I96 TlMEHRl. 
Meeting held on 12th February. — Mr. G. H. Haw- 
tayne, C.M.G., Vice-President, in the chair. 
There were 13 members present. 
Elections. — Members : Rev. W. B. Ritchie, S. Vyle. 
Associate : H. S. Davis. 
The Chairman informed the Meeting that a Deputation 
from the Society had waited upon the Governor to ask 
him to become the Vice-Patron of the Society. His 
Excellency had kindly consented to take that Office, and 
informed the Deputation that he would take great 
pleasure in doing everything he could to advance the 
interest and prosperity of the institution. 
The Chairman referred to the letter of Messrs. A. 
Rimmer & Co., who had applied for information as to 
Port Charges of Georgetown, &c, and informed the 
Meeting that the Committee of Correspondence had 
prepared the answers to their request which would be 
forwarded by the Secretary of that Committee. 
The Secretary stated that he had received a letter 
from the Rev. J. Foreman, excusing himself from attend- 
ance at the present Meeting through illness, and asking 
that the motion standing in his name, " that the balances 
on hand at the end of the years 1885, '86, and '87, be 
laid on the table," should be allowed to stand over until 
the next Meeting. 
The Treasurer said that as he had prepared the 
information as far as the books would allow, he would lay 
over the statement at once. As the Society had only a 
Cash Book in 1885 he had only been able to get an 
approximate estimate of the Nett Funds at the end of 
the year 1885. With this proviso the amounts were as 
follows : 
