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and another in the Museum to be shewn to visitors to 

 the colony. 



The Hon. B. Howell Jones said that the members 

 appeared to forget that a very fine coUeftion of the 

 woods of the colony was on show at the Kew Museum, 

 where persons interested might always inspect them. 

 Yet, he had never heard that this exhibit had done any 

 good to the colony. He had no doubt that if the Society 

 presented a number of such tables as that exhibited, they 

 would be accepted with great pleasure, but he doubted 

 whether the colony would derive any benefit. Mr, 

 Cunningham would be able to tell them that our woods 

 laboured under the obje6lion of being difficult to work on 

 account of their hardness, 



Mr, Cunningham expressed his high opinion of the 

 excellence of the woods of the colony, and said that 

 although difficult to work they lasted so much longer 

 than many of those used for furniture, that the advan- 

 tage in the long run was obvious. 



Mr. Quelch having spoken of the hardness of some of 

 the woods taken to Chicago, the President said that they 

 might take Captain Duncan's suggestion as a notice of 

 motion, meanwhile the Society might take the one table 

 and consider the advisability of getting others to send 

 away. Captain Duncan agreed to bring up the matter 

 at the next meeting. 



Professor Harrison asked that his motion in regard to 

 Sections 5 to 7 of the recommendations in the report of 

 the Horticultural Show be altered by leaving Nos, 5 to 6 

 until another meeting as they might take time to discuss. 

 He therefore moved that Section 7 be adopted, which having 

 been seconded by Mr, Bellairs, was carried unanimously. 



