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was about the same as if the bandies had come the whole way, 

 but this can be reduced by sending the plants by a good train. 



The amount of my travelling expenses is Rupees sixty-eight 

 and annas nine (68-9-0) and the cost of bringing down the Plants 

 Rupees 25. 



R. Brown, 



December y 1860. Superintendent. 



Read letter from Major DeSausmarez, Commanding Hong- 

 Kong. 



The Committee gladly avail themselves of Major DeSausmarez 

 kind offer to procure and forward a selection of plants and flowers. 

 Besides Orchides and Camelias, there are several flowers and 

 shrubs, which it is believed might be successfully introduced here. 



A List will be forwarded with directions for packing them in 

 Ward's Cases, the expense attending which, the Committee will 

 gladly defray. The Secretary is requested to communicate with 

 the Quarter Master General as to their being brought over. 



The Committee sanction the erection of an Aviary in the Gar- 

 dens. A plan and estimate to be submitted, and the selection of 

 the site and other arrangements to be left to the Superintendent 

 under the direction of the Secretary. 



The Committee sanction the making up of a few additional 

 benches of a pretty, rustic pattern for the accommodation of the 

 visitors. 



The Committee thankfully acknowledge the receipt from Go- 

 vernment of— 



1. Selections from the Records of Travancore. 



2. Journal of the Agri-Horticultural Society of India. 



3. Selections from Records of the Government of India, viz. 

 Report of the Teak Forests of Pegu. 



A. McCally, Colonel, 



President, 



J. RlJTHVEN MaCFARLANE, 



Honorary Secretary. 



