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proposed by the chairman for re-election, seconded by 
Mr. G. H. Hawtayne, was also declared elected. 
The Agricultural and Commercial Committees, as per 
list, proposed by the chairman, the first seconded by Mr. 
Jacob Conrad, the second by Mr. S. Vyle, were duly 
elected. 
The Committee of Correspondence, as per list, pro- 
posed by the chairman and seconded by Mr. Luke M. 
Hill, and the Book Committee proposed by Mr. Jacob 
Conrad and seconded by ./Eneas D. Mackay, were also 
elected. 
The President then delivered the followingaddress giving 
a resume of the work of the Society during the past 
year : — 
" You did me the high honour a year ago to elect me 
President of this Society, an honour I greatly appreciated, 
but had I known at the time that circumstances would 
have led me away from the colony for half the year, I 
should have paused before accepting your flattering 
nomination. It is, however, a consolation to me when I 
reflect that though my personal connection with the 
Society was temporarily suspended, my place was filled 
to the fullest extent by our esteemed Vice-President, 
who, actuated by a fine sense of the duties that de- 
volved upon him, has given his energies in various ways to 
promote the interests of the Society, presiding at the 
monthly meetings and at the Popular Science Lectures 
unfailingly with that bonhomie and savoir faire which 
distinguish him. 
It is often worth while, in the case of institutions 
as well as of individuals, to glance back over the 
year that is gone and count the losses and gain s 
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