NINTH PROGRESS EEPOET OF THE EOYAL 

 COMMISSION ON VEGEMLE PRODUCTS. 



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To His Excellency the RigTtt^norable JOHN ADRIAN 

 Louis, Earl of Hopetoun, Viscount Aithrie, and 

 Baron Hope, in the Peerage of Scotland ; Byron 

 Hopetoun of Hopetoun, and Baron Niddry of 

 Niddry Castle, in the Peerage of the United 

 Kingdom; Knight Grand Cross of the Most 

 Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and 

 Saint George ; Governor and Commander 'in- 

 Chief in and over the Colony of Victoria and 

 its Dependencies, 4*c., fyc., fyc. 



MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY: 



We have the honour to acquaint Your Excellency 

 that, since the date of our last Report, we have confined 

 our inquiries to the collection of practical evidence 

 regarding the cultivation of Perfume Plants and Essential 

 Oils, the cultivation of the Sugar Beet and the manu- 

 facture of Sugar therefrom, and the various branches of 

 Agricultural Education as taught in Great Britain and 



