REPORT 
OP THE 
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE 
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 
Society d 
7th AUGUST. 
In coming before yon to render up their charge into your 
hands, your Provisional Committee beg to present the following 
brief sketch of their proceedings since their inauguration on the 
25th of February last. 
The posts of Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Secretary having been 
kindly undertaken respectively by Messrs. T. J. Sumner and Yv. 
H. Archer, one of the first things necessary appeared to be the 
appointment of a Collector, who could also undertake clerical 
duties; and from a large number of applicants, Mr. W. Coleman 
was unanimously appointed to the office. 
As it was obviously of the greatest importance that the estab¬ 
lishment of the Society, with its objects, should be made known 
as promptly and extensively as possible, a circular was prepared 
and forwarded to almost every leading colonist in town and 
country. And your Committee congratulate the Members on 
the fact, that, even at this early stage, they were enabled to 
annex to that circular a very handsome list of Subscriptions and 
Donations, which has since been very considerably increased. 
Still further to extend a knowledge of the functions of the 
Society, a very able lecture, opportunely delivered by Dr. Buck- 
land, before the Society of Arts, in London, was reprinted and 
circulated gratuitously to the extent of 2000 copies. 
Very gratifying responses have been received to these over¬ 
tures from numerous and distant quarters, and it is satisfactory 
