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only for a year and as an experiment. — I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
EVERARD F. IM THURN, 
Secretary to the Committee of Correspondence. 
Mr. im Thurn stated that having, since the above 
letter was written, made a rough estimate of the cost of 
the undertaking now under discussion, he found that 
the cost to the Society would probably be but small. 
The Vice President said he always considered that the 
publication of the proceedings was one of the first 
essentials, and that a great deal of the good of the 
Society was lost by the fact that there were no records of 
what had taken place in the past. He would recommend 
the publication of the Journal advised by the curator, 
and would propose that the experiment be made for one 
year, and that Mr. im Thurn should receive instruction 
to prepare the necessary papers. 
Mr. Acting Justice Kirke said he had great pleasure in 
seconding the proposition of the Vice President. He 
thought that the journal would be of the greatest use and 
value, and he had not the slightest doubt that many 
gentlemen connected with the Society would contribute 
valuable papers towards the journal. He thought that 
the matter should be tried as an experiment. 
Hon. A. C. McCalman thought that as the expense 
was small, the experiment should be made. He also 
thought that a record of the Society would be of advan- 
tage both to the growing generation and to people absent 
from the colony who took lively interest in the affairs of 
the colony. He was sure that the very moderate esti- 
mate of the cost would be readily met by the members of 
the Society, and he had very much pleasure in giving his 
