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evening and hope we shall have the pleasure of seeing him on a 

 good many more occasions. (Applause.) 



Mr. Russell Murray in seconding the vote of thanks, said 

 there was a great need of encouragement to collect and preserve 

 the result of the observations of the members of the club and 

 others so that they might at all times be able to refer to them for 

 information. He happened to be mostly interested in the econo- 

 mic section of their work. That was a section that interested 

 him much more than any other, because the results of it were of 

 very much moment to the Colony. He thought they ought to 

 proceed on the lines of the scheme which has been laid down with 

 regard to the Imperial Institute. That Institute was built with 

 the idea that it should be a great centre of knowledge with regard 

 to all the British Colonies. They wanted to centralise all the 

 ideas and information that were to be had in the Colony in the 

 Club. They wanted to get the different classes of food gathered 

 together side by side with the insects and animals that attacked 

 them, and also the fibres, fruit and every economic plant. He 

 thought this Club might do a great deal towards helping the local 

 Imperial Institute Committee in gathering together things that 

 were wanted for the Institute at home. 



An inspection of the exhibits brought the proceedings to a 

 close. 



1st September, 1893. 



Present : Mr. H. Caracciolo, President, Prof. Carmody. 

 Messrs. Syl. Devenish, R. R. Mole, F. Hernandez, W. E. 

 Broadway, W. G. Hewlett, T. I. Potter, and F. W. Urich, Hon, 

 Secretary. Messrs. John Hoadley and S. A. Cumberland were 

 elected Town Members of the Club. A letter was read from Mr. 

 Oldfield Thomas, British Museum, acknowledging receipt of the 

 Bat Vampi/rus spectrum, Linn., the largest bat of the New "World. 

 It forms an addition to the known fauna of Trinidad. The 

 Secretary placed on the table some specimens of male and female 

 Parasol ants forwarded by Mr. J. J. Hobson, a Country Member, 

 and read a letter from this gentleman relative to these pests, in 

 which he made some remarks about their annual swarming. A 

 letter from Mr. Tyler Townsend of Jamaica was read by the 

 Secretary, offering to determine any flies the Club might like to 

 send him, and asking particularly for the larvje of Bot flies 

 (CEstridce) locally known as Mosquito worms. — The President 

 made some remarks about a collection of fish he had made during 

 his stay at Monos, and Mr. Devenish made some observations on 

 the Morocote fish or Dog tooth trout of the Orinoco, which was 

 a favourite article of food there. The Secretary read on behalf 

 of Mr. A. B. Carr, a Country Member, a most interesting 



