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Chamber of Commerce that the representation of the 
Colony at the Exhibition at Hahfax will be best met 
by individual effort." 
The Chairman said that the Directors had estimated 
the cost of representing the Colony at $500. It was 
quite true that private effort would go a long way in 
making the exhibit a success, and he believed that 
there were persons quite willing to provide the samples 
and to carefully pack them free of cost, while Messrs. 
Pickford and Black had offered to carry them free. 
Nevertheless, some expense would necessarily be 
incurred in arranging the exhibit, and some responsible 
person would be required to look after it ; for these 
purposes a small grant was required. They had hoped 
that the Government would have seen a way to grant 
the money, but as they had been unable to do so, he 
was afraid the matter would fall through. 
The Agricultural Committee's report on cane-farming 
was brought up for discussion. 
The following letter from Mr. Scard was read : — 
Demerara, July 9th, 1901. 
Dear Mr. Daly, — Business takes me to Albion 
to-morrow, and I shall consequently be unable to 
attend the meeting of the Royal Agricultural and 
Commercial Society on Thursday, much to my regret. 
May I ask you to express my views to the meeting 
on what I consider should be the attitude of the 
Society towards village cane-farming, assuming that 
the report of the Agricultural Committee is adopted. 
It would, I consider, be quite out of place for the 
Society to interfere with the freedom of action 
of buyer and seller, by laying down hard and fast 
conditions under which the industry should be worked. 
Anything of this would operate against the success of 
the scheme. 
