12 ANNIVERSAKY ADDRESS. 



Justice, Sir A. Stephen, O.B., K.C.M.Gr., now Deputy- Grovernor 



of New Soutli "Wales. 



Me. Howard Eeed arrived in this Colony about 1867, and 

 soon after became a member of this Society. He was the 

 youngest son of Dr. Andrew Eeed, and brother of Sir Charles 

 Eeed, who for some time had a seat in the Imperial Parliament, and 

 is still, I believe. Chairman of the London Board of Education. 



The father of these gentlemen was a man of great benevolence, 

 and had been mainly instrumental in the erection of no less than 

 six hospitals and asylums in England. 



The subject of our notice chose Agriculture as his pursuit, and 

 to his exertions the Agricultural Society of ]N"ew South "Wales is 

 mainly indebted for its existence. He was also connected with 

 the Press in England and this Colony, and his contributions to 

 various journals have elicited the respectful attention of numerous 

 readers. After an illness of some months' duration Mr. Eeed 

 died on 23rd October, at the age of forty-eight. He did not 

 contribute any written paper to our Transactions, but he took 

 part in our oral discussions. 



A third loss by death occurred in the death of Dr. John Pierce, 

 of Maitland, whose membership dates from 1873 ; but, as I have 

 been unable to learn any particulars of his carreer, I content 

 myself with recording his decease. 



Mr. W. HovELL, of Goulburn, commonly called Captain 

 Hovell, as in early life he had been a commander in the mercan- 

 tile marine, joined the Society in 1868. He was associated with 

 Mr. Hamilton Hume in the exploration of the country to the 

 south and south-west. He was with Mr. Hume when he 

 discovered the country beyond the Murrumbidgee Eiver, in 1824^. 

 An expedition having been projected by Sir Thomas Brisbane, the 

 then Governor, to traverse the land from Wilson's Promontory 

 to Sydney, Hume and Hovell shared the cost of the expedition 

 which they undertook ; but their journey was made from Lake 

 George to Western Port, and the exit was actually about 

 Geelong. Mr. Hume's name was given to the upper part of the 



