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who as members of this Society have given me your confidence and sup- 

 port with an ever readiness to pardon many shortcomings, but also to 

 those who have been office-bearers with me during the past year, and to 

 those employed permanently by the Society— to our Vice-President to 

 whom I have already gratefully alluded, to Mr. Daly, whose devotion 

 to its interests needs no mention from me, to Mr. Conyers, to Mr. 

 Rodway and to the whole staff, honorary or paid, who have made 

 my duties both very easy and very pleasant. I bid you farewell, gentle- 

 men, as your President, and I assure you that the interests and the 

 welfare of this Society, as of the whole colony, will always occupy a 

 foremost place in the thoughts and endeavours which are and will be 

 the outcome of a genuinely grateful memory. 



Mr. Luard said : Gentlemen, I am sure that you have all listened to 

 the valediflory address which our President, the Hon, Cavendish Boyle, 

 has just delivered, with the greatest possible interest. But I am also 

 sure that that interest has been tinftured with a certain amount of 

 sadness when you consider that this is the last occasion when we shall 

 see our President in the presidential chair of this Society. But we shall 

 see him in the Vice-President's chair during the ensuing year. It is a 

 matter for gratification to see the very great interest that our President 

 takes in all the different matters connefted with this Colony. The 

 address which he has just delivered to us will prove this. He has 

 touched on a great many important subjects, and I think I may say 

 that no previous President, other than a planter, has ever taken such an 

 interest in agriculture, generally, as Mr. Boyle has. I have been very 

 much struck, over and over again, at the great interest Mr. Boyle has 

 always taken in the Society's welfare. I am sure we thank Mr. Boyle 

 very much for the very interesting valediftory address which he has 

 given us. 



On the motion of the President, seconded by Mr. 

 Luke M. Hill, Professor J. B. Harrison was unani- 

 mously eledled President for the ensuing year, after 

 which the other ele6tions were made as per annexed 

 list :— 



