400 TlMEHRI. 
should be a Chamber of Commerce in the colony. He 
thought that the members of the Committee of Corres- 
pondence were not so intimately connected with com- 
merce, as distinct from agriculture, as to form such a body 
as was desirable. He agreed with the motion and 
thought it deserved the support of the Society. 
The motion having been carried unanimously. Mr. 
Davis undertook to put the matter in a workable form 
so that it might be brought forward at the Annual 
Election. 
The thanks of the Society were tendered to Dr. 
Rowland for a copy of the " Hospital Reports ", also to 
Mr. Brown for his offer, through the Colonial Govern- 
ment, of a set of his Forestry Works, which, however , 
were not accepted, as copies had already been presented 
to the Society by the Government last February. 
Mr. Quelch exhibited a specimen of argentiferous 
sandstone from Utah ; a scraper or chisel made of a fossil 
shell from Barbados ; labaria and bushmaster snakes ; 
and the skeleton of a Canje pheasant ; giving some 
interesting information concerning the specimens. 
The meeting then terminated. 
Meeting held on gth August. — Mr. G. H. Hawtayne, 
C.M.G., Vice-President, in the chair. 
There were 10 members present. 
Elections. — Members: Messrs. T. P. Gilbert, P. Dar- 
gan, Major W. T. Walthall, and Rev. James Muir. 
Associates: Messrs. C. D. Bascom, W. 
E. Pasea, C. C. Baker, W. J. Smyth, R. Incledon, 
and W. Shiells. 
The Chairman said that before proceeding to the 
