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what scientific culture means to the world, and who realize how 

 affluence, and the great development of a people is the outcome 

 of the influence of systematized knowledge — in short of Science. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring President, and 

 Mr. W. M. Hamlet, f.c.s., f.i.c, was installed as President for 

 the ensuing year. 



Mr. Hamlet thanked the members for the honour conferred 

 upon him. 



The following donations were laid upon the table and acknow- 

 ledged : — 



TRANSACTIONS, JOURNALS, REPORTS, &c. 

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Kew — Royal Gardens. Hooker's Icones Plantarum, Ser. 4, Vol. 



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