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ture of sugar are constantly brought forward. We may 
claim for the sugar-planter of — at all events this colony — 
that his energy and indomitable perseverance in fighting 
against all the difficulties, natural and artificial, which be- 
set him are almost heroic, and he is to be congratulated on 
the near prospect of freedom from the unfair and over- 
whelming burden imposed by the system of bounties, 
And here, although you my Lord, in another place, and 
our President at the last meeting of the Society have 
in eloquent terms paid a fitting tribute to the worth of 
the late Mr. Russell, I may, while dwelling on the 
advances which have been of recent years made in the 
Sugar Industry of the Colony, be allowed to say that 
much of that progress is due to the genius — energy — and 
perseverance of him who was rightly termed our Sugar 
King. In his death, not only that industry but the whole 
colony has experienced a great loss, and in no respect is 
this loss greater than in the removal of a bright example 
to our young men, no matter what their origin or their 
occupation. Mr. Russell's life shewed what was 
possible to the humblest beginner, if he only will practise 
industry and self-denial, and avail himself of every 
opportunity of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the 
scientific principles which underlie the successful prose- 
cution of any and every industry. 
I trust that in thus recalling to your recollection 
these examples of the vast advance in scientific 
knowledge and its application, of which we enjoy the 
results, I have not appeared as presuming to pose as a 
teacher. I have spoken of these subjects because the 
lectures alluded to will describe and explain in popular 
terms the state of science in the present day, and it was 
