REPORT OF SOCIETY’S MEETINGS. 407 
forwarded to the Government urging that it be effeétively 
carried out. He was glad to say that quite recently 
measures had been taken, and there could be no doubt 
that a well considered scheme for carrying out the pro- 
visions of the Ordinance would result in good to both 
wholesale and retail purchasers. In this matter the 
Government would undoubtedly receive the cordial co- 
operation of Professor Harrison, the Government Ana- 
lytical Chemist. With regard to the representation of 
the colony at the Imperial Institute, they would recolleé 
that the inadequate show of the colony in that magnifi- 
cent building had been brought to their notice on 
several occasions. It had even been said that it would 
be better not to be represented at all than by such a 
miserable display. Some time ago the Combined Court 
voted a thousand dollars for a better show at the 
Institute and the Committee appointed some years ago 
met and resolved to procure such of the Chicago exhibits 
as might be suitable to the amount of $800, leaving 
$200 to go towards the cost of arranging in the Institute, 
which Mr. Ohlson, Secretary of the West India Com- 
mittee, had kindly promised to look after. He expeéted 
‘that by this arrangement they would get a good repre- 
sentation of the colony. The question of bringing to the 
colony some of the Chinese, who were being expelled 
from the United States, was brought up by the Hon. 
N. Darnell Davis, The attention of the Government 
had been direéted to the matter and it was under con- 
sideration, several schemes for their introduction having 
been published. A very important matter had come up 
at various meetings, and occupied a great deal of their 
-attention—he meant the Columbian Exposition at Chi- 
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