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After a few remarks from the Chairman the motion 
was put to the vote and lost. 
The Treasurer gave notice of the following motion : — 
That the amount of $2,ooo, voted last year for Agricultural experi- 
ments, not having been used, the vote shall lapse. 
The Rev. J. Foreman gave notice of the following 
motion : — 
That the balance on hand at the end of the years 1885, '86, '87, be laid 
on the table. 
Mr. T. Daly gave notice of the following motion : — 
That application be made to the Government for the sum of $2,000 
for Exhibition purposes, and that $1,000 be placed at the disposal of 
the Committee of Correspondence, for the purpose of holding Local 
Exhibitions on the East & West Coasts of Demerara. 
Mr. N. D. Davis gave notice of the following 
motion : — 
To move at the General Meeting in April next that provisions be 
made in the Society's Bye-Laws for the Annual Election of a Com- 
mercial Committee., 
The Chairman referred to the letter of the Govern- 
ment Secretary in reply to the request of the Society for 
specimens of woods, &c, to be supplied to the Society 
through the medium of the Government Botanist. He 
thought that as the specimens were for the Museum, the 
expenses of collection should be borne by the Government. 
The Secretary was directed to communicate to the 
Government Secretary ; requesting that the Government 
Botanist be asked to procure specimens of Forest Trees 
as occasion offers. 
The following Paper by Mr. W. P. Abell on the 
" Causes of Boiler Explosions " was taken as read : — 
In my last paper on boilers, I proposed reading a few notes on their 
seating ; but in putting these together it struck me as more appropriate 
to pass a few remarks on the worst effedts of seatings, viz : — explosions, 
