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by Mr. Pomeroy. Dock Master, Bristol, were duly 
acknowledged. 
Proposed Evening Meetings. — The President said, 
with regard to the proposed evening meetings, he was 
unable to state at present when the first would be held. 
Corresponding Member. — A letter from Mr. Swann, 
United States Consul, St. Petersburg, was received, in 
which he expressed a desire to get the Society's publica- 
tions. Ordered that Mr. Swann be elected a corres- 
ponding member. 
Medal Case- — The Secretary called attention to a 
handsome case he had had made by Mehler & Co. to 
contain the Exhibition medals won by the Society at the 
several Exhibitions in which it had taken part. The case 
was much admired. 
The Balata Industry. — The Secretary laid over a 
letter from the Government Secretary, forwarding copy 
of a despatch from the Secretary of State covering 
papers from Kew Gardens, on Dr. Hugo Muller's views 
on the balata industry. 
The members were of opinion that the promotion of 
the balata industry was entirely in the hands of the Gov- 
ernment, and the Society could not affecl: it in any way. 
Colonial Exhibition. — The Secretary said he had 
written to Mr. Walker, the Society's representative in 
London, asking him to engage 5000 square feet of space 
at the Colonial Exhibition to be held in London next 
year. 
Medals. — The Secretary read the following letter sent 
to the Government Secretary : — 
British Guiana Emigration Agency. No. 8, Garden Reach, Calcutta, 
6th June, 1885. Sir,— I have the honour to inform you that I have sent 
to the Crown Agents for the Colonies by Parcel Post two packets 
