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on the whole, to the agricultural prosperity of the Colony ; 
and I think that you will welcome a paper from him 
on that subject. Besides the points I have briefly re- 
ferred to, there are many others, one of which is the 
development of the timber trade, in which our late 
President takes so much interest. This is a subje& 
which must engage the attention of the Society during 
the ensuing year. I trust that by the Society giving | 
all the attention in its power to matters connected with 
the agricultural development of the colony, it will more 
fully deserve its title of Royal Agricultural Society in 
the future, than in the opinion of a certain former Presi- 
dent of the Society, it has done in the past. This will 
not interfere with its work asa Literary Society in which, 
by its liberal upkeep of the Reading Rooms it aéts as 
a benefit to very many of the inhabitants of the Colony, 
Personally I trust that during my year of office, 1 may prove 
useful to the best interests of the Society to whose recom- 
mendations I am so greatly indebted for the present state 
of efficiency of my Department. 
On the motion of the Vice-President a hearty vote of 
thanks was accorded.” 
In connection with the proposed shipment of Furniture 
Woods, the Secretary reported that Mr. R. W. Hubbard 
wrote on the 15th ulto., stating his inability to procure 
the Ducaliballi timber and therefore the impossibility of 
his executing the Society’s order. He, Mr. Daly, wrote 
at once to Mr. Seon, who had promised to supply the 
woods. He had received a letter from Mr. A, FE. Messer, 
written at Wimbledon, suggesting that a market might 
be formed in London for Mora as it would probably be as 
useful for wood paving as the Australian Jarra, He 
