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sidered that the motion by the Hon. B. Howell Jones did 
not cover the one he had intended to move which dealt 
more particularly with the export trade. 
A letter from Mr. R. J. Kelly was read, explaining 
that in consequence of illness he had not been able to 
hold a meeting of the Agricultural Committee, to 
discuss the Banana question, on the subjea of which a 
series of queries had been sent out by the Com- 
mittee. He also expressed an opinion that, from 
information received, it appeared that the land kindly 
offered by Mr. Howell Jones at Pin. Houston for experi- 
mental purposes was not suitable for the Society's 
requirements. 
The Secretary stated that he had received a letter 
from Mr. Quelch, the Curator of the Museum, expressing 
regret that owing to indisposition he was unable to be 
present at the meeting ; he had intended to exhibit 
some recent interesting additions to the Museum including 
specimens of inseas from the Demerara River, coined 
and presented by Mr. Commissary Swain, and by Mrs. 
Jenman. He also reported that the specimens of native 
woods, referred to at the previous meeting, had been 
forwarded by s.s. Barracouta to Mr. Durden, Secretary 
of the State Mining Bureau, California. 
Mr. Hawtayne moved the following motion :— 
«« That His Excellency the Governor be asked to supply through 
the Government Botanist, specimens of our hardwood and other 
woods, in seaions with bark, leaves, inflorescence and seeds, on cards 
similar to those exhibited by the Japanese Government at the Forestry 
Exhibition in Edinburgh, and by the Government of South Australia at 
the Colonial and Indian Exhibition of 1886, for the purpose of exchange 
with Museums and Associations." 
Mr. Hawtayne thought that by exchanging such 
