360 TlMEHRI, 
The Assistant Secretary was directed to reply that the 
Society would do all in its power to assist Dr. Paasche. 
The meeting then terminated. 
Meeting held on the 13th Oclober. — Hon. A. Weber, 
President in the chair. 
There were 21 members present. 
Elections. — Members : Messrs. Richd. N .Blandy and 
H. Amson. 
Associates : John B. Humphrey, D. C. 
Cameron, Percy Vyfhuis, B. H. Bayley, J. S, Men- 
donca, Edgar Furbush, and J. R. R. Niles. 
Mr. T. S. Hargreaves gave notice of motion as 
follows : — 
"That the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society take into 
consideration whether it would not be advisable to urge the Govern- 
ment to offer inducements to persons to experiment in the cultivation 
of tobacco on the Essequebo and Potaro — vide Professor Harrison's 
Report.' 1 
The Secretary read a letter from the Government 
Secretary covering a Circular from the U.S. Government 
containing queries as to cotton cultivation in the colony^ 
The Secretary was directed to reply that no cotton 
was grown here, and therefore the queries could not be 
answered. 
A second letter from the Government, covering the 
11 Kew Bulletin*' for July and August 1892, and calling 
attention to the " Report on Cane Borers in the West 
Indies" therein contained, was also read. 
The President thought this report should be of great 
interest to the planters, and on the suggestion of Mr. 
Mncas Mackay it was referred to the Agricultural Com- 
