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exhibits my personal supervision. I shall also be with 
theiii at Toronto and take them on to Halifax to show 
them there. I suggested to Mr. Hargreaves that the 
Institute of Mines and Forests should send a pyramid 
showing the gold output of the colony and also some- 
thing representing the output of diamonds. I think 
that would be very attractive indeed." 
Mr. Hargreaves stated that Mr. Pickford had asked 
the Institute of Mines and Forests to send some exhibit 
illustrating the mineral wealth of the colony, but it 
would not be possible to call a meeting of the Council 
of the Institute previous to Mr. Pickford's departure. 
He, therefore, suggested that the Agricultural and 
Commercial Society should form a joint committee 
with the Chamber of Commerce and the Institute of 
Mines and Forests, and see what could be done in the 
way of getting together an exhibit. 
The Chairman : ''I think that is a very good sugges- 
tion. I will promise that we will very soon call a 
special meeting of the directors to consider "the matter. 
I have no doubt that they will^ all enter con amove 
into a scheme for the representation of the colony at 
the exhibition. The matter will also be referred to the 
Committee of Correspondence which generally takes 
charge of such matters, and I have no doubt that 
Demerara will have a representation of some sort cr 
other — a good one, I hope. I quite agree with Mr. 
Mackay, and think that we should make a special 
effort to advertise ourselves among our own kith and 
kin, rather than go into foreign markets." 
Mr. Duncan gave his assurance that the Planters 
Association would help in the matter 
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