Report of Sogietv's Meetings. tft 



The following report from the Committee of Corres- 

 pondence was read and taken for notification : — 

 To the President and Members 



of the R. A. & C. Society. 



Gentlemen,— By direction of the Committee of Correspondence, I 

 have the honour to report as follows : — 



1. That, at a meeting of the Committee, held yesterday it was decided 

 to hold the next Horticultural Show on Thursday June 2lst, and as the 

 weather would be uncertain at that time to have it in the Town Hall or 

 some other building. It was also agreed that a circular be issued asking 

 the Chairmen of the village councils and the clergymen in the country 

 distriftsto assist by forming sub-committees in the villages, and to hold 

 shows one or two days before that of the Society, for the purpose of 

 bringing together the best exhibits, 



2, At the same meeting it was also agreed to recommend that the 

 Society purchase a Marquee for use at the Annual Horticultural Shows. 

 This they believed would be less expensive than building sheds on 

 every occasion, and they also thought it could be hired out so as to 

 further reduce the cost. 



I am, &c., 



J. RODWAY, 

 A£tg. Secretary. 



The following letter from Mr. Quelch was taken as 

 read and given over for publication : — 



Chicago, December lo, 1893. 

 L. M. Hill, Esq., Hon. Sec. 



R. A. & C. Society. 



Dear Sir, — I wrote to you at the latter part of last month, but as I 

 can give you more exafl ideas now as to my movements and doings 

 before I get back to Demerara, I send off this for report. In my last I 

 explained at length the reason of our delay in packing, and the vexa- 

 tious requirements of the Custom House in the matter of papers before 

 we could pack anything. Since we got through, we have been packing 

 up as quickly as circumstances will allow, though as everything has to 

 be packed in the presence of an Inspeftor, and it is not by any means 

 easy to get one to be present, there has been a considerable amount of 

 unnecessary delay in the matter. Besides this I have been a good 

 deal occupied in picking out miscellaneous sets of things for Museums, 



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