to Captain Burne of the R.M.S. Bombay, to Captain Shinner of 
the Lincolnshire, to Mr. It. S. R. Fussell of Fouchou, to Mr. C. 
P. Layard of Colombo, to Mr. J. Weir of Point de Galle, to Mr. J. 
Sparkes of Melbourne, for valuable co-operation received in carry¬ 
ing out the objects of the Society, and to Mr. W. Godfrey and Mr. 
J. Spowers, for their services in auditing the Society’s accounts. 
The Council have much pleasure in bearing testimony to the valuable 
assistance they have derived from many friends of the cause both 
in the Colony and abroad, as well as to the zeal and continued 
attention of their Secretary, Mr. Geo. Sprigg. 
