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marks principally to what might be termed the minor 
industries of the colony, and Mr. Jones to its staple 
products — Sugar and Rum. 
A letter was read from the Secretary to the Council 
of the Meteorological Office dated 8th March, in reply 
to one from the Society in reference to meteorological 
observations, offering to obtain for the Society, at 
a trifle over contra6l prices, the necessary instruments. 
The Secretary was directed to enquire what the 
probable expenditure would be. 
A letter was read from Mr. John McCarthy, Secretary 
to the Trinidad Agricultural Society, asking for a copy 
of the rules, &c, together with any recent publications of 
the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British 
Guiana, in exchange for a quarterly Journal of the Trini- 
dad Society which it was intended shortly to publish. 
The Secretary was direfted to make the exchange 
asked for, by forwarding copies of Timehri to date, and a 
copy of the new catalogue of the Library with rules &c, 
when published. 
The thanks of the Society were accorded to Mr. J. J. 
Quelch, for a copy of a book, of which he is the Author, 
entitled " Report on Reef-Corals, " forming Part 46 of 
the Zoological Results of the voyage of H.M.S. Chal- 
lenger ; and to Mr. Ellis Barton for a copy of his " Table 
of Sugar memoranda with special reference to the Eges- 
tion process'" as patented by him. 
The Curator of the Museum, Mr. J. J. Quelch, exhi- 
bited the following recent additions to the Collection, 
and gave some explanatory remarks on each : — 
1. A yellow-tailed Labarria snake (Trigonocephalus sp.) 9 from the 
Woods at Madony — a very rare form. 
