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seven only.
Mr.. Fenwick, treasurer, stated that,
owing to the absence from town of one
of the auditors of the society, he was
unable at present to lay the balance
sheet before the meeting.
The Chairman, in moving the adop
ton of the report just read, said he had
very little to add to what the report
itself contained, inasmuch as it was
history of the last years transactions
ofavery successful society-a society
which had been successful, as the
closing paragraph showed, in draw
ing public attention, as evidenced by
the number OF new members placed
On it's roll He had always been of
opinion that the operations of this
society would be as beneficial to the
arriculturlsts of the colony, by the
practical exposition Of what it has
dome, and is doing, i'll Bowen Park,
as in any other of its operations. That
had been, as many Of those present
were aware, very unpromising piece
ot'land to commence operations upon;
and yet, by the expenditure of capt.
tai, labor, and intelligence, such as
had been expended upon it, it was
now q source Of pleasure to the cltl-
xens of Brisbane and to all else who
frequent it. What had been done on
the society's grounds could easily be
seen by contrasting it with that on
rheopposite side of the Bowen Bridge
road, and seeing the state in which it
lad been left by the brick-makers,
who preceded the Acclimatisation III
utilizing the land. Therefore he
thought the agriculturists in the oc-
cupation of unpromising looking land
should take encouragement from what
had been effected in this case, and that
the marvellous change brought about
in their grounds by this society should
act as an inducement to them not to
spare capital or labor IN utilizing the
and in their possession. Another
portion OF this report told them what
had been done in the way OF distrib-
pting plants which had been imported
rom other countries, and which had
proved themselves adapted to the
climate and soil of Queensland
Many OF the fruits which had been
found TO be great Injuries by the rich
Of other parts of the world were now
likely to be available to fellow colo
nists: and there was no doubt that
the operations of the Acclimatisatlon
society had developed this portion of
the resources of the colony much ear
lier than they would otherwise have
been developed. There was one mat
ter OF some interest which was not
mentioned in the report, but which
rad struck him very forcibly the
other day, when he received letter
that had been mentioned at one of the
monthly meetings. lie referred to
the fact that the eucalyptus-the
cum tree--was becoming a subject
Of great interest i'll many parts of the
world. Many valuable qualities were
being discovered as appertaining to
this lat one time) much snubbed den
izen of our forests, and people were
writing to ask us what we could tell
them aboutit. It appeared, however,
that we were willing to endeavor to
discover what are the qualities OF the
timber and the resinous gums deriv-
able from it, as well as several other
portions fits history, which perhaps,
we had not already realized. There
fore, as an importing body, and as
ono giving interesting information to
outsiders as to the products of the
colony, the society, he had no doubt,
would be, and is to some extent al
ready, very useful. He had very
much pleasure in moving that the
report, az read, be adopted.
Mr.. \. l.. Bernays, in seconding the
report, adverted to his personal share
in creating and maintaining the for
G9n relations Of the society, extend
ing, as was seen from the report, over
50 wide n field. Even that list did
not exhaust the category as it only
included the active work of the year;
and there were other parts of the
world where the society was well
known, but with which, for tempo
rary or accidental reasons, there had
been no recent correspondence. This
phase of the work brought him into
communication with persons in vari-
aus positions of life-from the learned
professor OF a scientific institution, or
the director of public gardens, to the
working gardener; and the fact that
ne 'atiOns had been consistently main
famed in very many instances with
nan OF hinh ~ andinn in Nariona nartS