THE JOURNKL- 
OF 
M^ 'fcl Igriculliiral ^ (j^onnnertlal 
odetpf IriiiBh Ijtttana. 
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Report of Meeting^s of the Society. 
McHing held Jmiti lOfh. — Mr. Geo. Garnett, F.R., 
Pres lent, in the chair. 
Members present 12. 
Ti^(e President gave the following inaugural address : 
In taking my seat as President of this Society I wish 
to thank you very much for the honour you have done 
mo in electing me to be President of one of the oldest 
and most useful institutions in the colon3^ The 
Society, started on agricultural and commercial lines, 
has of late years drifted into being mainly a Reading 
Room and Library, and good tliough that work may be, 
it is much to be regretted that at least the agricultural 
portion of its woi'k has not been maintained, and I 
would ask members who may have any knowledge on 
special agricultural subjects, if they would prepare 
papers and so pave the way to interesting and 
