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not feasible. The latter question had called forth a 
great deal of discussion and he saw from the notice of 
motion just handed in by Mr. Conrad that it was to be 
brought before them again. 
Two papers had been read before the Society, the first 
by Mr. Nevile Lubbock on his Mission to Washington in 
connection with the admission of our sugars into the 
United States, and the second by Mr. Abell on his 
Automatic Megass Firemen. There had been also two 
popular le6lures in the evening, by the Hon. Dr. Car- 
rington, assisted by the Hon. E. C. Luard,on the English 
Cathedrals, and by the Rev. Canon Josa on some Indian 
customs. All these gentlemen deserved the best thanks 
of the Society and he was sure they would all agree with 
him that the papers and lectures were of great interest. 
They hoped to be able to continue the series of Popular 
Le6lures, and by making them a little more popular and 
less scientific to have a wider field for selection. There 
had been a Conversazione in August — an entirely new 
feature — and he believed the large number that attended 
were highly gratified. He hoped they would soon be 
able to have another as everyone then present expressed 
their desire to have it repeated. The Exposition Com- 
mittee had been doing good work and the exhibits, which 
were very numerous, would soon be ready. The Gover- 
nor had not yet appointed a Commissioner in place of 
Mr. Howell Jones, but he hoped that an arrangement 
would soon be made. 
The library had received an accession of over eight 
hundred volumes, some of which had been bought from 
the estate of the late Mr. A. Campbell. Besides an 
extra grant for these, there had been another special 
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