and Nathaniel Day, the constable who assisted him, was presented with the sum of L5, as a remuneration for his trouble in assisting to purify and prepare the wax.  On reference to the juror’s report on the Great Exhibition, it will be gratifying to find that the berry wax, forwarded by this Society, had attracted peculiar notice, and a prize medal been awarded for it; the following reference is therein made to it:  “some fine specimens of myrtle or berry wax, from the Cape of Good Hope, are exhibited by J. Lindenberg, of Worcester.  This is an excellent material for the manufacture of candles, when employed in conjunction with other solid fats.  The jury awarded a prize medal for these specimens.”

Your Committee would suggest every possible attention being drawn to this subject, in which they are gratified to state, the Commissioners of the Central Road Board have evinced a readiness to co-operate, by offering to place at the Society’s disposal the sum of L10 10s., “to be given as a premium for the best information respecting the wax berry plant, the soils and situations in which it is found to grow most luxuriantly:  the best mode of propagating and cultivating it, of collecting the berries, and extracting and preparing the wax, &c.”  And from a letter received from the Secretary to the Central Road Board, it appears that the Board had authorised the shipment to England of 2,561 lbs. of the wax, by the Queen of the South in November last, which, from the account sales lately received from Messrs. J.R.  Thomson & Co., realised as follows, viz.:—­

4 cases weighing nett 856 lbs. a 8d.  L28 10 8
4 " 1040 lbs. a 9d. 39 0 0
3 " 745 lbs. a 11d. 34 2 11
3 " 6 lbs. a 11d. 0 5 6
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L101 19 1
Discount 21/2 per cent. 2 11 0
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L99 8 1

CHARGES. 
Warehouse Entry 3s. 6d.  Fire Insurance
2s., Ports 2s. 6d L0 8 0
Freight 7 3 3
Primage 0 14 4
Dock Charges 3 9 6
Sale Expenses 0 9 0
Brokerage 1 0 6
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L13 4 7

Commission at 21/2 per cent                     2  11   0
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Carried forward                                          L16  15  7

Brought forward                                L15 15  7
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L83 12  6
Deduct Bills of Lading, &c.                      0 19  6
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L82 13  0
Deduct the Board’s expenses for gathering and
preparing, &c                                   28  8  7
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Leaving a clear profit of                      L54  4  5

This statement shows that from a plant,