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carried— the nomination of the Committee being left in 
the hands of the President and Vice-President. 
The Chairman said the next matter on the agenda of 
the day was to decide about the continuation of the 
night opening of the Reading-Rooms, which during 
the experimental period of six months did not appear 
to have been appreciated by the members, the average 
attendance being only a little over four persons per 
night, gradually falling away from six in February, to 
only three per night in June— the expenditure involved 
being about $20 per month. 
The Secretary having stated, in answer to an enquiry, 
that the attendance was somewhat above the average on 
mail nights and the night following, 
Mr. George Garnett moved and Mr. Daly seconded 
" that for a period of three months from the 1st August the 
Reading-Rooms be opened only on the nights of arrival 
of the English mail and following night." The motion 
was carried. 
The Hon. B. Howell Jones gave notice of the following 
motion : — 
The trade in bananas and other fruit being one which might be of 
great advantage to the colony, be it resolved— 
That the Agricultural Committee correspond with the Boston Fruit 
Buyers Association, and any other such Society in America, and obtain 
any information in reference to the fruit trade which would be applicable 
to this colony. 
The Rev. J. Foreman gave notice of the following 
motion : — 
"That the offer made by the Hon. B. H. Jones of 12 barrels of 
Umes for exportation, be accepted by the Society ; and that the Agri- 
cultural Committee be requested to send these limes to Europe and 
North America, in such manner and in such quantities as the Committee 
