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these be analysed by Prof. Harrison in connexion with the most 
saleable brands used in the colony, and then the bulk be given to a 
baker who will undertake to make a most careful comparative experi- 
ment with bread, &c. 
ARTHUR WEBER, Chairman. 
F. A. R. WINTER. 
^NEAS D. MACKAY. 
THOMAS DALY. 
R. W. EDWARDS. 
B. S. BAYLEY. 
Meeting held on the 15th December. — Hon. A. Weber, 
President, in the chair. 
There were 22 members present. 
The Secretary read the annexed report of the Agri- 
cultural Committee. 
Mr. Howell Jones said in reference to this report that 
he was sorry to say that the Committee had only 
met twice that year. This was not very creditable, and 
he thought they should meet oftener as there were 
always matters of interest cropping up in connection 
with agriculture. He would however, only call attention 
then to the resolution of the Committee in regard to an 
assistant for Professor Harrison, the Government Chem- 
ist. No one who had followed that gentleman's work 
during the last three years could help appreciating 
it. With the aid of Mr. Jenman he had carried on a 
most interesting series of experiments on seedling canes, 
and this had been done in addition to his other work, 
A great deal of his time was taken up in routine work 
that could be done by an assistant. Under the Food 
Adulteration Act, which had been passed some time ago, 
provision was made for such assistance, but nothing had 
