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conjoint views, and therefore there had been no necessity 
for Mr. Scard to add to the number of speakers. At the 
last Conference Dr. Morris liad made a marked 
exception in the case of Mr. Scard. Whereas in the 
cases of Barbados, Trinidad, the Leeward Islands, and 
Jamaica, after the principal speaker had addressed 
the meeting. Dr. Morris invited any other representa- 
tive of these colonies to speak ; in the case of British 
Guiana he abruptly closed the discussion after Prof. 
Harrison had spoken, thus practically depriving IMr, 
Scard of an opportunity of speaking. Although Mr. 
Scard might not have considered it desirable to occupy 
the time of the meetings by making unnecessary 
speeches, he had in the three meetings of the chemical 
section taken, if not the leading part in the work, a 
leading part, and a very large portion of the work 
done was based on Mr. Scard's advice, and directed 
by his great knowledge and experience. It was to 
be regretted that Dr. Morris had not recognised the 
fact that good and valuable work was done quietly 
by Mr. Scard. He (Mr. Franks) was reminded of the 
old saying, "empty vessels make most noise." Pro- 
fessor Harrison agreed with Mr. Scard in his criticism. 
The Hon. A. G. Bell said that Mr. Scard 
had simply made suggestions as to the way 
in which the work of the Conference could be carried 
out so that the greatest amount of good might be derived 
in the available time. It should be pointed out in a 
reply to Dr. Morris that Mr. Scard had no desire to cast 
any slight on that gentleman's management of the 
Conference. 
The Hon. Geo. Garnett considered it unfortunate that 
