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rally, officially attended by me—as partly showing this special feature 
of my work. Also cards of the two British Banquets—the first by the 
British Royal Commissioners and the Coloniz! Commissioners on the 
Queen's birthday —and the second by the Commissioners of the British 
Colonials to the British Royal Commissioners. At the first there were 
about 150 guests out of 200 invited ; and at the second about 130 out of 
180 invited. Our names and countries are all stated on the cards of in- 
vitation, as you will see by the enclosed, which I send to the Society. 
Both banquets were pronounced successes. In the latter I had to do 
some speechifying. Just lately I have been leéturing before the World’s 
Fair Agricultural Department on the woods of British Guiana,—officially, 
but the lecture is retained for publication, though as I don’t le&ture 
from manuscript, I have to write it out for them. Thos. Watt who 
was present took down most of what I said and no doubt will give it in 
one of our papers later. On Thursday I am reading a paper as it is 
called, before the World’s Congress Auxiliary - but of this more anon. 
I have gone over all sorts of news, and told all there is to tell except 
that the Indian has been a little out of sorts lately. He has been all 
that I could wish and has been very useful to me. I am quite 
well in spite of the hot weather which is touching us up. It was 
97 deg. yesterday. 
Very faithfully yours, 
J. J. QUELCH, 
The Chairman said the report was a very interesting 
one and showed that they had the right man in the right 
place. He thought they ought to show their appreciation 
of his work by a vote of thanks for his able administra- 
tion of the British Guiana Department at the Exposi- 
tion; he would therefore propose this. 
Mr. P. P. Fairbairn seconded. Having seen the 
exhibit at Chicago he was in a position to say that Mr, 
Quelch had made the most of his space and that every- 
thing in the Court was nicely arranged. 
Mr. F. A. Conyers supported the motion. He thought 
the Society and colony very fortunate in having such a 
Commissioner. Mr, Watt, speaking from personal obser- 
