4l8 TiMEHRl. 



Meeting held November i^th, — Mr. R. G. Duncan, 

 F.R., President, in the Chair. 



Members present lo. 

 Ele6lions. — Members : Messrs. Wastel Bull, Leslie 

 T. Le Mare and the Hon. Cavendish Boyle. 



Associates ; Messrs. J. C. Bryden, W. G. 



Chapman,. A. Hurley, J. E. Brandon, H. W. Fuge, 



and Edwin Futty. 



The Chairman of the Agricultural Committee (Hon. 



B. Howell Jones) read the following report on the papers 



sent in competition for the Caramel Premium : — 



REPORT OK THE JUDGES ON THE COMPETITIVE ESSAYS ON THE MANUFAC- 

 TURE OF CARAMEL FOR THE COLOURING OF SPIRITS. 



Seven essays only have been sent in, in competition for the premium 

 of two hundred dollars offered by the Royal Agricultural and Commer- 

 cial Society, for an improved way of producing Caramel,- -combined 

 with its economical manufafture -for colouring rum for market and 

 producing the least degree of obscuration, ajid these have received 

 careful consideration by the Judges appointed by the Agricultural Com- 

 mittee, 



We are unanimous in considering that the results of the competition 

 are most unsatisfaftory, both with regard to the small number of com 

 petitors and to the merits of the essays sent in. 



In our opinion none of the essays contain anything of value beyond 

 what is already of common knowledge, or even any addition to our 

 present knowledge of the best methods of preparing Caramel for colour, 

 ing spirits. 



We therefore, cannot recommend the award of the premium to any one 

 of the competitors, and in view of the lack of interest evoked by the 

 competition, consider it unadvisable to, in the immediate future, again 

 offer a premium in connexion with this subjeft. 



We cannot refrain from expressing our astonishment and regret that 

 none of the technical sugar chemists and experts resident in the colony 

 sent in essays for competition. We are satisfied that if these gentle- 

 men had competed that important additions to the general present 

 knowledge of the best methods of preparing Caramel for the purpose of 

 colouring spirits would have resulted from the offer of the award. 



