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ment Secretary, in reply to one from the Joint Com- 
mittees, asking His Excellency the Governor to be 
pleased to place the sum of two thousand dollars on the 
Estimates for the holding of an Exhibition of Live Stock 
and of Agriculture, in addition to the five hundred 
dollars previously asked for the Annual Horticultural 
and Poultry Show. 
I have, &c., 
J. J. QUELCH, 
Secretary, Joint Committees. 
Government Secretary's Office, 
Georgetown, Demerara, 
28th February, 1898 
Sir, — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 
your letter of the 19th instant, in which you ask that a 
sum of $2,000 may be placed on the Estimates to enable 
the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society to hold 
an exhibition of Live Stock and Agricultural Show. 
2. In reply I am desired by the A6ling Governor to 
inform you that His Excellency regrets that in present 
circumstances it is not possible to accede to the request 
therein contained. 
I have, &c., 
CHARLES T. COX. 
J. J. Quelch, Esquire, 
Secretary, Joint Committees of 
Correspondence and Agriculture. 
