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motion on the understanding that the original notice 
would still stand good in the name of the Rev. John 
Foreman, and he himself then gave notice of the fol- 
lowing motion : — 
That the Directors be requested to subscribe the sum of $240 in aid 
of the fund for the erection in this City of a Permanent Memorial of 
Her Majesty's Jubilee." 
A letter from Mr. J.S. Corregan, Whitemouth, Manitoba, 
dated 31st August, addressed to the Minister of Agri- 
culture, but which was delivered to, and opened by, the 
Secretary, was read, asking for information as to the 
resources of the colony, cost of passage &c, on behalf 
of some persons desirous of emigrating to Guiana. 
Ordered that the letter be referred to the Agricultural 
Committee. 
Extra6ts from Mr. Walker's letters of 7th and 20th 
September, referring to the Venezuela Boundary question 
were read. After referring to Mr. Hugh Watts's intended 
visit to the West Indies to make himself personally 
acquainted with their position and requirements, Mr 
Walker writes : — 
As this gentleman is taking an active and practical interest in the 
question of the Boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela, I 
hope he may be induced to include British Guiana in his travels. 
I take the opportunity to suggest that the Royal Agricultural and 
Commercial Society might materially assist his endeavours to keep this 
question under the consideration of H. M. Government, by taking action 
in their corporate capacity in support of the agitation now on foot in 
this country. It is long since I hinted at the feasibility and desirability 
of the Society undertaking the functions of a local Chamber of Com- 
merce, in which case such a subject would legitimately and naturally 
have come within the scope of their deliberations (September 7th.) 
You will doubtless notice that Mr. Darnell Davis is a contributor in 
the columns of the Colonies and India to the literature of the 
Venezuelan boundary question, and I am enabled to say that a further 
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