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Trade, Commerce and Agriculture of the colony, pre- 
pared by the Committee according to the requirements 
of, and suitable for insertion in, the Board of Trade 
Journal. Ordered to be forwarded to the Government 
Secretary. 
In the absence of Mr. Howell Jones the motion, in 
reference to the trade in bananas and other fruits, stand- 
ing in his name, was allowed to stand over. 
The Rev. J Foreman moved the resolution of which 
he had given notice, as follows : — 
That the offer made by the Hon. B. Howell Jones of 12 barrels of 
limes for exportation, be accepted by this 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 
may deem best, and to report the result to the Secretary of this Society. 
His obje6l in making this motion was to endeavour to 
find a suitable market for limes, which, he was informed, 
were grown in great quantities in several parts of the 
colony, and for which there was no trade opening what- 
ever. It w r as a question to be decided which was the 
most profitable mode to deal with the fruit, whether to 
ship the expressed juice or the limes themselves. 
The motion was seconded by Mr. Hawtayne, who 
referred to the prominent part played by the island of 
Montserrat in last year's exhibition in regard to limes 
and lime-juice, and to the large quantities of the fruit 
and concentrated juice annually shipped from that 
island. 
Mr. Kelly, as Chairman of the Agricultural Committee, 
mentioned that the Committee had already accepted 
Mr. Jones's offer, and intended making arrangements for 
shipping 10 or 12 barrels to the States and to England. 
Mr. Cameron, Mr. Garnett and the Vice-President 
