DAY' — OUTTA PERCHA. 
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Mr. Day was elected to act as Secretary of the Associa- 
tion for the ensuing year. 
- J, J. Dowry, Esq. F.C.S. and Professor II- E. Armstrong 
Ph. D. F.C.S, were elected Corresponding Members of the 
Association. 
Tuesday, May 13 th, 1873. 
The ordinary meeting was held at the Laboratory. 
Tuesday June 1 Oth, 1873. 
H. W Caird Esq,, M.A., President in the Chair, 
The following donation was announced : 
“ Journal of the Society of Arts,” Eos. 1061 — 1065 — 
from the Society, 
A letter was read from the Honorable the Colonial Se- 
cretary granting permission for the meetings of the Asso- 
ciation to be held in the Laboratory, 
The following communication was read — 
On the production - of Gutta Percha from the juice 
OF THE Bad AT A TREE. 
By J. J. Day, F.C.S, 
Soon after my arrival in this colony my attention was 
drawn to the fact that many of the common forest trees 
native to the Island yielded a juice or sap that by proper 
treatment can he converted into a valuable article of com- 
merce. Amongst these I found the Balata preeminent. 
The tree known in Trinidad as the Balata very closely re- 
sembles in all its properties the 11 Bullet” or “Bully” 
Tree of Demerara, but I believe differs from that tree in. 
that it bears a larger fruit. This tree exists in large 
numbers on the north and east coast of Trinidad and also 
is scattered about in the forests in all parts of the Is- 
