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Proceedings. 



[No. 7, NEW SERIES. 



Resolved, that the future meetings of the General Committee be 

 held on the 1st Wednesday of each month, and that the members 

 be requested to attend with as great regularity as their other en- 

 gagements will allow. 



The Secretary is requested to draw up a memorandum relative 

 to the best means of labelling the more conspicuous plants in the 

 Gardens, as suggested in his verbal communication to the Com- 

 mittee this day. 



The President brings to the notice of the Committee a private 

 letter from Major General Johnson, Commanding Tonghoo, inti- 

 mating the arrival of two " "Ward's cases" and a packet of seeds, 

 which are much prized. 



A moiety of the latter has been presented to the Revd. Dr. 

 Mason, a Missionary and distinguished Naturalist in the Tenas- 

 serim Provinces. 



Resolved, that the Secretary be instructed to open correspond- 

 ence with the Revd. Dr. Mason with a view to an interchange of 

 seeds with that gentleman, which are to be sent occasionally, when 

 any are available for that purpose. 



That on the present occasion the seeds named in the letter to 

 address be forwarded 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Walter Elliot, President. Howard B. Montgomery, m. d., Secy. 



The usual Monthly Meeting was held on July 2\st at half-past 

 6 o'clock A. M. 



Present. 



J. V. Agnew, Esq. Lieut. Col. Colbeck. 



Lieut. Col. McCally. H. B. Montgomery, Esq., Secy. 



There not being a quorum for the despatch of business, and the 

 meeting was occupied for some time in the perusal and considera- 

 tion of certain letters and papers relative to the proposal of the 

 , Manchester Cotton Association to send a quantity of New Orleans 

 Cotton seed to India for experimental growth. The papers rela- 

 tive to this subject will appear at length in the next number of 



