156 TiMEHRI. 



The Secretary read a letter from the Committee of 

 Correspondence, informing the Society that Mr. G. H, 

 Hawtayne and Mr. W. S. Turner had been respe6lively 

 elefted as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of that Com- 

 mittee for i8go, and also, that the question of the 

 next Local Country Exhibition was under consideration. 



The Secretary informed the meeting that the following 

 eleftions had been made by the respe6live Committees : — 



Agricultural Cominittee : Chairman, Hon. B. H.Jones »' 

 Vice-Chairman, A. Braud ; Secretary, G. Garnett. 



Commercial Committee: Chairman, J. J. Dare; 

 Vice-Chairman, J. S. Hill ; Secretary, G. Garnett. 



In the matter of Mr. N. D. Davis's motion for taking 

 steps to ascertain the pra6licability of inducing the immi- 

 gration of agricultural labourers from the *' Southern 

 States," the mover said he would like to postpone it for 

 two reasons. The first was, that the new Land Laws had 

 not yet been passed by the Legislature, and the second, 

 that he had communicated with Major Walthall on the 

 subjeft, who had written to the Governor of Georgia for 

 information. 



Major Walthall said he had no objection to the 

 postponement, but he would like, with consent of the 

 Meeting, to say a few words in reference to the remarks 

 of Mr. Davis at the last meeting. Although his name 

 appeared in the list of Members present, he had not 

 arrived in time to hear the remarks in question. He 

 presumed that he was the only member of the Society 

 who owed allegiance to a foreign Government, and 

 when people read that he, as American Consul, said 

 nothing, when a refle6lion was cast on the American 

 people, they would no doubt be surprised. He had no 



