PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Meeting, December 18th, 1918. The Hon. Prof. J. B. Harrison, C.M.G., 

 President in the chair. 



A Government letter was read acquainting the Society that the two 

 copies of the August " Timehri " sent had been received by the Secretary 

 of State and that one of the copies was laid before His Majesty the King, 

 who had commanded that his thanks might be forwarded to the Society. 



The meeting was informed that the Rev. J. B. Hill had been appoint- 

 ed by the Directors to represent the Society at the proposed Health 

 Campaign. 



The office-bearers for 1919 were duly elected, the Hon. Professor J. 

 B. Harrison being re-elected as President. 



It was reported that the Hon. J. B. Laing was leaving the colony and 

 the President spoke of his loss to the directorate. Mr. H. L. Humphrys 

 suggested that Mr. Laing be elected an honorary, member and it was 

 agreed that he be proposed according to the by-laws. 



Lieut. Connolly, of the Canadian Army, gave an account of some of 

 his war experiences under the title of " A Year at the Front in France and 

 Flanders." A warm vote of thanks was accorded and a collection made for 

 the Canadian Ked Cross Fund. 



Donations To Museum, Bauxite with analyses, from the Demerara 

 Bauxite Company. 



Meeting, January 27th, 1919. The Hon. Prof, J. B. Harrison, C.M.G., 

 etc., in the chair. 



The Hon. J. B. Laing was elected an honorary member. 



The President reported ou behalf of the Directors that the Govern- 

 ment had transferred the duties of the Permanent Exhibition Committee 

 to the Society and that it would become the Committee of Corres- 

 pondence and Exhibitions. 



The death of Colonel Roosevelt was reported and the following cable- 

 gram and letter sent to his widow : — 



Nunan to Mrs. Roosevelt, Oyster Bay, New York, " President and 

 Directors, Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society, desire me convey 

 deepest sympathy." 



" Madam, at a meeting of the Directors of the R. A. & C.S. held on 

 the 7th inst , it was resolved : — 



" That the President and Directors of the Royal Agricultural and 

 Commercial Society have received, with profound regret the news of 



