and I lose no time in 

 acknowledging it. 



" The copy of the Transactions of the Royal Society also 

 reached me and I have been able to cast a hurried glance on 

 its contents which have interested me much, reminding me 

 the time when I used to work with you and my valued friend 

 Bojer in promoting the objects of the Society, 



" I cannot send you anything of a similar nature in return 

 except a notice of an Exhibition to be held by our Agricultural 

 Society in a few days, but as this body is mixed up with a 

 I^ewspaper which is obnoxious to a large number of the most 

 respectable and influential gentry, it does nothing else than 

 cold their Annual Exhibition. I have sfenerally exhibited large- 

 ly Ferns and other plants and my gardener has been so 

 successful in carrying off the prizes that I shall be obliged 

 this year to prevent him from competing for them.. 



