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samples. Last year 14,000,000 lbs. were prepared, 
eleven millions of which went to Great Britain. The 
samples included coarse, medium and fine, strips and 
chips, the two last fetchinoj 31/9 per cwt., the others 
29/6 to 30/6. It was packed in lead -lined cases of 
160 lbs. each. It could be easily prepared in this 
colony, and he was enquiring as to the machinery 
needed. He had offered prizes at the coming Victoria- 
Belfield show for this as well as Copra and another 
preparation of cocoanut called pooniac. 
The President said the information was very inter- 
esting, and they all would agree with him in thanking 
Mr. Jones for the trouble he had taken. 
The thanks of the Society were accorded to the 
Government for copies of a Report on experimental cane 
cultivation for the half-year ending 31st December, 
1901, and a booklet containing the speeches delivered 
at the Guildhall Banquet in honour of the return of the 
Prince and Princess of Wales from their late tour. 
Thanks were also accorded to Dr. D. Morris for 
copies of Reports of the Dominica Agricultural School 
and '' The Agricultural News '' ; to Prof. D' Albuquerque 
for a copy of a Report on Agricultural Work in 
Barbados, 1900 ; and to Mr. W. H. Hinds for a sample 
of the Volcanic Dust which fell in Barbados ; 
Also for the following donations : — 
To the Museum, from 
A. H. H. Bratt, insects. 
Dr. Fowler, a frog, (Phyllomedusa bicolor); 
W. E. E. Waddell, Volcanic Dust, 
