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which they have the opportunity of making known and 
interchanging the fruits of their respe€tive experi- 
ences, are difficult if not impraéticable ; but there would 
be nothing to prevent any such person communicating 
through the pages of this Journal, matter which, in his 
judgment, might be worthy of further investigation or 
discussion ; thus leading to the diffusion of more accurate 
information, or possibly, to important discovery, 
While it may be advisable to explain that political and 
theological subjeéts must necessarily be excluded from 
the pages of this Journal, it is desirable to state that 
there will be no hesitation in treating of measures affect- 
ing general education or the sanitary condition of the 
people. Nor, eventually, should the Journal be likely to 
become permanently established in public estimation, 
would it be difficult to give to it, to some extent, a lighter 
charaéter than that immediately contemplated, and thus 
to make it acceptable to a wider circle of readers. With- 
out entering further into detail, however, enough has 
perhaps been indicated, to shew that it entirely rests 
with the community to decide the peculiar charaéter as 
well as the fate of the proposed attempt. 
It is hoped, therefore, that all who feel an interest in 
the advancement of this colony, and who are desirous of 
promoting, not merely its material but its moral progress, 
will co-operate in the trial of this experiment; and that 
all, who are in a position to do so, will assist its con- 
duétors, not merely by becoming subscribers, but by their 
communications and suggestions, and by their personal 
influence. 
As pecuniary profit is no part of the objeét of the 
promoters of this scheme, so also they do not feel called 
