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for the extension of the Society's premises had been 
given to Mr. Pooler, and that the work would be supervised 
by Messrs. F. A. Conyers and L. M. Hill. The contract 
gave three months for the execution of the work but he 
hoped it would be finished in less time than that. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Quelch, Secre- 
tary of the Committee of Correspondence, to the effect 
that Prize Lists of the Buxton Exhibition and new 
posters had been distributed throughout the colony. 
Mr. N. D. Davis asked that the attention of the 
members be drawn to the fact that the next meeting 
would be that for the election of officers, and he hoped 
that as many as possible would be present to show their 
interest in the election. 
The President said he would be happy to do as Mr. 
Davis suggested ; he thought that all the members should 
be interested in the election of office-bearers for the 
ensuing year. He hoped the attendance at the next 
meeting would be large. 
Capt. E. T. White asked permission to speak on the 
Banana Industry. He thanked the Society for recom- 
mending his petition to the Combined Court and stated 
they were all aware that $25,000 had been voted by that 
Court. He had written to his correspondents in Boston 
giving them information of that vote, but had not as yet 
received any answer. The amount was so ridiculously 
small that he should not wonder if they put the letter 
aside and thought no more about it. They all knew 
what Jamaica had done, giving £5,000 a year for 
five years, and what had been the result ; and he was 
confident that if the Government here would be liberal, 
there would be an increase in the revenue as well as an 
