Report of Society's Meetings. 221 
Jamaica had become so profitable that the subsidy had 
been dropped. 
Mr. Jones then moved : — 
That the Society address a letter to the Government supporting 
Captain White's petition, and recommending that a subsidy be given 
to a line of Steamers carrying fruit from this port to any port of the 
United States. 
The motion having been du!y seconded by the Presi- 
dent, it was carried unanimously, and the Secretary was 
directed to forward a communication to the Government 
to the proper effe6l. 
The President gave notice of motion that at the 
next General Meeting, he would move : — 
That Schedule A, Chap. i. Clause 2 be amended to read as follows : — 
2. The Society shall consist of Honorary Members, Ordinary Mem- 
bers, Associates, and Corresponding Members of either sex. 
The thanks of the Society were given to the Govern- 
ment for two copies of Sawkins & Brown's Geological 
Survey of British Guiana, and to Mr. J. B. Finney for a 
copy of Seaton's Marine Engineering, and also to Mr. 
T. Watt for a copy of the first part of the Annals of 
Guiana. 
The Meeting then terminated. 
Meeting held on nth May. — Mr. P. H. Nind, M.A., 
President, in the chair. 
There were 1 1 members present. 
Elections. — Members : Rev. James P. Taylor, T. W. 
Hutton, Harry Garnett. 
Associates: Charles Crumpton, James H. 
Jones, George R. Greene, Charles Bosch Reitz, 
C. H. Simpson. 
