226 J. H. MAIDEN. 
Corresponding Members of Committee at Newcastle—Rev. ©. A. 
Middleton; J. P. Webber, Esq.; William Dunn, Esq. ; 
Edward C. Close, Esq. 
Stock Fund Committee—Rev. 8. Marsden; William Cox, Esq.; 
Dr. Townson; H. M’Arthur, Esq.; John Blaxland, Esq.; 
J. Oxley, Esq.; G. T. Palmer, Esq.; Chas. Throsby, Esq.; 
R. Lowe, Esq. 
At a meeting held on 5th July, 1822, at Sydney, resolu- 
tions were carried for the formation of the “‘Agricultural 
Society of New South Wales.’’ The annual subscription 
was fixed at five guineas, and a subscription fund was started 
in shares of £25 each to secure the importation of live 
stock. The first function held by the Society was an 
inaugural dinner at Parramatta on the 16th July, 1822. 
The lists of office-bearers are published in the Almanacs 
of 1824 and 1825. 
Lists of prizes were published in the ‘‘Sydney Gazette,”’ 
e.g., 14th October, 1824, third page. 
There is a list of office-bearers in the Almanac for 1826. 
In the Almanac for 1827 it is recorded that the Agricul- 
tural Society was designated ‘‘The Agricultural and Horti- 
cultural Society’? on 22nd February, 1826, but there is no 
change in office-bearers. This change of title was adopted 
in the advertisements of the Society, in the “Sydney 
Gazette,”’ e.g., first page of 20th September, 1826. 
There is no change in the Almanacs of 1828 — 1835, except 
that the heading appears “‘Agricultural and Horticultural 
Society ’’ in 1829, this designation having been omitted in 
1828, evidently through a slip. 
I then turn to the ‘‘New South Wales Calendar,’’ and find 
the usual list of office-bearers for 1836. There is, however, 
no mention of the Society in the Calendars for 1837 — 9. 
