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cultural or commercial association is a matter for congratu- Ms 
lation, as from its comprehension of sagt: cveiytiiay q 
rather than a particular benefit. It was proje€ted on those % 
lines, and it may be confidently stated that there is no de- P 
partment of its work inconsistent with the objeéts of Mr. . 
W. H. CAMPBELL and the other gentlemen who took such ’ 
a great interest in its proje€tion. There is, however, ¥ 
plenty of room for development in all its departments, . 
but not of one at the expense of the others. a 
On the rst of February, 1844, a “ Prospe€tus and Pro- a 
posed Laws and Regulations of the Agricultural and — 
Commercial Society of British Guiana” was published in 
the colony and posted to most of the influential gentle-_ 
men in England conneéted with Demerara. The Pros- s 
peétus ran as follows :—“ Several gentlemen conceiving | 
that a favourable opportunity is presented forestablishing 
a Society under the above name, having for itsobje&t the 
advancement of the Agricultural and Commercial interests 
of this colony—and being satisfied that such an Institu- 
tion, if based on sound principles and well-conduéted, — 
would meet with the cordial support of the Planters, 
Merchants, and other inhabitants of the Colony, it 
is proposed with a view to the formation of such a 
peo —_— 
. That persons desirous of becoming members of the — 
sotialy shall give their names as Subscribers to Messrs. 
WILLIAM BRAND and W. H. CAMPBELL, who have con- 
sented to aét as Interim Secretaries. 
a. That when fifty or more subscribers of twenty 
dollars each shall have been obtained, the Interim Secre- 
taries shall call a meeting of such subscribers in order to 
