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Society to carry out the project : he would vote for it 
if it was understood that the Committee was only to 
take it into consideration. 
The President agreed to strike out the words " and 
makes arrangements to carry out" with the consent of 
his seconder. The motion then read 
"That this Society takei into consideration the establishment of an 
Agricultural School for the agricultura leducation of the peasantry of 
this colony, to be under the supervision of the Society.'' 
Mr. Conrad, the Hon. N. D. Davis and Mr. R. G. 
Duncan spoke in favour of the motion, which was put to 
the vote and carried unanimously. 
The following gentlemen were then nominated by the 
President as a Committee to consider the matter, and 
approved bv the meeting : — 
Prof. J. B. Harrison, Hon. A. Weber, Hon. E. C. 
Luard, Hon. D. M. Hutson, Hon. A. Barr, Messrs. S. R. 
Cochran, Jas. Gillespie, Wm. Marr, Jacob Conrad, Geo. 
Garnett, R. G. Duncan and E. Percival, with power to 
add to their number. 
Mr. ^Eneas D. Mackay called attention to the fa6l that 
a stigma had been cast on Canadian flour in this Market, 
it being stated that it does not keep so well as that 
from the United States. 
The President having asked Mr. Mackay to bring 
forward a motion on the subject, Mr. Mackay gave notice 
as follows : 
" That in view of expected closer relations between this colony and 
the Dominion of Canada, it is advisable that this Society appoint a 
Committee to investigate certain allegations that have been made as to 
the unsuitability of Canadian flour for this market on account of its not 
keeping good as long as that from the United States." 
A communication from Mr. W. P. Abell in reply to 
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