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useful piece of machinery, which would be able to extend 
the usefulness of the Society to a very great degree. 
The Secretary read an extra6l from a letter from Mr. 
W. Walker, in which, referring to the present motion, 
he said, " it appears to me to be a contributory step 
" towards the constitution of a Chamber of Commerce, 
" the expediency of which I have long recognised." 
The motion was carried unanimously, and ordered to 
be duly advertised in the Official Gazette. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH GUIANA. 
In conformity with Ordinance No. 19, Anno 1866, Chap. 13, the 
following additions tc the Bye-Laws of the Society are published for 
general information : — 
Schedule A, Chap. XI. 
5. There shall be a Committee to consist of not less than ten (of 
whom the Exchange Rooms Directors shall be three), and not more 
than twenty-four members of the Society, and to be called " The 
Commercial Committee." 
6. Such Committee shall in the first instance be elected at a General 
Meeting of the Society, but shall have power to fill up vacancies in its 
own body, and to add to its number, subject to revision at a general 
meeting of the Society. The Committee shall thereafter be elected 
annually at the general meeting of the Society in December. 
7. The Committee so elected shall, at its first meeting, appoint a 
Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, and a Secretary. At all meetings three 
members shall constitute a quorum. 
8. The Commercial Committee shall endeavour to promote, as far as 
possible, the improvement of the trade of the Colony, and shall collect 
and disseminate information tending to develop and increase the 
resources of the Colony. 
LUKE M. HILL, Hon. Secretary. 
Georgetown, 061. 20th, 1888. 
Mr. Jacob Conrad brought forward his motion for the 
definition of the word " political/' as it is used in section 
6, of the Society's Ordinance of Incorporation, of 
which due notice had been given at the previous Meeting. 
