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shown to be the best and cheapest safe illuminator available. The 

 Board arc entitled to great credit in producing this result. It will 

 be remembered that but a few years since, lard oil was pronounced 

 unsuitable for light-house purposes; but the perseverance of the 

 Board has brought out the fact that it is much the best and cheapest 

 oil, and that the expenses of lighting the coast and harbors have 

 been thereby greatly reduced. Surely the country at large should 

 acknowdedge this, and give due credit to the Board. We have 

 endeavored to do with colza what the Board have effected with lard 

 oil, and we have been unsuccessful both for ourselves and the light- 

 house interest. - - - 



"We are grateful to each member of the Board for the interest 

 they have always shown in our undertaking, and for their uniform 

 kindness and courtesy. Accept, my dear Commodore, for yourself 

 and your associates in the Board, my warmest thanks for your many 

 kind expressions of interest, and believe me 



"Truly and gratefully, yours, 



"C\ S. Hamilton." 



