Report of the Meetings of the Society. 
Meeting held on 12th July. — Mr. G. H. Hawtayne, 
C.M.G., Vice-President, in the chair. 
There were 16 members present. 
Elections. — Members : Joseph E. Collier, W. D.Young, 
W. D. Ithell, Rev. Thos. Slater and Wm. Nicholl. 
Associates : Manoel De Cairos, N. A. 
Forster, J. A. Massiah, J. J. Gordon, H. A. Cameron, 
J. B. C. Belmonte and D. Robertson. 
The Secretary read a communication from the Com- 
mittee of Correspondence stating that it had been decided 
to hold the first Country Exhibition during the month of 
March 1889, at some place on the East Coast, and that 
the prizes were to be given to Agricultural labourers 
and mechanics and artisans, for the best kept cottages, 
&c, and also for fruit, vegetables, &c. 
The Vice-President in answer to a question of the 
Rev. J. Foreman, stated that it was expected that the 
whole of the Government grant of $1,000 would be spent 
on this Exhibition, and that it was probable that an 
annual vote of the same amount would be forthcoming. 
After a slight discussion in which Messrs. Davis, 
Cameron and Quelch took part, the details were left 
to be settled by the Committee of Correspondence and 
to be reported on later. 
The Vice-President as representing the Lecture Com- 
mittee reported that he had applied to several gentlemen, 
who, he thought, might be willing to assist the Society in 
giving the Series of Lectures, and had succeeded in pre- 
