78 TIMEHRI. 
They were charged by their ordinance of incorporation — 
with the furtherance and development of agricultureand 
other industries. If their agricultural friends became : 
dissatisfied they might break away and form an agri- 
cultural board. In what position would they be then? 
They had already lost one arm, and then the other would ~ 
be gone. If such a state of things came about, the ; 7 
Society would be nothing more than the Georgetown 
Library. That would be the long and short of it. They — 
ought to deprecate such a thing and devote themselves 
to agriculture and other matters conneéted with it. He 
would suggest certain things that might be carried outin — 
the immediate future. First, there were general and a 
local exhibitions, which if well-managed must result in — 
good to the agricultural industries. He was toldthatwithin 
the last few years an attempt for the benefit, especially, 
of the villagers had failed, This he thought was the — 
result of apathy, ignorance, and distrust on the part of _ 
those for whom it was intended. They could only — 
regret that such apathy and distrust existed. Butshould — 
they desist from their efforts because of this? He put it i & 
to them whether or not their duty lay in carrying on the : 
work and sparing no effort to discharge the trust laid — 
upon them. If they did not do this, they were nota@ting — 
in the spirit of the ordinance. rf 
In regard to an agricultural paper, they must remember 
that the Society was charged with the dissemination and 
furtherance of all matters coming within its scope. At 
present they possessed an admirable periodical, Timehri, — 
which was not only interesting to people here but others — 
abroad as well. But, after all, it only appeared once in 
