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referred, as he had experienced some difficulty in ob- 

 taining information as to the custom of the port in cer- 

 tain cases. 



Mr. Tinne thought that the thanks of the Society 

 were due to Mr. Cunningham for the great trouble he 

 had taken with the revision of the Customs Tariff ; his 

 labours had been interminable in working out the details. 



In answer to a question of Mr. Vyle, the President 

 informed the meeting that the Commercial Committee 

 could correspond with any of the other Committees, or 

 with the Government direcl:, without the delay of a pre- 

 vious reference to a meeting of the Society. 



Mr. Davis brought forward the motions for premiums, 

 of which due notice had been given. After a lengthy 

 explanation with regard to No. 4, in the course of which 

 Mr. Davis said that he had learnt that the Planters' As- 

 sociation had taken the matter of immigration from 

 Madeira, &c, into their consideration some years ago, 

 but owing to the depression which came on afterwards 

 the matter had been allowed to drop, the motion was 

 withdrawn. No. 3 was also withdrawn for the present 

 on account of the probability of Government making 

 arrangements for a larger subsidy to the Banana trade 

 than that already voted. No. 2 having been found by 

 Mr. Davis to be provided for in connection with the 

 Museum in the bye-laws of the Society, was rendered 

 unnecessary. Mr. Davis then formally proposed his 

 motion, No. 1, with slight alterations as follows : — 



That §50 be paid to the person who, during the year 1889, shall be 

 the first to build at any place within the colony, a Kiln for drying 

 Indian Corn, such sum of §50 to be paid on the award of the Commer- 

 cial Committee. 



In making this motion Mr. Davis said, that there had 



