xlii. Proceedings of ihe Society. 



Mr. Cuninghame presented to the Society a copy of Report on 

 through draining at Demerara, by John Shire, L. L. D. 



Mr. Bojer communicated to the Society a note from Mr. Val- 

 id of Grand-Port with respect to the disease which is now 

 ravaging the canes and ihe effects of which are fell in many 

 parts of the Island, particularly in the Savane and at Grand- 

 Port. Mr. Vallet observed that the white cane, the cultivation 

 of which is the most generally diffused, is alone liable to con- 

 tract the disease, and that the other varieties have, up to the 

 present time, been free from it. 



Mr. Fernyhough proposed at the last meeting was elected a 

 resident member. 



