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able to carry on the work satisfa6lorily without assis- 

 tance from outside. They wanted thoroughly well- 

 informed and practical men — not persons with mere tech- 

 nical training. Mr. Von Ziegesar had also spoken as if 

 Demerara was behind other countries in sugar machinery. 

 He himself had visited a large establishment in Ger- 

 many, but could find nothing of importance worth intro- 

 ducing into our fa6lories. He would assert that the 

 Demerara sugar machinery was equal to any in the 

 world. Among the omissions in the paper the most 

 notable was the absence of any reference to mill and 

 diffusion juices. This he thought very remarkable as 

 these were so important in any estimate of the value of 

 the process. 



Mr. Von Ziegesar stated that he would prepare a reply 

 for the next meeting, and the discussion was therefore 

 adjourned. 



The thanks of the Society were accorded to the Hon; 

 N. D. Davis for a copy of J. B. Smith's, " English Orders : 

 whence obtained" and to Dr. T. Law Gaskin, Barbados, 

 for 2 vols. *' West Indian Civil Rights Guardian." 



The meeting then terminated. 



Meeting held 06lober iith.—Mv* R. G. Duncan, F.R., 

 President, in the chair. 



Members present 13. 

 EIe6tions. — Associates: Messrs. Hubert Parris and H. 



Dupuy Gething. 



The President said, before proceeding with the 



business of the meeting he would like to say a few words 



about the discussion which took place at the previous 



meeting on Mr. von Ziegezar's paper on Diffusion. 



