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Great as is the excellence attained in the points of sj^ecd, ac- 

 commodation, and workmanship, it is in this adaptation to the 

 special purposes for which she was constructed that the committee 

 consider her superiority mainly to consist. 



The men of past ages have been distinguished for tlieir patient 

 research and important discoveries in the fields of abstract science. 

 It is our peculiar j^rovince so to comjiare and apply those princi- 

 ples whicli they have made known to us, as to promote the ma- 

 terial progress and happiness of the human race. 



To encourage the investigation of the wants of society, and the 

 supply of means by which they may be met, is the great aim of 

 this Institute. 



The committee are pleased to recommend the New World to 

 the Board as a highly successful effort in this direction, as one of 

 the triumphs of ai-t and skill which do honor to our city, our 

 country, and oiu* time, eminently wortliy of their highest com- 

 mendation. 



In behalf of the committee, 



EDWIN SMITH, Chairman, 



Mew-York, October 24, 1855. 



REPORT ON THE FARM OF CHAS. WILSON, AT DEER-PARK, LONG ISLAND, 



NEW- YORK. 



The undersigned respectfully report, that according to ap- 

 pointment, on Saturday, November 3, 1855, they proceeded, at 

 9i o'clock, A.M., from South Ferry, Brooklyn, with Mr. Morris, 

 president of the Long Island Railroad, in a car provided for the 

 committee separatelj^ from the train, to Deer Park, to the new 

 farm of Charles Wilson. 



The committee then organized by appointing Henry Meigs 

 chairman, and Henry S. Clubb (a re^wrter for the Tribune,) se- 

 cretary. There were present on the committee from the Mana- 

 gers of the twenty-seventh Annual Fair of the American Insti- 

 tute, Henry Meigs, Addington D. Frye, Peter B. Mead, John 

 Eidley, Bailey J. Plathaway, who added the following gentlemen 

 to the committee, viz: Rev. Evan Johnson, Rev. Thos. L. Guyon, 

 Daniel Embury, Captain Frazer, Wm. Hunter, jr., John W. 

 Mawley, John Haslett, M.D., Hon. Judge Greenwood, Alden J. 

 Spooner, Wm. E. Morris, president of the railroad; Thos. G. 

 Tallmadge, Chas. H. Thompson, John Winslow, N. F. Waring, 



