406 OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, &C. 

 To the Lords Commissioners of His Majesti/s Treasury. 



My Lords, 



Having met on Saturday, at Ken- 

 sington, in compliance with the desires of your 

 Lordships, communicated to us by the Commis- 

 sioners of the Land Revenue, we endeavoured to 

 take every measure for the investigation requested 

 of us, that the time and circumstances permitted ; 

 and we conceive tliat the best and most satisfactory 

 mode of reporting to your Lordships the result of 

 that investigation will be, to specify, as shortly as 

 may be, the steps we took ; the observ^ations we 

 made ; and our opinions, founded both upon what 

 we ourselves saw, and upon such documents as 

 appeared to us authentic and convincing. 



After referring to the last letter, addressed to 

 us by the Commissioners, in order that we might 

 keep in view, as much as possible, the objects 

 more particularly recommended to our attention, 

 we proceeded first to read a statement by Mr. 

 Forsyth of the properties of his Composition, and 

 then to inspect and examine the various speci« 

 mens and documents laid before us by him, 

 tending to prove and illustrate those properties. 



Our investigation, thus far, having proved as 

 satisfactory as the nature of it admitted, we 

 thought it right to require Mr. Forsyth to shew 

 us sucli trees in Kensington Gardens as (having 

 been injured or decayed by whatever cause) had 



