400 _ "TIMEHRI, 
The Government, the Exhibition Committee, the Commission and 
the R. A, & C. Society, were therefore all different titles of exhibitors, 
that. might get medals, while under one name, only one medal would be 
issued. ’Twas policy, and I will see what can be done in the matter. 
Just now I am very tied up with correspondence, Judges's work, 
meetings, receptions, etc., and with little time left for sleep, owing to 
the distances to be travelled at night, am pretty well fagged out. 
“‘*Twill be over soon” I comfort myself with. 
It will be much harder and longer work getting away it seems, The 
authorities are going to give us no special facilities for getting away. 
They will charge admission to the grounds after the close, and admit 
visitors, so they don’t care to be in too much of a hurry to lose us. And 
then, the enormous amount of stuff here will congest the lines for 
weeks! I expect I shall not be able to leave here much before the be- 
ginning of December. As soon as it can be done, of course, I return, 
Yours very faithfully, 
; J. J. QUELCH. 
The Chairman said the letters were very interesting and 
he was glad to see that there were no more financial 
difficulties to be overcome. 
A letter from the Editor of the /udia Rubber World, 
was also read, this containing a request for information 
as to the ballata trade. The Assistant Secretary was 
direéted to colleét what information he could procure 
and forward to the writer. . 
The Assistant Secretary read letters from His Excel- 
lency the Governor and Sir John B, Lawes, thanking the 
Society for eleéting them honorary members. 
The thanks of the Society were accorded to Captain 
Shieve for a framed piéture of ‘‘ Columbus’ Caravels in 
sight of land” and to the Hon. N. Darnell Davis fora 
copy of the “Second Report on Criminal and Civil 
Justice in the West Indies, &c.” 1828. 
The Chairman mentioned that the election of Office- 
bearers for the coming year would be held at the next 
