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Mr. Hargreaves : ''I think I said Chamber of Com- 
merce. I should have said Planters' Association." 
The Chairman: ''There will be no difficulty about 
export duties, I suppose ? '' 
Mr. Pickford : "Oh, no ; we will arrange all that." 
The Chairman : " Mr. Pickford will also arrange to send 
the exhibits back again to the exhibitors, if so desired ; 
or, if he has a free hand, will be able to distribute them 
amongst similar societies to this in Canada." 
Mr. Pickford : " Both last year and the year before we 
took a lot of exhibits to Toronto, and put them in the 
Manufacturers' Association Hall there. It is a very 
large institution now ; it has grown enormously, and is 
getting to have a great deal of influence. The Secretary 
and President of the Association will be here shortly, 
and will probably have the pleasure of meeting you 
gentlemen. When those exhibits went to Toronto, 
there were Press notices in the papers, and quite a 
number of people went to view them there. Of course 
if you wish any exhibits returned we could bring them 
back here." 
On the motion of the Chairman a vote of thanks was 
accorded to Mr. Pickford for his offer. In reply he said : 
"We will do our utmost to make the thing a success. 
All we want is help from the West Indies, and then it 
will be a success. The show at Halifax was very pretty 
indeed. What we w^ant are larger exhibits, for the 
exhibition at Toronto is much larger than tliat at 
Halifax." 
The meeting then terminated, 
