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orary Secretary who would be only nominally Secretary, 
merely supervising a paid competent Assistant Secretary 
who would pra6lically do all the routine work of the office. 
In reply to the President, Mr. Hill said that under 
such conditions as these with pra6lically no work to do, 
he would be willing to continue in office if the members 
were good enough to desire it. 
Mr. Winter suggested that the time for receiving 
applications for the new office should be extended, so as 
to permit of persons in the Islands or in England 
applying. 
The President said that of course, if they were not 
able to secure the services of a suitable person in the 
colony, it would then be necessary to extend the field 
of operations and seek applications outside the colony. 
A report was read from the Agricultural Committee 
in reference to the establishment of an experimental 
garden for the cultivation of economic plants, suggest- 
ing that instead of acquiring a piece of land up the 
Demerara River, for the purpose, the Government should 
be asked to allow a series of experiments to be carried 
out at the Penal Settlement, where convi6l labour would 
be available ; and also suggesting that before extending 
operations elsewhere, the Government should be urged 
to more efficiently drain the Botanic Gardens. 
A letter was read from the Secretary to the Com- 
mitttee of Correspondence, conveying the thanks of 
Mr. Durden of the State Mining Bureau, California, for 
the specimens of woods forwarded to him. Ordered to 
be taken for notification. 
The eleflion of office-bearers for the ensuing year was 
then proceeded with. On the motion of the President, 
