IV 



A copy of the despatch containing the senti- 

 ments of the Court, the Right Honorable the 

 Governor General in Council was pleased to 

 have forwarded to the Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society of India. 



On its receipt the Society voluntarily came 

 forward with an offer to aid, as far as in it laid 

 the power, the purposes of the Government in 

 an enterprise so much in accordance with its 

 own usages and wishes, and for this purpose 

 a Committee from among the members of the 

 Society was formed for the purpose of suggest- 

 ing such plants and trees as might be desirable 

 for introduction into India, or that could be 

 supplied to other countries. 



In order to carry out these intentions the 

 Committee addressed a great number of per- 

 sons, and invited assistance in the form of 

 suggestions from all quarters. 



This was the second time the Society had put 



