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Society of London, acknowledging in handsome terms the various donations 
made to their Museum from the Tasmanian Contributions to the Exhibition 
of the Industry of all Nations, and concluding thus :— 
“ The catalogue of the specimens exhibited from Van Diemen’s Land, 
of which you kindly transmitted us a copy, was on all hands admitted to 
be the most clearly arranged, and the most explanatory, of all the catalogues 
of objects furnished to the Exhibition.” 
The Secretary also read an extract from a note by Mr. Kippist, of the 
Linnean Society of London, expressive of the unbounded admiration 
excited amongst Botanists by the examination of the collection of Tas- 
manian Alge, sent home to the Exhibition by Mrs. Sharland, of New 
Norfolk. 
Mr. Milligan also read the following extracts from letters received by 
him from W. W. Saunders, Esq., of Lloyd’s, London, who aided Professor 
Lindley and Dr. Royle, &c., in examining and reporting upon the 
timbers shown at the Great Exhibition, in which favourable mention is 
made of the beauty of the ornamental woods from Tasmania, and some 
important remarks made on the value of Australian ship-building timbers. 
“ 28th April, 1851. 
“ T hear from my friend Dr. Lindley, who is now taking an active part 
in the Great Exhibition, arranging with Dr. Royle the vegetable products, 
that certain veneers, sent from Hobart Town, are especially beautiful, and 
likely to be much used: he also reports very favourably on the beauty of 
some other of the Tasmanian woods. . 
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‘‘ Being much interested in the shipping of this country, and an active 
member of the Society for the Classification of Ships, called ‘ Lloyd’s 
Register of Shipping,’ I have frequent opportunity of seeing the various 
woods used in ship-building, and ascertaining their merits. During the last 
four years we have had several examples of ships built in our Australian 
Colonies, which I think very well of as regards the timber, feeling that, 
eventually, some of the best woods will prove worthy of being admitted 
into the ships of the highest grade. At present, the better class of woods 
are only admitted to stand A 1 for ten years, and are placed, for want 
of experience in them, on the footing of hard woods from Brazil and 
elsewhere.”’ 
“ 29th November, 1851. 
‘‘ Since I last wrote to you I have been almost entirely employed in my 
leisure hours in the study of woods in aid of the Jury on Raw Products at 
the Great Exhibition, and in reporting upon the splendid collection of 
woods exhibited by the East India Company. This has much improved 
my acquaintance with woods, and given me an opportunity of examining 
some most interesting kinds from Van Diemen’s Land, contributed by 
several gentlemen, and yourself among the number. These have been 
very much admired, and the more beautiful ones cannot fail of becoming 
