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direction. Although much more protracted than 

 •was anticipated, when experience and example 

 "were wanting, they now perceive that it has not 

 been more so than the natural laws to which the 

 undertaking has been subject demanded. It has 

 been uniformly successful from the first, and has 

 required only time and care for its full develop- 

 ment. 



EOBEET OFPICEE, 



Chairman. 

 Qrd May, 1877. 



