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REPORT OF SOCIETY’S MEETINGS. 183 
On the motion of the Revd. W. B. Ritchie seconded 
by Mr, Jacob Conrad, a hearty vote of thanks was 
unanimously accorded to the President for his address. 
The Secretary reported that the Commercial Com- 
mittee had ele€ted: Hon. W. H. Sherlock, Chairman ; 
Hon. A. Barr, Vice-Chairman; W. Cunningham, Secre- 
tary—and the Committee of Correspondence: Hon. N. 
Darnell Davis, Chairman; S. M. Bellairs, Vice-Chairman, 
The Secretary also read the following report of the 
Agricultural Committee :— 
Georgetown, January 11th, 1892. 
To the President and Members 
of the R. A. & C. Society. 
Gentlemen,—By direction of the Agricultural Committee of the Society, 
I have the honour to report as follows:—1, That at their meeting of 
January 1oth, the office-bearers for 1893 were elected, these being, 
Chairman, Mr. B. Howell Jones; Vice-Chairman, Prof. J. B. Harrison, 
M.A., F.C.S.; Secretary, Mr. S. R. Cochran. 
2. That at the same meeting attention was called to the Bye-Laws, 
Chapter 14, which provide for Premiums being offered for improve- 
ments in Agriculture, &c., and after consideration it was decided that 
the Committee recommend to the Society, that app!ication be made to 
the Government for the sum of a thousand dollars for the purpose of 
carrying out the objects stated in the said Bye-Laws. 
I have, &c., 
LUKE M. HILL, 
Hon. Secretary R. A. & C. Society, 
The President called attention to the recommendation 
that the Society apply to Government for a thousand 
dollars to be offered in premiums in accordance with 
bye-laws Chapter XIV. 
On the motion of Mr. Aineas D. Mackay the report 
was adopted, and the Secretary was directed to apply 
accordingly. 
