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wretchedly attended. The action of the Society, possibly, 
was to blame for the diversion of interest in agriculture 
from those meetings, as it was on the motion of the 
Society that the Board of Agriculture was established by 
the Government, the Chamber of Commerce originating 
ii^ the same way some years previously. Those facts 
should not, however, interfere with the legitimate work 
of the Society's meetings, at which ideas might be 
expressed and discussed, leaving the Government Board 
of Agriculture to give official effect to them. 
Popular lectures were a channel through which much 
good might be done, but lecturers were rare and wary 
birds to catch. His predecessor, Mr. Garnett, had 
gone about for some months with a pinch of salt trying 
to secure one, and had at last succeeded in getting one 
in the form of a malarial mosquito ! Through the 
kindness of Dr. Ozzard they hoped to have that " bird '' 
before them at the end of this month or early next 
month. He himself had already approached one or two 
people with regard to lectures and had received 
encouraging hopes, although no actual promises. 
He would also like to induce associates to attend and 
read papers at the meetings. 
In conclusion, the President suggested the following 
subjects on which papers might be read. The 
engineering section might deal with '^ Types of water 
tube boilers in use in the colony," and " Electrical 
equipment for sugar factories ; " and the commercial 
section, '' The development of trade between Canada 
and this colony ; " *' The pros and cons of a credit 
