168 TlMEHRI. 
Meeting held nth May — The Hon'ble Thomas Mul- 
ligan, President, in the chair. 
There were present 13 members. 
His Excellency Sir Henry Turner Irving, K.C.M.G., 
was elected Vice-Patron of the Society. 
The President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer were 
requested to wait on His Excellency, to request his 
acceptance of the office. 
Elections — Ordinary Members — John Menzies, Mau- 
rice I. Coster, F. M. Hodgson, W. P. 
Thackwell. 
Associate — L. H. Miller. 
Mr. D. C. Cameron gave notice of the following motion 
to be proposed by him at the next meeting : — 
" That the Society apply to the Governor and Court of Policy to place 
a certain amount of money, say $2,400, on the Estimates to be submitted 
to the forthcoming session of the Combined Court to be handed to this 
Society, for the purpose of offering premiums to peasant proprietors for 
the shipment of cocoa, coffee, rice, arrowroot, or other products of the 
colony, the marketable value of which shall not be under $1240." 
Treasurer 's Account. — The Treasurer handed in his 
account, which showed that there was a credit balance 
in favour of the Society, of $3,665. 
The Repairs of the Rooms — The President moved a 
vote of thanks to Mr. Conyers, for his services in 
superintending the erection of a new gallery in the 
Society's Rooms. The motion was seconded by Mr. W. 
H. Sherlock, and carried. 
Contributions. — Mr. L. M. Hill presented the Society 
with 21 volumes of books. — The Government Secretary, 
at the direction of the Governor, forwarded a copy of 
the Census of British Guiana, 1881, and the Canadian 
