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cago. His Honourable friend Mr. Weber had said that the 
World’s Fair was the largest and most wonderful exhibi- 
tion ever known inthe World’s history, and he supposed 
it would be a very long time before any one saw its like 
again. The administration of the British Guiana exhibit 
at that show had been entrusted to the Society, and he 
would say that the Committee had discharged their duties 
in an admirable manner and secured an excellent repre- 
sentation. From time to time the letters of Mr. Quelch 
had come before them and he was sure they were read 
with interest, and that all were grateful to him for the 
manner in which he had made the Society acquainted 
with the progress of affairs at Chicago. He thought it 
was a very fortunate circumstance that the Society had 
decided to give due honour to Mr. Quelch for the pains, 
energy, and enterprize which he had shown in carrying 
out the task that had devolved on him. He thought 
they all agreed that Mr. Quelch was the right man in 
the right place, and that they could not have had a 
better or more earnest representative than he had proved 
to be, it therefore well became the Society to honour 
him. With reference to the Horticultural Show which 
as they were aware was held in August, although not a 
marvellous one, it was a fair beginning, and as such he 
thought they ought not to be dissatisfied with it. He 
believed they were right in asking the Government to 
place on the Estimates a vote of $500 so that it could be 
repeated annually, when he hoped they would determine 
to make the Shows as successful as possible. During 
the last few years it had been usual to have lectures 
more or less bearing on science, and during this year 
three of these had been given. . The first, was: by -Mr. 
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