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TiMEHRI. 



...Master Simpson. 

 ...J. M. London. 



...Capt. Simmons. 



...G. S. Jenman. 

 ...Rev. C. R. S. Pike. 

 ...H. A. L. Rowe. 

 ...Hon. B. H. Jones. 



...D. H. Hay. 



...A. Gordon. 

 ...A. C. Ross, 



Mimosa seeds 



Matamata Tortoise ...Potaro 



Encrusted Fish-hook «. 



from stomach of Red > 



Snapper ^ 



Alligator 



White-winged Plover ... 



Minerals ... ...Cornwall 



Young Labba 

 Branches cut by Saw- 

 yer beetle. Stone Im- / 

 plements and Iron con- C 

 cretion 



Small moths ... 

 Fragments of Human > 

 Bones from old settle- I Nonpareil 

 ment. J 



The Assistant Secretary called attention to some speci- 

 mens of Ramie lying on the table, which had been grown 

 by the Hon. B. Howell Jones, and mentioned that the 

 plant would only grow well on a very rich soil. 



The President stated that just before leaving England 

 he had received through the Colonial Company, the 

 following notes on Cane-farming in Demerara by Mr, 

 F. I. Scard. It was agreed that the paper should be 

 published and brought up for discussion at the next 

 meeting : — 



There are many conditions associated with Demerara which place 

 cane farming on quite a different footing to this industry as it exists 

 in other cane-growing countries. Want of natural drainage, rendering 

 absolutely necessary an artificial system which is not in the power, if 

 in the will, of the peasant farmer to carry out individually, and the 

 means of transport whereby carriage to the outside of each " empolder" 

 becomes tedious and laborious, are the principal of these, requiring co- 

 operation for their remedy, a serious drawback when the disposition of 

 the class it is hoped to utilise for the purpose is considered. 



It would seem, therefore, that the only way out of the difficulty would 



