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Agricultural and Commercial Society. 2i 
Other arrangements are in course of completion and will 
be communicated later. 
J. J. QUELCH, 
Hon. Secretary. 
Communication* from the Government were read, 
covering Report of Indian Plague Commission and ad. 
vertisements of Rice hulling machines sent by Mr. R. W. 
Mitchell, Calcutta, 
The papers were dire6led to be laid on the table, and 
the Secretary desired to thank the Government for them. 
The thanks of the Society were also accorded for the 
following donations : — 
To the Library — from the Government, British Boun- 
dary Case 8 Vols., Venezuelan Case 3 Vols., Report of 
Civil Service Commission, Report of Spirits Ordinance 
Commission, and Blue Book on Sugar Industry in the 
West Indies ; from Mr. J. W. Dorman, 42 Nos Numis- 
matic Chronicle and 65 Nos. Stanley Gibbons' Stamp 
Journal ; from Dr. C. J. Gomes, B. G. Medical Annual 
1899. 
To the Museum— Three Silver and Three Copper 
Coins, Navy League; Rattle with 12 Rings, Mr. John 
Eraser; Tree Frog, Mrs. Shanks ; Quesals or Long-tailed 
Trogon, Male and Female, Mr. F, V. McConnell; Lee- 
Enfield Cartridge, Mr. F. A. Conyers ; Longicorn Beetle, 
Mr. H. A, Matthews. 
On the motion of Hon. B. Howell Jones a special vote 
of thanks was accorded to Mr. McConnell for the pair ot 
quesals. 
The meeting then terminated. 
