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estates," who had expressed their wish to become mem- 
bers of an " Agricultural Society of Demerary and 
Essequebo/' was held in a room over what was then 
known as the " Demerary Spa " in Cumingsburg. The 
conveners of this meeting were : — John CROAL, GEORGE 
Warren, John McLean, N. M. Manget, Charles 
Bean, J. H. Albouy, J. F. Boode, Edward Bishop, 
and U. F. Bach. Thirty-four gentlemen subscribed 
their names on this occasion, and the first regular meet- 
ing of the Society took place on the 12th June following, 
at which office-bearers were appointed, viz. : — N. M. 
MANGET, Chairman ; G. WARREN, Deputy Chairman ; 
Alex. Macrae, Treasurer ; A. Galloway, Secretary. 
It is recorded that a letter was laid over in which the 
then acting Governor, Sir CHARLES Felix Smith, ex- 
pressed his approbation of the establishment of an Agri- 
cultural Society in the colony, a copy of which letter 
was ordered to be inscribed upon the minutes, the original 
to be preserved amongst the documents of the Society. 
The rules which had been presented by a committee 
appointed for the purpose were adopted, and as a docu- 
ment of some historical interest I may be pardoned for 
desiring to rescue at least portions of them from the ob- 
scurity in which they have remained for over half a cen- 
tury. The rules enacted as follows : — 
1. The Agricultural Society of Demerary and Essequebo shall 
consist of Proprietors of Estates and Planters who are Representatives 
of Estates, and may be augmented by the admission, by ballot, of other 
persons who may be Representatives of Estates, but whose chief em- 
ployment is not that of superintending the affairs of Plantations, provid- 
ed two-thirds of the members present at a General Meeting vote in 
favour of the candidate. 
2. The Society may be further augmented by the admission of other 
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