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[appendix e.] 
REPORT 
Of the Committee appointed on the 2Gth of May, 1857, to devise measures for the establishment of an experi¬ 
mental Farm and Garden. 
Your Committee have to report, that so sliort a period has elapsed since their appointment, that they have been 
unable to do more than meet and deliberate upon the best means of attaining the desired object. 
They regret this the less, however, from the fact of the near approach of the Annual General Meeting render¬ 
ing necessary the election of a new Council, and will, therefore, confine themselves in this report to stating very 
briefly their views and opinions as to the best inode of procedure. 
Your Committee have not been able to ascertain, with any degree of accuracy, what portion of the Society’s 
funds can be devoted to this object, but while they hope that considerable assistance may bo derived from this 
source, they cannot shut their eyes to the fact, that large additional aid will be requisite to enable the Council to 
carry out, in their integrity, the objects they had in view in applying for the land. 
Your Committee would beg, therefore, to suggest for the consideration of the Council, the propriety of obtaining 
specific contributions for this purpose, and, with that view, would recommend the organization of Local Com¬ 
mittees in the various districts of the Colony, and the appointment of Collectors to obtain subscriptions. 
And that, to forward such organization in the first instance, circular letters be printed and extensively circu¬ 
lated ; such circulars to clearly set forth the advantages derivable from the object proposed. 
Signed , 
Osborn Ottley, Chairman , 
Sydney , 13th July , 1857. 
Adopted 13th July, 1857. 
II. R. Webb. 
