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of (he »fm'Kphere l« (he cuhivation of com. He teported (ha( Dr. Förster had (nsbed 
weigued and measuied bis electro cultivaled Chevalier ßai !ey, and the product was 
the enornaou* quaniiiy of 104 bmdiels, or 13 quariers per acre. Ih. lail < om was 
not mea>ured, and each burhel weighed 54 ‘/ 2 :b' ; (he weight oflhe siraw wa- 9, 300 
Ibs per acre. Tue cost of the elecnic apparatus is £ 1 per acre, wbich will last for 
twenty years. Dr. Förster has ob a ned mora than tbtee Hajes tbe average amount 
boih of barley and siraw; 4 :o 5 qoariers being the average, whtle he aas 13 quac- 
ters ; 3,000 lbs the average of siraw, while he has 9 300 ins.» 
« Lei us apply this coosoling fact to the Mauritius; the collivation of sogar cane, 
is its life and hope; yel wlial immense tracts are yet unemployed, and how .slowiy it 
bas availed it-elf of the luiprovements in manipuiation and madmiery. I tbei'fcfure 
return to my first proposition, that tbe S ’Ciety must utiliza tls efforis ; for what it has 
done it deserves the thunks of every member of the cominunily, for w ihout ist in- 
lerposition the name of science would here hardiy have b en brealhed. Bul how is 
this utilization to commence? Frono two sources patr "Na«b and assistance The 
gseat practica! Lord Bacon bis well renaarked; « il you w o have a tree bear nt» ne 
fruit than it hath used (o do. it not any thmg ih n you can do to the boughs, bat it 
is the stirring of the earih and putting new mou d aboul the roois (hat must wo k it » 
Soine assistance is absoutely nece^saiy ; and such assistance as the Soc ety requires, 
is such as the Ministry ut the present day seetn inost witling to accotd Wnhout it 
this Society cannot now advanct its nseful airn ; tls members may have abundant 
love and enthusiasni for Science, bin even soineltimg mm« ihao Ibis is requtted. It 
has conlinued withoui any suppoit, except i hat of kmd patronage, during the space 
of sixteen years. Bul how is il to d ffjse its knowledge ? How is it to prinl and 
publisb its proceeding , witnoui wh.> h it is but an empiy name? H'>w is it lo receive 
the new publications f Europe, witnoui wh ch it* effort< will be m dmed and incoin- 
plete ? Only to take a pari of the present year and a pari of tbe past one, hoiy ipany 
valurble and practica! arlicles have be< n ted und pnbnshtd in Eng and aioue? I 
will naention a feyv, for facts are tne beit arguments. Professor Fournet, t on zooes 
withoui rain» rnost valuable in appucaiio > to emigration, parlicularly tu cmnbmarion 
witb tbe learned labours of Professor» King and Laiham of the new Ethnological So-? 
ciety, which is an Ornament lo he present Century The papers of G. Newport, E-q., 
< on the structure of the corpuscules of the bjood, and itieir cbanges in d lf,eas P» read 
before the Royal Society in April last. Tnese papeis are, I »uppose, a continu.aiion 
and compleiion of the theories of D r s. Poiseuille and Pigeiux, which were published 
in ihe annalsof the French Medical Society some few year» ago. ajlip analysis of 
Guano, and its best application to various soils» b.v Dr Ute. To this 1 will add the 
memoir which Dr Drubeny read before th R iyal Society in may last «on the quan- 
tity of inoig nie matter exlracled fiom the soll by various plants under d fferent cir* 
cumstances » I will also rr.ention the papers of Professor Air y »on the tides and 
the great tidal waves.» Tnis is ihe developement of the Iheory of Professor Whewel 
read ai ihe British Association a few years vgo, an analysis of which I liad >he honor 
of reading to this Society last year Such ihen, Genttemen, are a few of the menial 
richest of ihe past iwelve roonths; but they are no rieh s f r this Society ; for though 
soine of them may be in the handsof iis members, they are not ils exclusive propeily. 
« I will only mention in passing, for l fear I have already trespassed 100 lorig on 
your attention, that I think science and education would be vastly accebr «ted and 
improved by a public school of gratis inslruction being attach<>d to ihn N tural 
H. story Society, such as we see bdonging to the great Chemical schools of Giessen, 
Berlin, and Vienna etc. and wh ch Sir W Famday is advocating for England. As 
the secretarjf's repori has well observed, it would open a new career, and a vast 
amount of young inteUect, which is now uselessly squandered, could be turned to, 
and conceniered upon a beneücial purpose. 
« I trust also that tbe members of this Society will pardon me for intimating to 
them, that on themselves in a great measu e depends the. fuifi ment of the views 
which 1 have brought forward loday. 1 call upon them therefore for all eooperation ; 
1 call upon them coileclively and individually to contribi-le the.ii mite to tbe ad- 
vuncement of science ; 1 repeat to them ihe woids of the gr<»ai Cuvier, memoroble 
words indeed ; «il is not by the gieat woiks of a single individual, of a single »avant, 
