APRIL — SEPT. 1859.] 



Proceedings. 



217 



Report of the Committee of the Agri- Horticultural Society for 

 the year 1858, and January to June 1859. 



The Committee have determined to resume the practice, former- 

 ly in force in this Society, by which an Annual Meeting should be 

 convened to afford to all Members of it an opportunity of examin- 

 ing a record of its general working and management, and therefore 

 beg to submit the following for your information. 



On reviewing their proceedings, it is found that materials do not 

 exist for a connected narrative of all that has been done, and 

 therefore it has been determined to notice only the special sub- 

 jects of interest under their several heads. The present report 

 embraces all that has occurred between the 1st January 1858 and 

 30th June 1859. 



General Management of the Society. — This has continued vest- 

 ed in the Committee in which several changes have occurred ow- 

 ing to the return to Europe of some of its Members. On the 5th 

 of May 1858, Mr. Maclagan resigned the Secretaryship and was 

 succeeded by Dr. Montgomery. The Committee desire to record 

 their thanks to Mr. Maclagan for the ability with which he con- 

 ducted the duties of his office. 



Mr. Brown, who has been Superintendent since July 1857, and 

 who was selected by Professor Balfour, of Edinburgh, has con- 

 ducted himself to our entire satisfaction and displayed both zeal 

 and ability in the discharge of his duties. The Gardens are kept 

 most carefully and have much improved under his charge. Re- 

 cently he has been also employed in the works connected with the 

 improvements going on in Government House Compound and in 

 the proposed People's Park. The Committee has approved of 

 this arrangement which was sanctioned on the stipulation that it 

 should not be allowed to interfere with his proper duties in the 

 Garden. 



The Committee cannot submit their Report without bringing 

 prominently to notice the active and zealous exertions of their Se- 

 cretary, Dr. Montgomery, by whom the general interests of the 

 Society have been greatly benefited, more especially in the intro- 

 duction of useful reforms and in bringing its objects more gene- 

 rally before the public. 

 Vol. xx. o. s. Vol. yi. n. s. 



