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spector General of Police had since offered $50 for the 
whole lot, for the purpose of adding them to the Police 
Library. 
Mr. Imlach moved that the books be divided into lots> 
and presented to the Sailors Mission, the Colonial Hos- 
pital, Queen's College, Lunatic Asylum, Alms House, 
Berbice Hospital and the Essequebo Hospital. 
The motion was carried. 
Congress of Chambers of Commerce. — The acting 
Secretary brought up for consideration two circulars 
from the London Chamber of Commerce inviting this 
colony to take part in the Congress of the Chambers of 
Commerce of the British Empire to be held in London, 
in connection with the Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 
After some discussion in which the opinion was ex- 
pressed that the subjects to be discussed at the Congress 
were beyond the province of a colony of the size of 
British Guiana, it was resolved that Messrs. Hawtayne, 
Jones, and Ferris Grant should be the colony's repre- 
sentatives. 
The Secretaryship. — A letter was received from Mr. 
T. Daly, resigning his post of Secretary to the Society, 
on the ground of ill-health. 
Prize for Essay on Fibres. — The President stated 
that a gentleman, taking a warm interest in what is 
known as the minor industries, had authorized him to 
offer two prizes, viz., $100 for the best essay and $25 for 
the second, on Fibrous Plants ; the essays to treat of 
the cost of growing, gathering and preparing for 
market, in detail, and to be accompanied by dried speci- 
mens of leaves, stalks, flowers, and seeds, of the various 
plants. As it was desirable to send the essays and spe- 
