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advantage, provided the fruit be put up in different sizes, in other words, 

 sampled. 



Memo. — I am informed that the packages should have apertures for 

 ventilation— auger-holes or pieces of staves chipped out — and be kept 

 cool. R. H. 



A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Hitchins, and the 

 information ordered to be printed, together with that of 

 Dr. Nicholls, Dominica, on the same subject, and distri- 

 buted to persons interested. 



Mr. Nind exhibited a sugar bag made from leaves of 

 the screw pine (Pandanus) , which he thought could be 

 easily made in the colony very cheaply. It had been 

 made by a coolie that morning under his direction, and 

 he thought there would be no difficulty in procuring the 

 material or in the manufacture of a better article than 

 the specimen. 



Mr. Nind received the thanks of the Society for a 

 copy of the pamphlet, " Vegetable Resources of the 

 West Indies." 



The President read the following reports of the Com- 

 mercial Committee for the previous month : — 



I have the honour to report for the information of the members of 

 the Society, that, since the last monthly meeting, the Commercial 

 Committee have held one Special, and four General meetings, and 

 the following is a resume of the business that engaged the attention 

 of your Committee. 



1st. Mr. G. Richter having been elected a director of the Exchange 

 Room (in place of Mr. C. Wieting resigned) ex officio became a mem- 

 ber of this Committee. 



2nd. The Importation of Dynamite, &c. — The following resolution 

 in connection with this matter was passed, and a copy of the same for- 

 warded to the Government : — 



" That this Committee recommends to the Government the removal 

 of the present prohibition against the importation of Dynamite, Gun 

 Cotton, and Lithofracteur.'' 



