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Canon Castell, which was carried, and remarked that he 
hoped the gift would stimulate others to forward objects 
of interests for exhibition at the Meetings. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Quelch, Secre- 
tary of the Committee of Correspondence, referring to 
the letter of Messrs. Rimmer & Co., and reporting the 
arrival of a fine collection of minerals from California in 
exchange for the woods sent by the Society. 
The motion of the Treasurer which had been laid over 
from the previous Meeting, "That the amount of $2,000 
voted last year for Agricultural Experiments, not hav- 
ing been used, the vote shall lapse", was then brought 
up. In the absence of the Rev. J. Foreman, the 
Treasurer intimated his willingness to again postpone 
the matter to allow that gentleman to take part in the 
discussion, he having expressed himself adverse to the 
motion. It being the general feeling of the Meeting that 
the matter should be settled it was proceeded with. The 
Treasurer said that as the amount of $2,000 was insuffi- 
cient for any practical Agricultural Experiments it could 
be applied to better advantage in increasing the useful- 
ness of the Museum and Library. Since the amount of 
the Subscriptions had been reduced the income of the 
Society would barely cover its expenditure. If they got 
rid of the $5,000 accumulated in former years, they 
would be living from hand to mouth and have no funds 
to repair or paint the buildings, or make any improve- 
ments. The Agricultural Committee had said that the 
amount was inadequate, and that being the case, he 
would now move that the vote should lapse. 
In seconding the motion Mr. S. Bellairs stated, that 
the amount being too small for any practical purpose, he 
