Report of Society's Meetings, ioi 
articles which have been shown in previous Shows, and 
which cannot be properly included under the conditions 
of the Show, Owing to the more compa6l and better 
grouping of exhibits, the impression seems to have got 
about that the number of exhibits was far inferior to that 
of the last year, while as a ta6l it was larger. Poultry 
was certainly much less, vegetables and economic pro- 
du6ls slightly so ; but in the seftions of plants and 
flowers the numbers were largely ahead of any former 
year. A very marked feature in the seftion of plants 
was the preponderance of small vessels, as against the 
large and often unwieldy vessels of past Shows. This, 
while evidencing much more care and selection, allowed 
the larger quantity of material to be much more satisfac- 
torily arranged, and indicates that the educative force of 
the exhibit of the Botanic Gardens is making itself felt 
among the great mass of the people. It might perhaps 
be as well to state that though in many cases, entries 
were not as numerous as last year, it was largely acci- 
dental that it was so, since a very large number of persons 
had to be refused entry for their things on the day of 
receiving, no previous notification of their exhibits being 
made, and no space therefore available. Disregard of 
this rule was so general this year, and on the part of so 
many who ought to have known better, that persons of 
influence throughout the colony would be doing a very 
great service to these annual Shows if they themselves 
became familiar with the conditions of the exhibition so 
as to be able to help those who would benefit by competi- 
tion for prizes. The artisan exhibits, as in the last two 
Shows, again largely preponderated, the competition 
being as keen in the open as in the artisan se6lion 
proper. Special mention must be made of the abun- 
dance and quality of the exhibits frcjm the West Bank, 
Demerara, the various villages being nearly all repre- 
sented. Good Intent and Sisters, and Canals No. i and 
No 2, being the most conspicuous. With the exception 
of Golden Grove, however, the East Coast was but 
poorly represented, in spite of the facilities for transport 
given by the Demerara Railway. Golden Grove has con- 
sistently, year by year, set an example of enterprise 
