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The chairman mentioned that steps were being taken 
to bring the matter of the curatorship before the Court of 
Policy, and that a resolution would be submitted having 
for its object to create the curator of the Museum and 
secretary to the Committee of Correspondence an official 
or public officer, as the best means of getting a man of 
first-rate ability, who would not be likely to be enticed 
away to join some other branch of the public service. 
The Exhibition Medals. — The secretary reported the 
arrival from England of a portion of the medals awarded 
at the late Local Exhibition, and mentioned that the box 
had not been opened, as it was desired to check the 
contents with the list kept by Mr. im Thurn when the 
medals were ordered. 
Amsterdam. Exhibition. — A letter from the Govern- 
ment Secretary, dated 25th ultimo, was read, acknow- 
ledging receipt of the Society's letter dated nth ultimo 
enclosing a copy of a communication from Mr. W. 
Walker on the subject of British Guiana being repre- 
sented at the International Exhibition to be held in Am- 
sterdam in 1883, and acquainting the Society in reply 
that the Governor does not propose to ask for a vote of 
public money for the purpose in question. 
The secretary stated that he had, with some difficulty, 
been enabled to send a copy of that letter to Mr. Walker 
by the mail which left on the 25th ultimo, as he believed 
that it was important not to lose time in communicating 
to him the fact that this colony would not be represented 
at the Exhibition. 
It was then agreed that the Society had done every- 
thing that it could to secure the representation of the 
