SOUTH AMERICA 515 



BRITISH GUIANA. 



GEORGETOWN. 



Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana. 



Address. Georgetown, British Guiana. 



History. Founded in 1844 as Agricultural and Commercial Society of 

 British Guiana; present name since 1845; incorporated in 1866. Main- 

 tains an exchange room, a reading room, a museum and library. 



Ref.: The first two years of the Society, by James Rodvvay. (In Timehri, 



n. s., v. 7, 1893. Also separate.) 



Object. To improve and encourage the agriculture of the colony and every branch 

 of industry, whereby the resources of the colony are likely to be developed and 

 increased, and to collect and disseminate useful information on such subjects. 

 Meetings. Monthly in the reading room of the society. 



Membership. 133 resident (annual dues, $10) ; 38 non-resident (annual dues, $8) ; 

 220 associates (annual dues, $5) ; 29 lady subscribers (annual dues, $5) ; 20 

 honorary. 



Publications. 



TIMEHRI: being the Journal of the Royal agricultural and commercial 

 society of British Guiana, v. 1-5, 1882-86. Demerara, 1882-86. 8. 

 new ser. v. 1-12, 1887-1898/99. Demerara, 1887- [1900], 8. 



Contains proceedings and papers on natural science, local history, anthro- 

 pology, agriculture and social subjects. 



Title varies slightly. 



v. i new ser. v. 11 (1882-97), published semi-annually (June and Dec.) ; 

 new ser. v. 12, in two parts covering the years 1898-99. 



Price: 96c. per part (several o. p.}. 



Continued as : 



JOURNAL . . . 1900-02. Demerara, 1901-03. 8. y. 



Contains proceedings only. Price: 6oc. per part. 



Catalogues of the library, prize essays, exhibition catalogues, etc. 

 Distribution. Exchange. On sale by the society. 



