310 TlMEHRI. 
of interest in connection with the Colony's exhibits of 
Drugs, Fibres and Woods at the Indo-Colonial Exhibition, 
and forwarding a paper descriptive of the increasing 
trade in " Kapok" the fibre of the Silk Cotton tree, now 
being used extensively for upholstery work. 
An offer, conveyed through the Colonial Office, of 
valuable works by the late Lord Vernon — the " Inferno 
of Dante" and the " Prime Quattro Edizioni della 
" Divine Commedia" — to be presented by the Dowager 
Lady Vernon to certain public libraries on certain condi- 
tions, was accepted, with thanks to His Excellency the 
Governor for naming the Society as a recipient. 
The Society's thanks were accorded for Commercial 
Reports, reports on the Cyprus Locust War, reports on 
Agricultural experiments on Sugar growing in British 
Burmah and Barbados, forwarded through the Govern- 
ment Secretary's Office. 
A letter was read from the Secretary of the Anthropo- 
logical Society of Vienna, thanking the Society for 
Timehri, and asking for some missing back numbers of 
that publication. The Secretary was directed to forward 
the numbers referred to if procurable. 
The meeting then closed. 
Meeting held nth November. — Mr. H. Kirke, Vice- 
President in the chair. 
There were 20 other members present. 
Ele6tion. — Associate : H. T. Williams. 
Betore confirmation of minutes, the Chairman read a 
letter from Mr. John Minty of Pin. Uitvlugt, enclosing 
minutes of a meeting of members held on the West Coast 
