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something in the way of trying whether the Canadian 
subsidised steamers could carry any economic produ6ls 
other than sugar. The Society might take the lead in 
the matter, appoint a small Committee and vote a smal 
sum for carrying out the experiment. He had little 
doubt that the contra6lors would help them as much as 
possible. 
The Hon. B. Howell Jones thought it would be worth 
trying, but he understood the vessels had no cold 
chambers. 
The President said he had been advised that fruit 
was often spoiled by cold storage. 
The Hon. Mr. Jones thought they might try oranges, 
pine-apples and bananas. 
Mr. J. W. Conrad spoke of the necessity of following 
up trial shipments. A shipment of tangerine oranges 
was made to London, turned out well, but it had never 
been repeated. 
The Hon. Mr. Jones said the result of this experi- 
mental shipment had been reported to the Society, but 
it was not their fault that when people were shown the 
way to do things they did not follow them up. He 
thought money could be made here as in Jamaica with 
the fruit trade, but it was for business people to move in 
the matter. 
The President then gave notice of motion as follows : — 
" I shall move at the next meeting of this Society 
that— 
" It is expedient to make an experimental shipment 
of fruit by the Canadian subsidised line of Steamers, 
making Georgetown one of their ports of call ; and that 
it is desirable that this Society should undertake the 
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