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The Pablication Committee, as has been previously stated, was formed 

 on the 5th February and has since then made itself directly responsible for 

 the reports in the newspapers which have appeared from time to time, and 

 also for the three numbers of the official organ of the CJub. The Committee 

 are inclined to be very proud of the Journal, for the reason that their effort 

 has met with unqualified success. The first number, 150, was soon out of 

 print and the second number fif 250 was found iusufficient to meet the de- 

 mand for copies of it ; the third has been equally successful. The Committee 

 are also pleased to be able to place on record their gi-atification at the Journal 

 having received complimentary notices from the three leading newspapers of 

 the Island — the Port-of- Spain Gazette, Public 0/)jnio»i and the Catholin News. 



In conclusion the Committee thank the members for the loyal assistance 

 they have received, and venture to express a hope that they will in the future 

 be assisted in their labours, not only with original articles, but also with any 

 extracts and cuttings bearing upon the subject of Natural History which the 

 members of the Club may find in the course of their studies. 



(Signed) H. CARACCIOLO. 

 SYL. DEVENISH. 

 R. R. MOLE. 



The undersigned members of the Committee cannot allow this oppor- 

 tunity to pass without acknowledging the debt which the Journal owes to the 

 President of the Club, who has not only contributed so many able articles to 

 its pages, but has further added to its interest by several wood cuts of the 

 subjects which those articles treated of. Mr. Caracciolo has never had any 

 training as an engraver, and the members feel sure that the Club highly 

 appreciates the talent, perseverance ami ingenuity he has shewn iu cutting 

 the block of the Inca Beetle, which lends so much attractiveness to the cover 

 of the Journal and the various other cuts which have appeared in the last 

 two numbers. The undersigned regret the absence of Professor Carmody, 

 the absent member of the Committee — he would, they are sure, have heartily 

 endorsed their opinion in this matter. 



(Signed) SYL. DEVENISH. 

 R. R. MOLE. 

 Both reports were unanimously adopted, 

 Accordinir to the rules the election of officers for the ensu- 

 ing year took place. Mr. H. Caracciolo was unanimously re- 

 elected President and Mr. A. Taitt, Secretary and Treasurer. 

 — Mr. Mole informed the members of tlie steps which had been 

 taken at an extraordinary meeting about the collection of Trini- 

 dad mammals. Mr. Devenlsh moved that any expenditure in- 

 curred in collecting these specimens be sanctioned by the Club. 

 Seconded hy Mr. Petersen and carried. 



At 9 o'clock Ills Excellency the Governor, accompanied by 

 the lion S. II. Gutty, the Hon. J. E. Tanner and Lieut. Clerk, 

 A.D.C., arrived and were welcomed by tlie President and the 

 Committee. After His Excellency had taken liis scat at the 

 head of the table the President read the following address : 



Your Excellency and Gentlemen of the Trinidad Field 

 Naturalists' Club, — It was in the year IS'JO 1 recollect making 

 an attempt to found a Natural History Society, and as a pie- 

 liminary step made a list of the names of a few of those 

 gentlemen I thought likely to join in this good work. Messrs. 



