378 TlMEHRI. 



Elections. — Associates: Messrs. T. S. Hargreaves, 

 Thos. Barkhc, L. Colvin, F. E. Warneford, and W. 

 A. E. Dalzell. 



The President stated that since the last meeting Mr. 

 E. G. Barr of London had kindly presented a donation 

 of £100 towards the refitting of the Museum. 



On the motion of Mr. Davis, seconded by Mr. Daly, 

 a very hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Barr. 



The President said that as Mr. Jacob Conrad was not 

 present to bring torward his motion as to Sisal Hemp 

 cultivation, he was afraid this interesting and valuable 

 matter must fail to the ground. 



A specimen of the leaves of Agave (which, if not the 

 identical plant, was commercially as useful), together 

 with the fibre, was exhibited to the meeting. 



The President referred to the loss to the Society, as 

 well as to the colony, by the death of Mr. E. E. H 

 Francis, the late Government Chemist. Mr. Francis 

 had helped the Society in many ways ; none of them 

 could forget his lectures before the Society, or his 

 valuable contributions to TimcJiri. He thought they 

 would agree with him that the colony had suffered an 

 irreparable loss. It would be very difficult to find a man 

 of like skill to come here and fill his place Above all, 

 he was most conscientious in his work, and his honesty 

 and skill were shown by the fac~t that his polarisation 

 certificates for immense shipments of sugar had never 

 been disputed. They would be very remiss in their duty 

 if they did not record on the minutes some expression of 

 regret at the loss the Society had experienced. 



Mr. Conyers called attention to a matter which con- 

 cerned him very much as Treasurer of the Society. The 



