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of the Committee, when the various matters referred to 
them for consideration and report would be dealt with. 
The letter from the Rev. W. H. Campbell, Re6tor 
of St. Michael's, on the subje6l of Arrowroot manufac- 
ture, was brought up for consideration, 
The President said he was quite sure the members of 
the Society would be quite ready to extend not only their 
moral support as asked for, but also their praftical help 
in forwarding Mr. Campbell's views. 
The Rev. J. Foreman raised a question as to the right 
of outsiders writing dire6l to the Society, as he thought 
the practice might be abused by being made an adver- 
tising medium. 
Mr. Davis suggested that Mr. Campbell might be asked 
to send a large sample of the Fleur de Lis brand, which 
with the consent of the Exchange Room Directors might 
be exhibited in a show bottle at the Exchange Room, 
where it would attra6l the attention of the Merchants, 
and so probably further Mr. Campbell's views. 
Mr. Cameron mentioned that on his last visit to 
England he took with him samples of the Hopetown 
Arrowroot and had it valued and reported upon by 
brokers in London, where it was valued at 2^d. per lb. 
as against St. Vincent Arrowroot at 5fd. He had also 
communicated to the growers recommendations from 
some of the brokers as to how the quality might be im- 
proved. Unfortunately the Arrowroot shipped from 
Demerara was frequently adulterated with flour and 
cassava starch, which told very much against the name 
of the produ£ts in the English markets. Mr. Cameron 
also mentioned that he had taken with him samples 
of plantain meal and sweet cassava meal, both of which 
