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of the colony being represented at the Great American 

 Exhibition of 1892. 



Mr. Davis spoke of the want of Local Secretaries, 

 and Mr. Conyers said that Mr. Jones and Mr. Bascom 

 had taken a great deal of trouble in trying to bring 

 about the Exhibition at Buxton. 



Mr. Turner said that corporate bodies generally were 

 not so conscientious, but the question was a very simple 

 one. The opinion of Mr. Conyers was the right one, 

 some representation should certainly be made to the 

 Government. 



After some slight discussion, the Secretary undertook 

 to procure a decision before the next meeting, by calling 

 together the Committee of Correspondence. Mr. Daly 

 stated that the principal reason for delay in this matter 

 had been the illness of the Chairman of that Committee. 



Mr. /Eneas Mackay gave notice of motion as follows : 



That a Horticultural Exhibition, to include exhibits of preserved 

 ruits, as well as those in the natural state, be held early next year, 

 under the auspices of this Society, and that the Government be 

 requested to support the movement by a grant of money. 



In the absence of the author (who was unable to 

 attend) the Secretary read the following paper by Mr. 

 VV. P. Abell, a late Whitworth Scholar, on " Economising 

 Sugar Carriers:" — 



ECONOMISING SUGAR CARRIERS. 



Little drops of water are as necessary to the mighty ocean as success- 

 ful waste saving inventions are to the commercial prosperity of a 

 people. As sugar manufacturers we know well that our own is held, not 

 by the adoption of one radical improvement, but by many economies in 

 waste such as sugar, labour, fuel, &c. 



To-day I beg to bring to your notice a simple but effective apparatus 

 for carrying sugar from the centrifugals to the sugar bunks without 

 waste or damag'-, and with a minimum of attention. 



Both before and after my arrival in this colony, my attention was 



