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being thiis brongbt forwaril to imhlic notice, a se- 
parate socjpiy waa forint'd, liy tlw unrfjuilting perse* 
veraiice «f Mr Kadermnrherj wUit mny he ralleil the 
founder of ilie institution eatal»]iii!ied at Batavia. 
" Oi) tfie Slili of April 1 778t tltis scxu^ty was duly 
establii^bed, under the authority of GoverarD«nl, and, 
after tlie example of Ilaerletu, took for its motto^ 
* The public utilitif,' On its first oriranizationt the 
Sofiety conwiKit'd of 192 meiuWrs, the Governor- 
Geiteral being diief director, and members of the 
High Regeni!y diret;tor^. The Society «eleeted m 
objects of renearch and inquiry, whatever could be 
useful to agricuhure, commerce, and the welfare of 
the rolony; it encouraged every question relating to 
natural history^ antiquities, and the manners and 
mages of the native inlmhiianta ; and in onJer the 
better to define the objects and contribute to tliesr 
sccompli.shmertt, a programme from time to time 
printed anil circulated abroad." 
The SfK-iety v/as no sooner fully establi-ihed, and 
its proceedings generally known, than it received 
from all qnarters various acquinitionM to its cabinet 
and libnu'y. Mr Kadermacber himself presented 
tbe Society with a convenient houRe, and eight cases 
of valuable bookn, he. ; and by the liberality of Mr 
Barlto, it was enabled to form a botanical establiah' 
ment, in a garden pre»etited by that gentleman. In 
1779 th« first volume of transactions was printed, 
in 1780 the second, and lb« tlnnl in 1781 ; and be- 
fore 1792 six volumes had appearetL, At this pe- 
