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experimental ones, and although they all came from one 
place they were of different varieties. 
The President thought the difference would probably 
be accounted for by Mr. Francis' explanation, and again 
called attention to the desirability of such papers as that 
in question, for which the thanks of the Society had 
already been voted, and he could only say how much he 
had been interested in it. 
The thanks of the Society were presented for the 
following donations to the library : — " Annual Register" 
1780-1827, 50 volumes, from the Executors of the late 
W.H.Campbell; "The Caribbean Confederation," by 
C. S. Salmon, from the author ; " Birds of British 
Guiana," 8 parts, from H. Whitely. 
The Secretary of the Committee of Correspondence 
laid on the table a number of the Annual Reports of 
the State Mineralogist of California together with some 
photographs of gold mining works presented by the 
State Mining Bureau of California. 
The Librarian laid on the table a very interesting 
collection of Dutch and German works bearing on the 
early history of Guiana, which had been lately bought in 
Holland. They consisted of early descriptions of Guiana, 
Charters of the West India Company, accounts of the 
slave insurrection in Berbice, &c, many of them official 
documents and a few MS. 
The meeting then terminated. 
ERRATA. 
On page 101, line 21, for Haytia read Hayti. 
„ ,, 102, ,, 1, ,, Commandant read Commodore. 
„ „ 144, ,, 11, leave out Pimento. 
