424 TiMEHRI. 



Certificates which had been prepared by Mrs. L. M. Hill, 

 to be presented to the Mercurius Cigar Fa6lory, Messrs. 

 Gaskin & Co. and the Botanic Gardens. He said they 

 were very much indebted to Mrs. Hill for her kindness 

 in preparing such beautiful works of art. 



The President then presented the Certificate for the 

 Mercurius Fa6lory to Mr. L. J. Paddenburg. A vote of 

 thanks was accorded to Mrs. Luke M. Hill for preparing 

 the Certificates, on behalf of whom Mr. Hill thanked the 

 members for their kind appreciation. 



Copies of the report on the recent Horticultural Show 

 were laid on the table and the recommendations of the 

 Committee were read. 



Professor J. B. Harrison gave notice of motion that 

 effe6l should be given to sections 5, 6, and 7 of the 

 recommendations, to be brought up at the next 

 meeting. 



In connexion with Mr. Scard's notes on Cane Farming, 

 the President read a letter from Mr. Scard expressing 

 his regret that he could not attend the meeting. 



Mr. Jacob Conrad moved and Mr. Kirke seconded, 

 that the paper be referred to the Agricultural Committee. 



Mr. Kirke spoke of the difficulties the villagers had to 

 contend with on account of floods. 



The Hon. B. Howell Jones said that some of the 

 estates on the East Coast were willing to buy canes, 

 and he himself could always take as many as might be 

 brought to his plantation. The difficulty here was the 

 want of conne6lioi between the canals of the villages 

 and those of the plantations, and few of them would be 

 willing to pay for such connexions from the rates. The 

 difficulty with the late Mr. Russell's scheme at La 



