320 TlMEHRI. 
The President having asked how the matter at pre- 
sent stood with reference to the Exhibition, the secretary 
stated that so far as this Society was concerned, a com- 
munication from the Government Secretary on the sub- 
ject of the Exhibition, dated 2nd June, had been read ; 
and in accordance with the instructions then given he 
had written to the Government Secretary on 9th June 
stating the views of the Society with reference to the 
Exhibition, and offering on behalf of the Society to do 
whatever might be in their power to promote the object 
in view, if adequate funds are provided and placed at 
their disposal, but that no answer to that letter had yet 
been received. 
The secretary was directed to call the attention of the 
Government Secretary to the letter of the 9th of June, 
and to forward a copy of the communication now read, 
with a request that some decision may be made as 
soon as possible. 
An Agricultural Experiment — The secretary then 
read a communication received from Mr. Alexander 
Winter, of Berbice, " on the action of lime on the clay 
soils of the colony", intended as a contribution to the 
Society's journal. 
On the motion of Mr. Russell, it was unanimously 
agreed that the best thanks of the Society should be given 
to Mr. Winter for his most interesting communication. * 
Donations. — The following donations to the Society 
were announced and thanks ordered to be given to the 
donors : — 
Barbados Agricultural Gazette of 1st July, with Meteorological 
Tables to date. -From His Honour Mr. Justice King. 
* See p. 300. 
