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  in 
  proposing 
  a 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks 
  to 
  his 
  Excellency 
  Mr. 
  Lowell, 
  

   the 
  American 
  Minister, 
  for 
  presiding 
  on 
  the 
  present 
  occasion. 
  

   The 
  most 
  interesting 
  address 
  delivered 
  could 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  

   form 
  a 
  subject 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  to 
  all 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   fishing 
  of 
  this 
  country, 
  but 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  occasion 
  

   had 
  been 
  considerably 
  increased 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Lowell. 
  His 
  name 
  was 
  familiar 
  to 
  all 
  Englishmen, 
  and 
  

   wherever 
  he 
  appeared 
  in 
  public 
  his 
  presence 
  was 
  always 
  

   greeted 
  with 
  enthusiasm, 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  making 
  an 
  

   amusing 
  after-dinner 
  speech 
  or 
  in 
  presiding 
  at 
  an 
  important 
  

   conference 
  like 
  the 
  present. 
  They 
  not 
  only 
  welcomed 
  him, 
  

   but 
  they 
  also 
  welcomed 
  other 
  American 
  gentlemen 
  and 
  

   ladies 
  who 
  were 
  present. 
  They 
  desired 
  to 
  thank 
  Mr. 
  Lowell 
  

   for 
  the 
  great 
  interest 
  he 
  had 
  taken 
  in 
  this 
  Exhibition 
  from 
  

   its 
  first 
  inception, 
  and 
  also, 
  as 
  representative 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  in 
  England, 
  for 
  the 
  great 
  encouragement 
  he 
  had 
  

   given 
  the 
  enterprise. 
  The 
  American 
  nation 
  played 
  a 
  very 
  

   important 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  Exhibition, 
  the 
  magnificence 
  and 
  

   beauty 
  of 
  their 
  exhibit 
  being 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  chief 
  attractions. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Brown 
  Goode 
  had 
  much 
  pleasure 
  in 
  seconding 
  

   the 
  motion, 
  which 
  was 
  carried 
  unanimously. 
  

   • 
  The 
  Chairman, 
  in 
  reply, 
  said 
  as 
  this 
  was 
  not 
  an 
  after- 
  

   dinner 
  occasion, 
  neither 
  a 
  long 
  nor 
  an 
  amusing 
  speech 
  would 
  

   be 
  expected 
  from 
  him. 
  He 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  obliged 
  for 
  the 
  

   warm 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  vote 
  of 
  thanks 
  had 
  been 
  received, 
  

   which 
  he 
  was 
  entirely 
  conscious 
  of 
  not 
  deserving. 
  It 
  was 
  

   his 
  duty 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  his 
  pleasure 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  that 
  day, 
  and 
  

   be 
  of 
  what 
  service 
  he 
  could, 
  and 
  he 
  thought 
  he 
  might 
  say 
  

   without 
  any 
  national 
  vanity 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  wise 
  and 
  gener- 
  

   ous 
  appropriation 
  of 
  ;£ 
  10,000 
  by 
  the 
  American 
  Congress 
  

   which 
  did 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  Fisheries 
  Exhibition 
  

   at 
  its 
  outset, 
  and 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  greatly 
  gratified 
  at 
  hearing 
  

   from 
  the 
  highest 
  possible 
  authority 
  that 
  the 
  American 
  

  

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