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the visit to and hospitalities received at Athmtic city, wlierc only 

 one or two of the committee had ever been before. The saving of 

 expense was tlie smallest item in the consideration of the com- 

 mittee, for they would freely pay largely for the delight of the 

 pleasant memories of this trip. It was, therefore, only an act of 

 justice to ourselves and others to pass this resolution. And it was 

 passed with enthusiastic acclamation ; and so w^as one ofiered by 

 Dr. Trimble, of thanks to Congress for passing the Inter-Statc- 

 Commerce railroad bill, which, he said, if not vetoed, will enable 

 the people of the United States to escape the thraldom of the 

 Camden and Amboy monopoly, and the roads over which we have 

 traveled to live and improve that part of the State, and, Mr. Custis 

 said, to redeem its political character. 



The Rev. Mr. Whittlesey, of EUwood, said the obligation for 

 hospitality and pleasure for this visit was not all upon the part of 

 the committee, but on the part of the people of this part of the 

 State, which would be highly benefited by being seen by so many 

 intelligent gentlemen, and he therefore moved a vote of thanks to 

 the American Institute Farmers' Club, and its present committee, 

 for their attention to the best interests of New Jersey in their 

 endeavors to promote the settlement and cultivation of its waste 

 lands. 



Want of time, strength, and space to print, if given, prevent 

 giving extended notices of the remarks of speakers at Atlantic City 

 and two public meetings at Hammonton, besides much practical 

 agricultural and horticultural conversation during this remarkable 

 trip, which will undoubtedly be like good seed sown upon good 

 ground, and this report, imperfect as it is, we hope will be accept- 

 able to the Club. 



It is proper to state, that it was received with evident satisfac- 

 tion. The members of the committee present fully concurred in 

 the statements, and. on motion of Mr. S. Edwards Todd, a vote of 

 thanks of the club was heartily given to the citizens of New Jer- 

 sey for the respect shown to this Club, in the way the connnittee 

 had been received. Mr. P. T. Quinn said that he could have truth- 

 fully stated, in stronger language than Mr. Robinson had, the 

 manner in which the committee were received; and, in answer to 

 some remarks made by Prof. Nash, to the effect that it was mor- 

 ally impossible for people to live in such a sandy region as he 

 knew it was at Hammonton, Mr. Quinn said that he had the statis- 

 tics to prove that no section of the country could show a greater net 



