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paring a programme which would embrace the next six 
months with the exception of October, when he had ex- 
pected to get Mr. Sargent to say something on " Time 
and Timekeepers." That gentleman being, however, 
unable to do so on account of ill-health, a friend of his 
would probably come forward with such a Lecture, to 
whom Mr. Sargent would give every assistance. Mean- 
while, October had been left blank and the list stood 
as follows : — 
July 
J. Rodway 
Collecting, Old and New. 
August 
Dr. Ferguson 
Health in the Tropics. 
September 
E. E. H. Francis... 
Metamorphoses of Matter. 
Oaober ... 
November 
S. Vyle 
Eleftricity at Work. 
December... 
L. M. Hill 
Utilisation of Waste Substances. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. J. Freyssinier 
of Santiago de Cuba, calling attention to an overcharge 
of $3 20 on a message of ten words by the West India 
and Panama Telegraph Company. This overcharge 
affecting Demerara as well as Cuba, the writer asked 
that the Chamber of Commerce, to which the letter had 
been addressed, should take up the matter, 
The Vice-President asked Mr. Vyle for information on 
the matter, to which that gentleman replied that he had 
written an article bearing on the same matter for the 
forthcoming number of Ttmehri, and he would like 
that article to be read in connection with it. 
The letter was referred to the Exchange Room 
Directors. 
The Rev. J. Foreman then asked the question of which 
due notice had been given at the previous Meeting : — 
What steps had been taken to prevent the use of the Reading Rooms 
or Exchange Room by those gentlemen whose names had been struck 
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