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of the Board of Trade Journal, two copies of which were 
forwarded at the same time as specimen numbers. 
Ordered, the matter to be referred to the Committee of 
Correspondence, with a recommendation that they 
appoint a sub-Committee to draw up an Annual Report 
on the Trade, Commerce, and Agriculture of the colony 
for the purpose of the Board of Trade Journal. 
The meeting then terminated. 
Meeting held ioth March. — Henry Kirke, M.A., 
B.C.L., President, in the chair. 
There were 14 members present. 
Elections. — Members : A. Kingdon, H. P. Hodgkinson, 
and B. R. Clarke. 
Associates : John Flett, John Logan, J. A. S. 
Quail, N. Chapman, E. G. Farnum, and Thomas 
Watson. 
The Secretary read a circular from Mr. D. Morris of 
Kew, on Fruit shipments from the Colonies, accompanied 
with a set of questions asking for information on the 
subje£t of fruit supply in the colony. The Secretary 
explained that this circular had escaped attention at the 
previous meeting, being attached to other printed circu- 
lars from the Colonial Office, relating to the Board of 
Trade Journal, forwarded through the Government 
Secretary's Office. 
Mr. Conyers gave his experience of successfully pre- 
serving for a considerable time specimens of cassava 
and plantains embedded in moist earth and sand. 
Mr. Nind explained that this was a mode frequently 
adopted for preserving seeds and other botanical speci- 
mens for transmission to other countries ; but feared 
