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gentlemen, or any seven or more of them; and 

 to request that you will be pleased to take such 

 steps as you shall think necessary for ascertaining 

 the efficacy of the said Composition for curing in- 

 juries and defects in trees, and to address the 

 result of your examination to the Lords of the 

 Treasury. 



Among the uses to which the Composition in 

 question is said to be applicable, that which ap- 

 pears to us more immediately connected with the 

 objects referred by Parliament to our consideration 

 is, the cure of injuries and defects in forest-trees, 

 especially the Oak : and we beg leave particularly 

 to recommend it to you to examine, 



Whether the Composition appears to be efficacious 

 for the purpose of restoring the bark of an Oak- 

 tree which has been either cut or accidentally torn 

 off, so as to prevent such injuries or defects in the 

 timber, as are commonly found to proceed from 

 that cause. 



And whether the application of the Composi^ 

 tion to the parts of forest- trees where limbs or 

 branches have been cut or torn off, appears to be 

 efficacious for the preventing or curing injuries and 

 defects in timber, proceeding from that cause ? 



We presume, with great deference, that yon 

 will think it proper to point out any other uses to 

 which the Composition may appear to you to be 

 applicable, with advantage to the public ; and we 

 request that you will be pleased to favour us with 



