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Mr. Hill's resignation as from the 20th inst., wished also 

 to propose that a vote of thanks be given to Mr. Hill fur 

 the able services he had rendered to the Society. He 

 had taken the appointment of Secretary at a time when 

 there was a great difficulty in filling che office, and he was 

 very sorry that they were about to lose his services At 

 the same time he felt sure that he only re-echoed the 

 feelings of the other members of the Society in saying 

 that he hoped his trip would be a pleasant one, and that 

 they would be only too glad to welcome him back again. 



The vote of thanks was cordially and unanimously 

 adopted, and the question of appointing an Honorary 

 Secretary laid over. 



Mr. Cameron gave notice of motion to the effect that 



" The Meetings of the Society shall be held in the Reading Rooms 

 instead of the Exchange Room, in future." 



Mr. N. Darnell Davis gave notice of motion as follows: 



" It is desirable that the best route for connecting British Guiana 

 with Trinidad by cable should be authoritatively ascertained. 



" This Society therefore respectfully requests His Excellency the 

 Governor to take such steps as to His Excellency may seem best, to 

 induce the Imperial Government to cause a Hydrographical Survey to 

 be made of the bed of the sea lying between the two colonies, so as to 

 obviate the numerous interruptions to telegraphic communication with 

 other countries from which British Guiana has hitherto suffered." 



The Chairman read a letter from Major Walthall 

 covering a communication from the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, as to tropical productions and fruits. A 

 pamphlet, " Report on Tropical and Semi-Tropical 

 Fruits in the U.S.." had also been forwarded, from 

 which the Chairman read several extracts as to bananas, 

 oranges, avocado pears, and mangoes. 



The thanks of the Society were given to Dr. Landre 

 of the Hague for copies of two pamphlets on Leprosy. 



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