22 The Journal of the Royal 
Extraordinary Meeting held February ith. — Mr. 
Luke M. Hill, B. E., M. Inst. C. E., President, in the 
chair. 
Members present 15. 
The President said that the meeting was called to 
meet Mr. Pickford, who was very mucli interested in 
opening up trade between Canada and the West Indies 
and British Guiana, and liad come armed with infor- 
mation about the approaching exhibition to be held in 
Toronto in August next. "■ This," continued Mr. Hill, 
" Mr. Pickford considers Avould be a desirable oppor- 
tunity for advertising the products of the West Indies 
and of British Guiana. As you are aware, these large 
exhibitions, which are being neld in ditferent countries 
all over the world, act as valuable advertising agencies 
in making the people of the countries in which they 
are held intimately acquainted with the products of the 
exhibiting countries. I think you w^ll all agree with 
me that it is very desirable, if possible, to open up 
trade between this country and Canada — -esppcially in 
these days when markets are being closed against us at 
home, and may possibly be closed in the United States. 
We must admit that the United States have stood 
friends to British Guiana in the past to a very great 
extent, and we refer to the inhabitants of the United 
States as our American cousins. But there is. or 
ought to be, a closer bond between us and Canada. 
We are all sons of the same Empire, and we should 
speak of them, not as our American cousins, but as our 
Canadian brothers. If an exhibition of the sort sug- 
gested would help to improve our relationship with 
our brother Canadians — or brothers in Canada — I am 
sure it will be to the advantage of British Guiana. 
