Report of Society's JVIeetings. 367 
Elections. — Members : Messrs. Cecil Morris and J. H. 
Powell. 
Associates: Messrs. J. Henderson, W. E, 
Hughes and Thomas Elliott. 
The President said he wished to mention before pro- 
ceeding to the business of the meeting the great loss 
which the colony had sustained in the death of their 
venerated Bishop. His Lordship during his long resi- 
dence in the colony had taken a great interest in every- 
thing connected with its progress, and he therefore 
thought they should record their sorrow and sympathy 
with his friends. It would be almost superfluous on his 
part to say anything about the virtues of their beloved 
Bishop, because he had been so well-known to all 
members of the community, and respected and loved by 
every one no matter of what denomination. He would 
ask them to support him in his proposition to forward a 
sympathising letter to Mrs. Hamblin, the Bishop's 
daughter, who was the only member of the family then 
in the colony. He would move that a letter of sympathy 
to Mrs. Hamblin in her great bereavement by the loss of 
her father be forwarded in the name of the Society. 
This was seconded by Mr. Geo. Garnett and carried 
unanimously. 
The Secretary read the annnexed report of the Agri- 
cultural School Committee. 
The President stated that this matter had been 
most carefully considered, the Committee having the 
advantage of a report from Mr. Jenman, the Gov- 
ernment Botanist. The great difficulty was the lack 
of interest among the people likely to be benefited by 
such an institution. There were already opportunities 
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