258 TlMEHRI. 
persons, under the following resolution passed at the general meeting 
held on the 21st May last, and confirmed this day (12th June) : — 
"That all Proprietors of Twenty-five Slaves and upwards whether 
employed as wood-cutting gangs or in agricultural pursuits, shall also 
be eligible to become members of the society by ballot in like manner, 
provided the owners of such slaves earn their livelihood exclusively 
from the employment of them on the soil, or from the productions 
thereof." 
3. That all such persons as by Rule 1st, are entitled to become mem- 
bers of the Society without ballot, shall be bound to enrol themselves as 
members, and comply with the Rules, within the space of two months 
from this 12th June, if they are residents in the colony, or, if not 
residents, within two months from the period of their arrival in the 
colony, otherwise such persons shall not be admissible except by ballot, 
as in No. 2. A list for the signatures of such parties shall be lodged in 
the Society's Hall, which is for the present established in the room 
over the Demerary Spa, in Cumingsburg. 
4. That the Society shall meet the first Wednesday of each month 
for the transaction of business — keeping regular Minutes of the Pro- 
ceedings. 
5. That the Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, and Treasurer now chosen 
shall continue in office until the first general meeting to be held in 
January next year, when a new election shall take place, and be fol- 
lowed up the January meeting of each year thereafter. That in the 
event of it being found necessary to have a Secretary to be remunerated 
from the funds of the Society, he shall be chosen by ballot at a general 
meeting. That a Standing Committee of Ten members, including the 
Chairman, Deputy-Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary, shall be 
elected from among the members at this present meeting and shall con- 
tinue in office until the regular period of election in the January of each 
succeeding year — vacancies occurring in any office to be filled up at 
a general meeting. It shall be the business of this Committee, five 
members of which shall form a quorum, to attend to the accounts, 
documents, and records of the Society, and to all communications 
addressed to the Society upon Agricultural, Scientific or Medical subjects, 
relating to the economy of Plantations. That the said Committee 
shall embody in a report the substance of such communications, for the 
better despatch of business and for the purpose of fixing the attention 
of members to the contents thereof ; and they are required to bring the 
