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The President spoke of the extra expenses during the 
previous year, and hoped that they might do better 
this year. 
The annexed report of the representative of the 
Society, Mr. F. I. Scard, at the late Agricultural 
Conference was read : 
Georgetown, 
13th January, 1902. 
The Directors, 
The Royal Agricultural and 
Commercial Society of 
British Guiana. 
Gentlemen, — I have much pleasure in reporting to 
you on the recent Agricultural Conference at Barbados, 
which I had the honour to attend as your representative, 
and the detailed programme of which I append. 
The Conference opened at 10.30 on the morning of 
Saturday, the 4th instant, with the customary presiden- 
tial address. In this Dr. Morris while he still expressed 
his firm conviction that a richer cane than the Bourbon 
yielding 50^ more sugar would be found, advised 
caution in acting upon the results of the seedling 
experiments at this stage, referring to the yearly reports 
being published as '* necessary ev^ils " merely indicating 
progress. 
For the first time in the history of the Conference 
Dr. Morris alluded to the Bounty system now before 
the Brussels Conference. 
The rest of the address dealt with agricultural edu- 
cation, minor industries and general subjects, and 
denoted much good work being clone in these directions. 
The whole of the morning of Saturday subsequent 
to the address was devoted to manurial and seedUng 
cane experiments. Messrs. D'Albuqucrque and Watts 
amplified the reports already published as to Barbados 
and Antigua respectively and argued at much length. 
