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of Schools throughout this Colony be approached by circular request- | 
ing replies to the following queries :— a 
Ist. Is it praéticable to teach primary lessons on agriculture toa 
children attending the schools under your charge? 
2nd. Is there a Primer detailing the methods of and time for tilling > 
the soil, for planting and weeding, and for reaping the various provision . 
crops in general cultivation ? 
3rd. Is it practicable for children to attend school on three days of the — 
week, and to work under the charge of a pupil teacher on a provision 
or sugar estate, during two days of the week, say Thursday and Friday a s 
Also in the furtherance of this objet, I move that a committee be 4 
appointed to ask the Inspector of Schools, to give this Society the 
benefit of his experience, and his views on all the foregoing queries; i 
also to issue the circulars, collate replies and report progress within a 
specified time. . 
W. T. BINNIE, 
The Secretary read a letter from the Government, 7 
which had been referred to the General Meeting by the = 
Chairman of the Exposition Committee. This covered a — 
Circular from the U.S. Department of State, referring to” 
publish the information. 
The President stated that in speaking of papers 
at the meeting of the Agricultural Committee on Tues- 
day previous, he said that a letter had been written to 
Mr. Robert Allan asking him for a paper on sugar 
engineering. Mr. Allan had written to say that no such 
application had been made to him, so he (the President) 
presumed it was mislaid, for which he was sorry. 
The meeting then terminated. 
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Meeting held on the oth April.—Hon, Dr. Carrington, — 
C.M.G., President, in the chair. 
