_A Vice-President of the Royal Colonial Institute._
"SIR,
"We, the undersigned Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute, take
advantage of your presence amongst us to join in the expression of
hearty welcome to South Africa, which has greeted you in the
several towns where you have met the Members of the Institute, with
which you have been so long and honourably connected.
"We are mindful of the valuable services which you have so long
rendered to our Institute, as Honorary Secretary, the indefatigable
zeal ever displayed by you in forwarding the interests of the
Colonies of Great Britain; and that the success of the
Institution, over which you now preside, as one of the
Vice-Presidents, is in no small degree due to your exertions. We
venture to hope that your visit to South Africa has been an
agreeable one, and that with renewed health you will return home to
resume and continue the valuable services you have heretofore
rendered, and that the Royal Colonial Institute may continue to
flourish under the auspices of the distinguished men who so ably
guard its interests."
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