Report of Society's Meetings. 32.1 
newspapers and letters received by him from Engineers 
in the States, showing that the attention of American 
inventors and manufa6turers of agricultural implements 
and machinery is at length being attracted to the offer of 
a reward of $100,000, made by the Legislature of this 
colony some years ago, for implements and machinery 
suitable for cane cultivation in the colony ; also a letter 
from Mr Ellis (slid to have been a sugar planter in Sur- 
inam, who claims to have designed suitable ploughs, 
reaping, collecting, and fraction machines, and is now in 
the colony) were laid over and referred to the Agricul- 
tural Committee. At half-past five (having lasted nearly 
two-and-a-half hours) the meeting broke up, the business 
undisposed of being postponed until the next ordinary 
meeting. 
The following are the Society's Office-bearers for 
iS8y, as finally arranged : — 
Patroness : 
THE QUEEN. 
Vice-Patron : 
HIS EXCELLENCY SIR HENRY TURNER IRVING, K.C.M.G., 
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, &c, &c, &c. 
President : 
HENRY KIRKE. 
Vice-President : 
P. H. NIND. 
Managing Direclors : 
D. C. CAMERON 
M. GARNETT 
J. S. HILL. 
