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having been given, — that the sum of $3,000 be placed on the Supple- 
mentary Estimates for the purpose of holding Exhibitions in the Country 
Distrifts 
The amended motion having been duly seconded by- 
Mr. F. A. R. Winter it was put to the vote, and carried 
unanimously. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. T. C. Duggin, 
offering to sell the Chart of the Upper Berbice River, 
which had been exhibited at the previous meeting, for 
the sum of $100. For the purpose of encouraging 
researches of this kind the Secretary moved that the 
sum of $25 be offered, but the motion not being seconded, 
he was ordered to return the chart to its owner. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. W. Walker 
in which the balance to the credit of the Society was shown 
to amount to £86 14s. nd., and asking for a remittance 
of £50 or £60. Mr. Walker was glad to notice that 
attention was being directed to the development of the 
Fruit Trade in this colony. 
The Secretary read a letter from the Government Sec- 
retary referring to a set of J. C. Brown's works on 
Forestry which had been presented to the Government, 
and forwarded by it to the Society. The Secretary was 
directed to forward the thanks of the Society to the 
Government Secretary for the present. 
A second letter from the Government Secretary was 
read acquainting the Society that the case containing 
Lord Vernon's "Dante's Inferno" had arrived in the 
colony, and enclosing bill of costs for binding, freight, 
&c, amounting to £4 3s. 9d. The thanks of the Society 
were accorded for the donation. The Treasurer was 
directed to pay the account. 
