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5. — From Mr. Willis, dated 9th ultimo, recommending that Government 

 should be requested to require from Major Burney, the Resident at Ava, as 

 large a quantity as possible of the long staple Pernambuco and other good de- 

 scriptions of Cotton Seed, grown in that country, and that he be furnished with 

 American Cotton and Tobacco Seeds for introduction there. 



The Secretary informed the Meeting, that he had forwarded a copy of Mr. 

 Willis' letter to Government, and had offered, with reference to the suggestion 

 in the latter part of it, to supply any quantity of Seeds that might be required. 



6. — From Messrs. T. A. Pitkin and T. C. Robson, dated 22nd ultimo, presenting 

 specimens of American Flax and Tobacco, grown on their lands in the Soonder- 

 bunds, from seeds furnished by the Society, and requesting instructions as to the 

 manner of curing the latter. 



The Secretary was requested to furnish these gentlemen with copies of the 

 methods followed by Mr. Deverine, the Society's Superintendent at Akra. 



7. — From Mr. Pattle, with a Mangoe of uncommon size, grown in his own 

 garden, and which Mr. Pattle considers the result of care and cultivation. It was 

 found to weigh 145 Sa. wt. and to be 20. 4 by 17. 4 inches in circumference. 



g. — Mr. Richard Hunter presented a specimen of Pernambuco Cotton, found 

 by him in Cuttack, which appeared to be of good quality, and to thrive well, 

 but he had not been able to obtain any information as to how it had been intro- 

 duced there : the specimen was approved of. 



9, — Mr. Robison presented a specimen of Seychelles Cotton, grown in his gar- 

 den, from seed furnished by Mr. Palmer, to the Society, in 1830. 



10. — Dr. Carey presented some Nankeen Cotton and Cotton Seed, grown in 

 his garden at Serampore. 



11. — Mr. Dobbs presented some Havannah Tobacco Seed, also some 

 Chirimoya Seeds, in the name of Colonel Hezeta. — The thanks of the Meeting 

 were offered to Col. Hezeta. 



12. — Mr. Strong presented some Sea Island Cotton grown in Intally. 



13. — Mr. McKean forwarded a quantity of Pernambuco Cotton grown at 

 Duckinsore, near Calcutta, by Mr. Hastie, from seed furnished to the latter 

 Gentleman by the Society. 



The Secretary reported, that he received seven parcels of Silk, and twelve of 

 Tobacco, from competitors ; and an early day was therefore fixed, for a Meeting 

 of the Committee of Prizes, and awarding the premium offered by Government. 



4. — Natural History Society of the Mauritius. 

 Tuesday, 25th October, 1831. 



Mr. L. Bouton read a letter from M. J. Desjardins, addressed to the President, 

 proposing that a request should be made to M. Lyall for the portrait of his 

 father, their late colleague, Dr. R. Lyall: whereupon Mr. Charles Telfair, Presi- 

 dent, who was in possession of this picture, immediately tendering it as a boon, 

 the Society accepted it with the liveliest acknowledgments. 



The same party read also the Secretary's reply to the Baron G. Cuvier, 

 expressive of the honor felt by the Society on the possession of his bust. 



M. J. P. Goudot, cor. mem. Mus. Roy. of Paris, and travelling naturalist, 

 was introduced byM. Faraguat, on the occasion of his arrival on a projected 

 excursion to the isle of Madagascar. He offered to the Society a collection of 

 the land shells of Fiance, and of the environs of Palermo, in Sicily. 



