CCXXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., the Hon. Price Elhson (Finance Minister 

 for British Columbia), the Hon. J. H. Turner (Agent-General for 

 British Columbia), E. Eutherford, Esq. (Vice-Chairman, West India 

 Committee), Ai. Bowder, Esq. (Agent for New Brunswick), who, 

 having made an inspection of the- various exhibits, were subsequently 

 joined upon the platform by Sir Albert Eollit, D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D., 

 Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., V.M.H., D.Sc, J. A. Turner, Esq. 

 (Secretary for British Columbia), E. Bullock-Webster, Esq. (Exhibi- 

 tion Commissioner for British Columbia), A. E. Aspinall, Esq. (Secre- 

 tary to the West India Committee), W. L. Griffith, Esq. (Secretary 

 for the Dominion of Canada), J. Obed Smith, Esq. (the Canadian 

 Government Office), Chas. Allen, Esq (the Canadian Government 

 Office), J. E. Boose, Esq. (Secretary to the Colonial Institute), C. E. 

 Musgrave, Esq. (Secretary, London Chamber of Commerce), Eev. 

 W. Wilks (Secretary to the E.H.S.). 



The Peesident, in opening the further proceedings, said he was 

 sure they all felt very grateful to Sir Edward Grey for his kindness in 

 being present to open the Exhibition, because they all knew what an 

 exceedingly arduous time politicians had before them at the present 

 moment. He was also sure that, whatever were the political feelings 

 of those present, they were all unfeignedly glad to see Sir Edward 

 among them, and recognized their obligations to him for the way in 

 which he conducted the Foreign affairs of the country. 



This was the fourteenth exhibition which they had had of Colonial 

 fruits, and though, unfortunately, it was shorn of some interesting 

 exhibits, owing to the steamboats from the W^est Indies being delayed 

 in their arrival, he still thought they would agree with him that the 

 present Exhibition, taken altogether, was a very striking one ; he did 

 not think that any of the exhibitions previously held had been fuller, 

 if indeed, so full, as the present; and for that they owed a debt of 

 gratitude to the Colony of British Columbia for their exhibition of 

 fruit, some of which had been in competition with fruit from other 

 North American Colonies, and had carried off, as they were probably 

 aware, the principal prize of £200. He was afraid they would all feel 

 a certain amount of envy that in North America such fruit could be 

 produced, while we had this year been suffering from gloomy skies 

 and misty atmosphere; and it was not difficult from to-day's show to 

 draw a happy augury for the future of the fruit industry of the North 

 American Colonies, in which such wonderful progress had already been 

 made. They knew how energetic, how industrious, how active, and 

 how intelligent their North American brethren were, and they might 

 anticipate that they would 'do even better in the future than they had 

 done in the past. In common with most other people, he was person- 

 ally acquainted with not a few who had gone to the North American 

 Colonies, and their reports were of the most encouraging nature. The 

 word " unemployment" had, he beheved, never been heard in that 

 part of the world, and he thought that anybody there who was willing 

 to be employed would never have cause to complain of unemployment r 



