OF FRUIT AND FOREST-TREES. 403 



No. V. 



Land Revenue Office^ Scotlatid-Yard, 

 Dec. 11, 1790. 



• My Lords and Gentlemen, 



Having represented to the Lords 

 Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, that in 

 pursuance of their Lordships' desire, we had writ- 

 ten to the several noblemen and gentlemen men- 

 tioned in the list, of which a copy was sent to 

 each of you, requesting to know whether they 

 would have the goodness to make the necessary ex- 

 aminations and enquiries, to ascertain the effect of 

 the experiments made by Mr. Forsyth, of the 

 Composition discovered by him for curing defects 

 in trees ; and that twelve of those noblemen and 

 gentlemen, hereunder named, and to whom this 

 letter is addressed, had signified their willingness 

 to assist in the proposed examination ; w^e have now 

 the honour to inform you, that their Lordships have 

 been pleased to signify to us, that they approve of 

 the examination being made by those noblemen and 



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