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Society, I have the honour to inform you that they have under their 
consideration the possibility of introducing a system of buying Canes 
by Sugar Estates, similar to that in use in Trinidad. In conneétion 
therewith, I shall be glad to know whether the plantations in which 
you are interested would be prepared to buy Canes in any quantity 
that might be brought, at a price to be regulated according to a sliding 
scale, with a fixed minimum, that might be prepared from time to time 
by the Society. 
tam, &c., 
S. BELLAIRS, 
Hon. Sec., Agricultural Committee. 
The following Government communication was also 
read :— 
Government Secretary’s Office, 
Georgetown, Demerara, 
22nd January, 1897. 
Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
the 18th instant, enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr. G. J. Hassell, 
referring to certain diseases prevalent among horses and cattle on a 
part of the East Coast between Mahaica and Blairmont, and I am desired 
by the Governor to intorm you that the matter will receive attention. 
I have, &c., 
CHARLES T. COX. 
The Hon. Secretary, 
Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society. 
The Secretary also read a letter from Mr. G. S. Jen- 
man stating that the Jute Seed planted in the Nursery 
at the Botanic Gardens had failed to germinate, and that 
therefore it was useless to distribute it. 
‘The Secretary was direéted to inform Mr. Mitchell of 
the fact. : 
A letter from Mr. Seon was also read. In reference to 
the timbers ordered by the Society he reported that some 
of the logs were ready but could not be floated down the 
river on account of want of water. 
A letter from the Secretary of the Philadelphia Museums 
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