Report of Meetings of the Society. 
Meeting held Fanuary 14th.—Prof. J. B. Harrison, 
M.A., &c., President, in the Chair. 
Members present 25, 
Ele€&tions..—_Member ; Dr. J. M. Rohlehr. 
Associates: Messrs. J. H. Straker, Wm. 
Ritchie and Arthur Cox. 
The President then addressed the meeting as fol- 
lows :— 
Only a week ago I was felicitating myself on the 
thought that you would not want a speech from me as 
President. I found, however, that Mr. Rodway had adver- 
tised one. Consequently, I have.found some difficulty in 
hitting upon a subjeét, [am nota planter, and therefore 
I can not speak about the hardships accruing from the 
Bounties with any great authority. Iam not amerchant, 
and can not touch on the many aspeéts of commercial 
matters. I am not a lawyer, and therefore am not able to 
dilate eloquently on any subje& whatever. I originally 
intended to give a short account of the recent experiments 
with respeét to the Sugar Cane made at the Botanic Gar- 
dens and elsewhere, but I have decided to wait until the 
Agricultural Report (the work of Mr. Jenman and myself) 
has been published. When this has been published, pro- 
bably in March next, | will prepare a short and condensed 
paper on the subjeét. Of course, in a report of that 
nature, yards and yards of figures are necessary, so that 
other scientists may check it and glean information there- 
from ; but for the immediate purpose of the planter allthese 
figures are not necessary. I will prepare simply a short 
