REPORT OF SOCIETY’S MEETINGS. 331 
be congenial to its growth, a condition of things fatal to 
all but aquatic plants. 
Hence I opine that Jute should flourish splendidly in 
the abandoned front lands in the Colony. 
I am, &c., 
ROBERT W. S. MITCHELL, C.M.G., 
Govt. Emigration Agent for British Guiana. 
A Government letter covering another sample of the 
same fibre was taken for notification. 
“Mr. Jacob Conrad moved a vote of thanks to Mr. 
Mitchell for the interest he had taken in endeavouring 
to foster the minor agricultural produéts of the colony. 
This was seconded by Mr. Mackay and unanimously 
carried. 
A Government communication referring to the import 
of Venezuelan timbers into Bordeaux was read and 
taken for notification. 
Another Government communication, informing the 
Society that it had been placed on the free list for 
Indian Government Agricultural publications, was also 
read. 
On the motion of Mr Bellairs it was agreed that the 
Government Secretary be asked to convey the thanks of 
the Society to the Government of India. 
A letter from Mr. D. Macgillivray, Tobago, enquiring 
into the method of sweating Liberian Coffee in Demerara, 
was referred to the Agricultural Committee, the Presi- 
dent remarking that the information could be obtained 
from Mr, Chas Ross. 
The following letter to the President from Sir John 
B. Lawes, a Honorary Member of the Society, was read 
and taken for notification :— 
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