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Mr. Lubbock thanked the meeting for the very kindly 

 way in which they had received him, and listened to, and 

 accepted his proposition. He further mentioned that the 

 Institute would form a kind of club house in which persons 

 arriving from the colonies would find all they required in 

 the shape of information, and means of communication, 

 and in that way he hoped many colonists would be 

 brought together to their mutual advantage. 



Mr. Davis asked, as a member of the Colonial 

 Institute, whether the Imperial Institute had any 

 intention of trying to amalgamate the two bodies, as 

 he should objeft to that. Mr. Lubbock stated that there 

 was no such proje6t at present, but both bodies would 

 work in harmony and be of mutual assistance to 

 each other. 



The meeting then terminated. 



Special Meeting held on nth February, — R. P. 

 Drysdale, President, in the chair. 



There were 2'}, members present. 



The President not being present at the beginning of 

 the Meeting, Mr. F. A. R. Winter was called to the chair. 



The Chairman said he regretted the absence of Mr. 

 Drysdale who, he knew, would have performed the duty 

 of introducing Captain Baker" more satisfa6lorily than 

 he could. He had, however, much pleasure in intro- 

 ducing that gentleman, who represented the Boston 

 Fruit Company, and he believed the objeft of his 

 coming here was to examine the capabilities of this 

 country for developing a Fruit Industry. The introduc- 

 tion and expansion of that industry in Jamaica was 

 mainly due to Captain Baker and the Company, and if 



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