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to him observed that, while to some extent the Exhi- 
bition in Calcutta, as far as British Guiana was con- 
cerned, had led to good results, it had not been as suc- 
cessful as it ought to have been, or as it might have 
been, if there had been more time spared in preparing 
the exhibits and sending them away in proper order. As 
it was, they did not reach him more than ten days 
before the exhibition was opened, and at a time when 
all the cabinet makers and such persons whose services 
were most required, were already engaged. It was there- 
fore impossible for him to put the British Guiana 
Court in such a good condition as he would have liked 
to see it. There was some satisfaction, however, in the 
number of awards given to the colony. He might also 
say that it was very important indeed that British Guiana 
had been represented at the Calcutta Exhibition, as 
there was not one in a million — he might say ten millions, 
there that knew anything whatever of the colony, even 
among many of those who it was considered ought to 
have been well informed. He also thought it had done 
some good in the promotion of emigration to this colony, 
and that, he thought, was of the greatest importance. 
He admitted that he had felt hurt at the absence 
of recognition of his services ; but he was willing to 
accept the Society's vote of thanks as full com- 
pensation. 
The Campbell Memorial. — The Secretary said that a 
good deal of correspondence regarding the proposed 
Campbell memorial had passed between himself and Mr. 
Walker the Society's resident Director in London, who 
had been directed to procure the services of an eminent 
artist who would undertake to execute an oil painting 
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