Report of Society's Meetings. 377 



The Secretary read a letter from Mr. D. E. Headley, 

 informing the Society that the Committee of the Bedford 

 Band of Hope had postponed the Industrial Show, sine 

 die, owing to difficulties in connection with the "Band," 

 and through the proposed Berbice Exhibition. 



A letter from Mr. Quelch, Secretary of the Committee 

 of Correspondence, was read, reporting that the question 

 of a local Exhibition had been finally settled, and that 

 it would be held in January, 1891, at New Amsterdam, 

 under the auspices of the Society and the dire6l manage- 

 ment of a committee of some of the most influential of 

 the residents in Berbice, who had started the projeft in 

 a most thorough and satisfa6lory manner. 



The Secretary read a communication from the Govern- 

 ment Secretary, covering an application from the 

 Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, for 

 agricultural publications, both scientific and statistical, 

 in exchange for the publications of that colony. The 

 matter was referred to the Agricultural and Commercial 

 Committees. 



The Librarian laid over specimen copies of a Supple- 

 ment to the Library Catalogue, containing a list of 

 2,325 volumes added to the Library since the publication 

 of the classified catalogue in March, 1888. The cost 

 would be about $60. The meeting approved of the 

 work and directed the Supplement to be sold at 24 

 cents per copy. 



The meeting then terminated. 



Meeting held on the nth September. — Mr. R. P. 

 Drysdale, President, in the chair. 



There were 10 members present. 



