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evidence to prove its being for the purpose set forth in 
the advertisement." I doubt whether the premium was 
ever claimed or awarded, at any rate a diligent search for 
evidence on the point has not been rewarded with 
success. 
It was announced, on the 5th October, 1833, that a 
Gold Medal of the Society would be awarded to the 
first Proprietor or Representative of an estate within the 
colony, who should prove to the satisfa6tion of a Com- 
mittee " that he has applied the labour of not less than 
twenty persons of free condition, not apprenticed, profit- 
ably for a continuous period of twelve months or upwards, 
as labourers in the cultivation and manufacture of sugar 
on his estate or that under his charge." Here again I 
have failed to meet with any announcement of the prize 
having either been claimed or awarded. 
A new invention by Dr. Ure, for sugar boiling, was 
brought to the notice of the Society at the monthly meet- 
ing on the 4th December, 1833, an( l referred to the Stand- 
ing Committee. In the evening a semi-annual dinner 
took place, at the house of Mrs. Thomas, Parade 
Ground. This gathering was graced by the presence of 
the Lieutenant Governor. 
The first annual meeting of the Society took place on 
January 8th, 1834, at which Mr. MANGET was succeeded 
in the Chairmanship by the Hon. John Croal, the 
deputy Chairman, Treasurer, and Secretary being re- 
elected, whilst Mr. MANGET and Mr. John McLean were 
added to the Standing Committee in the room of the 
Hon. Mr. Croal and Mr. Jos. Beete, Senior. 
About this date, the Courier newspaper commented 
strongly upon the alleged " political" tendency of the 
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