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agricultural colony and would be always dependent to a 
great extent on the cultivation of the soil. He thought 
the Society should take a prominent position in develop- 
ing its resources, not alone the sugar industry but all 
others. They should do something towards teaching 
the peasantry to provide for their own tables, as well as 
to cultivate articles that would give some return. In 
other colonies sugar was not the only industry, but cocoa 
and coffee were grown, and these had already been 
among the produces of this colony. If the Society had 
a Model Farm under its charge, where young men could 
be taught agriculture, he was sure it would be a benefit 
to the colony. One reason why he had deferred his 
motion was his fear that under present circumstances 
the Government might not be willing to assist them. 
He thought however that something should be done. In 
other countries such institutions were in existence and 
the Government had plenty of land at its disposal. 
Sometimes they had an over supply of plantains ; these 
might be utilised as flour. Then bananas could be 
dried and shipped to advantage. If the meeting agreed 
to the general principle of the motion a Committee 
might formulate the main points of a scheme for carrying 
out the project. 
Mr. J. Wood Davis in seconding the motion, said it 
would, if carried, meet with the approval, not only of the 
members of the Society but the community at large. An 
Agricultural school was undoubtedly necessary, and he 
thought that as such an institution concerned the pro- 
gress of the colony, the Government would not hesitate 
to give the necessary grant. 
Mr. Watt said that as the motion stood it pledged the 
