l62 TiMEHRI. 



Committee of Correspondence — Chairman : Revd. W. 

 B. Ritchie; Vice-Chairman : Prof. J. B. Harrison ; Secre- 

 tary : Mr. J. J. Quelch ; Treasurer : Mr. F. A. Conyers. 

 The following report from the Commercial Committee 

 was read : — 



Georgetown, December 24th, 1893. 

 To the President and Members 



of the R. A. & and C. Society. 

 Gentlemen, — On behalf of the Commercial Committee, I have the 

 honour to report that at a meeting of the Committee held yesterday to 

 consider the matter of a premium being awarded to Messrs. Da Silva 

 Bros., of Pomeroon — such premium having been offered in the year 

 1889 and not claimed— it was agreed after consideration, 



That, as the Committee thought the preservation of corn by kiln- 

 drying likely to be of great benefit to the Colony, and as they also 

 thought that Messrs. Da Silva Bros, should be encouraged in their 

 undertaking, the Society be recommended to award them the premium 

 of Fifty Dollars as the introducers of a new industry. 

 I have &c., 



WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, 



Honorary Secretary. 



It was moved by Mr. Jacob Conrad and seconded by 

 the Hon. B. H. Jones, that the report be adopted. This 

 motion having been carried unanimously, the Treasurer 

 was empowered to pay the premium to Messrs. Da Silva 

 Bros, 



The following report of the Book Committee for 1893 

 was read: — 



Georgetown, Jan. loth, 1894. 

 To the President and Members of the 



Royal Agricultural & Commercial Society. 



Gentlemen, — By diredlion of the Book Committee I have the honour 



to hand in the following report of their work during the year 1893 :^ 



In accordance with a resolution of the Committee, meetings have been 



held on the second Tuesday of every month, and in no case has a 



meeting fallen through for want of a quorum, or for any other reason. 



