24 The Journal of the Royal 
Meeting held June 13th. — Rev. W. B. Ritchie, 
Manaojing Director, in the chair. • 
Members' present 8. 
Elections. — Member: Dr. Q. B. de Freitas. 
Associates : Messrs. W. P. Humphrey, 
J. Rennie, C. Nicolson and W. H. Cook and Rev. 
J. B. Hill. 
In connection with the report of the Agricultural 
Committee on cane-farming, the Chairman thought the 
discussion of this might be postponed until they could 
get a larger meeting of agriculturalists. It might be 
well to make a special effort to get representative 
agriculturfsts at the next meeting. 
The Rev. D. J. Reynolds agreed with the Chairman, 
and Mr. J. B. Laing thought it hardly fair to the 
people, who attended the meeting of the Agricultural 
Committee, that it should be longer postponed. 
Something might be done to find out the views of the 
estates' attorneys and he would suggest that action be 
taken to this end before the next meetingf. 
The Honorary Secretary stated that Mr. Scard had 
telegraphed his inability to be present, and that the 
Vice-President, who had also hoped to attend, was 
unavoidably absent from town. He would endeavour 
to carry out the proposal of Mr. Laing and to get a 
better attendance at the next meetinof. 
The following Government communication in regard 
to the Commercial Intelliorence branch of the Board of 
Trade was laid over, to be brought up for discussion at 
the next meeting. 
