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many-sided man and the many sides of his character had 
been devoted to the good of the country of his adoption, 
with which the Society is identified. He would therefore 
propose that the Standing Orders should be suspended 
for the purpose of passing the following resolution : — 
Be it resolved, that this Society deeply deplores the loss sustained 
by the colony in the death of Mr. William Russell, and desires to place 
on record its heartfelt appreciation of the numerous services he rendered 
to the Society in former years, and of his lifelong unselfish devotion 
to those interests which come so essentially within the purviews of the 
Royal Agricidtural and Commercial Society. 
The Secretary in seconding the motion said that by 
the death of Mr. Russell he had personally lost a very 
kind friend. When he (Mr. Hill) had arrived in the 
colony some eighteen years ago, Mr. Russell was one of 
the first to give him a helping hand, and by this help 
encouraged him to persevere in his career. He believed 
that Mr. Russell had been eminently noted for helping 
young men who came to this colony without many 
friends, and had assisted some who perhaps without that 
help might have gone to the wall. He could personally 
support what the President had said as to Mr. Russell's 
personal interest in the Society. 
The motion to suspend the Standing Orders, and the 
resolution were both carried unanimously, and the Secre- 
tary was directed to forward a copy of the latter to Mrs. 
Russell. 
The President intimated that Mr. Hawtayne had been 
good enough to promise to give the first of the series 
of Lectures, which had been under consideration for 
some time pasc. The date had been fixed and adver- 
tised, but being found inconvenient, it was now purposed 
to have the Le6lure on May 1st. 
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