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that no remedy could be found, as the seat of it was i 
the spiral vessels. The expeéted Agricultural Cael . 
Dr. JoHN SHIER, had arrived and was already at vo 
At the request of the Governor te had delivered four ~ 
le€tures on thorough draining and sub-soiling, which were — 
well attended by planters and others. The scheme for 
establishing a railway had considerably advanced, and 
they looked forward with the greatest interest to the come * 
pletion of this undertaking. Progress had been made in 
the formation of a library, donations of a considerable — 
number of books having been made and a further orderto 
the extent of a hundred pounds transmitted. “the 
There was a large gathering at the second anniversary — 
dinner on the 18th of March, 1846. In replying to ‘tists ‘ 
toast of “ The Governor,” His Excellency HENRY LIGHT — 
said he had always lamented, from the time of his arrival 
in the colony, that there was no Agricultural and Commer- _ 
cial Society, and it was with the greatest satisfaétion he . 
now saw one established. The Society had already done — 
its duty, it had given useful information, and disposed the _ 
agriculturalists to turn their attention to the soil of this 4 
rich province to make it yield more. He then pro- — 
posed “ The success and prosperity of the Society,” to 
which the Hon, WM. ARRINDELL, the President, replied, — 
instancing of the Governor’s assistance both pecuniaryand 
otherwise. The Hon, H. E. F. YounG, Government 4 
Secretary, from whom Young Street, Kingston, derives its _ 
name, gave “the resources of British Guiana, and may — : 
they be successfully developed.” After speaking of the — 
work of the Society and the Agricultural Chemist he — 
wound up by saying :— Og 
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