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Report of Society's Meetings. 153 
Imperial grant-in-aid for agricultural experiments was 
read : — 
Sir. — I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of 
your letter of the 14th instant, v/ith regard to the Im- 
perial grant-in-aid for agricultural purposes, and in 
reply I am dire6led by the Governor to inform you that 
a plan in this connexion, suggested by the Government 
Analyst and the Government Botanist, has been submitud 
to the Commissioner of Agriculture for the West Indies, 
whose approval has to be obtained prior to expenditure 
of the grant-in-aid, and that the Government hope a 
pra6lical beginning of the suggested extended experi- 
ments will soon be made. 
HENRY A. BOVELL. 
A letter from the Government with a pamphlet on 
" Mean Time" was laid over, the thanks of the Society 
being accorded to the Government for the same. 
A report of the Grenada Agricultural Society was laid 
upon the table. 
The thanks of the Society were accorded for the fol- 
lowing donations : — 
To the Library : — From the Bishop of Guiana, a Por- 
trait ; from Rev. W. B. Ritchie, 3 pamphlets, viz., 
Trial of Pedro de Zulueta for Slave Trading, 1844; Peti- 
tion of George Ross to Court of Policy, 1822 ; Address of 
Rev, J. Morgan to prisoners in Georgetown Jail, i£6o. 
To the Museum : — Harmless Coral Snake from Mast. 
Bertie Waby ; Swallow-tailed Hawk from John Junor; 
Horned Screamer from J. H. Watson ; Young Trumpet- 
bird from T. S. Hargreaves ; Harlequin Beetle from 
Cyril Brumell ; Agami Heron from J. C. Menzies ; Small 
Moth from A. Lennox; Fourcroya fibres from G. S. 
Jenman. 
The President mentioned that Mr. J. H. Bell had been 
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