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be very shortly effected, and when finished a space will be left 
capable of being converted into a public entrance to the garden, 
through which visitors will hereafter be admitted. 
On the public drive through the Government Domain being 
laid out, at least an acre of excellent land was left between the 
garden fence and the new road, which the Lieutenant-Governor 
has permitted the society to add to the garden, and steps are now 
taking for the purpose; when this is completed, it is proposed to 
divide the entire area into such compartments as may best tend to 
develope the physical character of the island, and illustrate its 
natural history and productions. Three compartments are at 
present in view, namely, one for the botanical arrangement of 
plants, classified and labelled; another for the cultivation of such 
plants as are used in agriculture, medicine, and the arts; and a 
third for the reception of such trees, fruits, and plants, which it 
may be in any way useful or desirable to introduce into the 
colony. 
It may be remarked that at the recent general meeting before 
adverted to, it was proposed to investigate, by chemical analysis 
and otherwise, the nature and properties of the gums, resins, and 
other vegetable products of the island, as well as the qualities of 
those vegetable substances that may be rendered useful in medi¬ 
cine, dyeing, &c. 
The council being desirous of introducing various fruits and 
plants from home that are immediately wanted, have remitted 
£50 to an agent in England upon whose judgment they can con¬ 
fidently rely, and the articles are expected to arrive by an early 
vessel. 
Efforts have been made to procure scarce indigenous plants and 
seeds, and with considerable success. Two cases of these plants, 
with some seeds, have been transmitted to Mr. Joseph Back¬ 
house, of York, a gentleman well known to the colony. A third 
case was confided to Mr. Samuel Moses, and a fourth to the 
Rev. Philip Palmer, on their temporary retirement from this 
island. 
Your secretary has likewise forwarded several parcels of seeds 
to his own agent in London, and also to Adelaide, and by all 
