. T* ■ Proeeenings of the Sociely. 



published in the Island, as without doubi the statement would! 

 have t>«en exiracied from it. 



The inquiries however made by the Commitiee last year led 

 10 the discovery of no circumstance which could in any wise 

 be connected with the incident in question, but this is no reason 

 for discontinuing ihem. However it is to be regretted that Mr. 

 Crawford diJ not slate more precis.ly the date of the newspa- 

 per* which mention thtse circumstances, such information 

 would have facililaied the Commitiee in its researches. 



(Thursday, S'*" February i^k9J 



W. Bojer, Esq., Yice President, in the Chair. 



Present: — Messrs. L. Bouton, Secretary, Rev. L. Banks, C. 

 C. Brownrigg, F. Dick. IN. T.irgel. 



The Secretary presented to the Sociely some plains of for- 

 tifications, wJiich form part of a system invented by the late 

 Jossph Hugon, a Creole of this Colony. It appeared to th'' Se- 

 cretary that it would be insteresting to (reserve in Ihe Archives 

 of the Sociely these fragments of a work wliich had cost its au- 

 thor much time and hbour and to whK h he ha 1 devoted, with- 

 out profit to himself, the greater part of his existence. 



Wr. K. Dick read to the Meeting an Extract from Mr. Porter's 

 work on the Sugar Cane, bearing upon certain diseases to which 

 that plant is subject, and which are to be attributed, according 

 to this author, to the presence on the cane of certain insects, 

 amongn others to some of the Aphis tribe. This is a fact de- 

 .serving of every attention, and one which m ghl serve with 

 farther study to lead to the cause of ihe malady at present 

 prevailing amongst the Sigar Cuies in the Colony. 



The Secretary presented a copy of the Agficultural Commit- 

 tee on the disease in the Canes. This K» port had been prepared 

 at the rQcommendcttion of the Couacil of the Society, aad 



