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ST. TUOMASi Affricnltural Soele^. PurftMll* PrtbUa Nstlat, i Medini wu kald at Um 1>Jb«l SfantiM Ho«M, 8t Thonia, Wtdaaiday. Oalokw ttrd, ISaOi lor the piraoMof nitbUihiiif in .^^ rtcuttit- ral MtUiji, to be edbd "Th* Sunt Thooua Branch of llMtMrfraOiatfielAaiimdMral Soeialj." of which the HouMbb Colonal Talboi it Pairtm .' and to appoint Of- tan fcr lh«pi«Mnt ytar— whan Mn Samuel Eeclea wai «alM to dto Chair, and Ml. Thomaa Uutohinsnn wai ap- INtatod to act as Secmaijr. That Ihli SMiWy shall conilsi of ■ Pnaident, Vice Freaidenii, and Ti«unre>. a camming of Management, a Seeretarr, Correiponding Secratariei, Ud Memben, to be annually elected at the gaaaral Meel^ iof ) the fallowing peteon* were appointed :— PRESIDENT— Ma. SmrEL EccLsa, TREASURER— Mb. Ami>bw 8«it^. VICE PRESIDENTS. JlKn'er Jamn Mc^tieitt RidtarJ D, Drake, JMnaBtkitr, Robert BUxckuuch aniiikali^H'ei* «>'!te>Q«d, •t'Ki.ia. we leak too muehieo expeci "» pri- vnMiniporUum of M o< i i4 r WSni^ wfli bm—A for rrany years, f In recoemiandingat prCfenl the ijH^rtation ol' Horned Cattle only, we are not blind to the neceulty of improving our 6hee^ an4|Pi^. but from (he leaaer ri(.k and expenae attending tlio Importation of (teae i di- innls, n'.^ny Kurmera emigrating 10 (his Provinte, bring some with them, tliey are alao more prolific, and more easily distributed through the eounlry — conaequcnily tbe improvement in tlieao breeds of animals ia now mucb more apparent than in Horned Cattle. Wiih Ibeae viewa we eoiifine onr recommendationa at preaeni tu the importa- tion uf Horned Caltlaof a pure Breed, lo be decided oH at the next Ueneral Meeting nf the Mcnibcrs, and we are At a meetinfj cf the Committee of Management of the St. Thomas Agricuhural Sodely. held at the Mansion House, 8t. Viomae, on Saturday the 2nd November,— a wot Rooltiei^— That Mr. George Claris, Mr. J. K. Laballe, and Mr. Wm. Webb, be requested lo.draw up Ruica and Regulationa fortljls Sucirty, and also to report to the propoial lei) for the ronaideretiun of the Slociety at ita first Meeting, and In have 200 copies of such Rulia end Report printed and circnlnted. They ncre also re- 1 queated to Mieluae a printed fill m of the rules end repor« 10 the firflowing Oenllemen, earnestly requeiiiing them to | Bolicit and collect aubacripiiona and forward ihe amount to| the Treaaurer at S.. Thomas— and that a Public Meeting ahall be called on the second Saturday of January, 1810, at the Talbot Mansion House. Saint Thomaa, at teti o'clock in the fnrcnuun, to deride on the Rules and Report there to be produced, at which Meeting it ia required all Maaibera will give their attendance. tir^its^,;':?.^ r T*^'"^^ 'r'r ^'" i^s;;i^ntr:zs;: '"""■ ""l-''^"' ^- ^» f---- -.huut^any charge bu. travellinS --' -• .iMui.vrii. I expenses; and we recommend fha* a coruspondence .„wJ'in;^'I;7™„''h!r"LM?'7"p"''" ^"".f^'^ '»•"' miy be entered into by some member or mei^era of tbia a^ubscripliona can be Candidalcs for Premion.i at Ihe annual : ^. ,„ ^^^^^^-^ J'^e price animals may bTpurchased i,'..^ Ti,-. «- j'j . .r n u 11 • .u • for anu the expense of tranaportalion to Montreal. Then. in,P,^Z".7Tv i ' ^ "f"''^^","""'' V*:?" 8"'* '''*," if 'he funda oVihe PocietvU found aufficient, we recomi hl A , rvr^l' . 1," 'L«"'"P""" "f "?« A"'r'' mend that four Yearling Julia and two Heifm be pur- t4ore'L"dt'; ' xiibhroT'"'' '" ""'""• """*»-<» •"" -P""-'- S^ Col. Palierann, Dmuiich Mr. Joahua Bobiar, do " Robert Thompson, di> " Trunran Wateie, aavlhtcold. •' Levi Powler do '• Georce Rihb, do •« Ueorge Elliott, do Majcr Jamea McQueen, do Mr. Robert BlaekwooJ, do Captain R. D. Drake, do Edward £nnaitn(«r, Eeq. Andrew Smith, Esq. St Thma$ do Meurs McKay, do Jtfeasr*. Hope end Hodge, Mr. John Weaileke, do do .. T..I \ar.ia- tftris TT ^Tl^i ao " Samuel Harris, StuthmU, " Joaeph Siicoi, do •• Henrjr Pejme* do " lehaAUwortb, intci they days before ilia doy of exhibition. SrxTM.-Aiiy Member wiio under falao pretences en-j By imponingthisnnmberweareofopinion.lh»l(WUboni deavow to oblam a Premhim, sbali be forever excluded unfon8eenacCidenls)afntureirtip«rtalionofHomerfCatUe this ..ociely. n^ld not be nerrasarv (or many years ; as. by chSnging Ihe station of the four 1)ulls, they would be equally bene- ficial tu the end of twelve years as Ihe flrct yesr, and may then be sold fur the benefit of the Society ; besidea which, having two Heifers, the Suoiety may breed Bull* to anc- ceed Ihe imported ones ; and alao, aome ht sRte, *bioh would eventually become a aonrce of pecuniary benefit. We further are of opinion, that in two or three yenn the Socisly may (toy adopliiif; ibi* (aethod) be enabled lo im- Society. SfRVRKTii — That a Comtaittee of Management ahall meet on the day beforo the annual General Meeting in September, fur the purpose of arranging the business thereof, and that all new lawa, or rules, or alterationa of laws or rules, and all nev. bounties or premiums, or alieraliona of bounties or premiums, shall be propoaed to the Committee at thia ineetiiig, and shall be appmveu of and recommended by It l»ilw Aaaual General Meeting before ihey can be adopted. That all accounts of this|po,t oneor two thorough-bred HOrsea, which would be Bocieiy ahall bo examined and l)slanred by the Committee| the meana of greatly benefliing the Society and Iba atlhiannieeiit;g,and»hallbe produced fairly wriiien out/ country. Should Ibeae plana be auecessfally adopted, signed by Ihe Chairman and two olher membcra of the „nd , further importation be considered unnecessary, the Committee, to the Annual General Meeting, and Aai aaid Society may then give PrcmiuitM iq caah ; but till that yommitlea ahal. on that day appoint Judgea neceaaary fur time, we feel confident aoch prenii|B|p abould be withbsld: deciding Premiums, and Slcwa'da to superinttad Ihe ar . - . >. "^^ rangementof gioek, 4tc, exhibited. Five members of Ihe Committee sitall consliluls a Quorum. Eighth — That the Secrelary aliall attend all meelinga of thie Saeiety, and its Committee ahall make minutes of all ita resolutiona and Iranssctions. and <|nter thorn fairly in its Journal. Thrt he ahaU also haio the keeping of Ihe Books and Paper*, and produce them at any lime re- quired by the CoiVimlitee. NiNTir.— That Ihe Treasurer shall nay no monies be- InnirjiMr ,.1 «1»A &»»..— — :.l — .- — — i- • * t^ .. "■-^'"c — t— -— vj —"j"-?^ an iTTurraiimra 07 xcc President and two of the Members. TititTH.— That no persua except those in eare of the Cattle, ahall be odraittod iaio tbe Show-field, or ether pki— appointed for the exhibition, during tbe examiaatioa Of tbe Stock by tbe Jad^M; and when we cnneider. that the merit of bein^ the breeder' or posieosor of the best anitlal. b the seme mtk nr uiAout cash, we think the members of Ihia Society will lose sight r' the immediate possMsioewf a Pbkkt by the prospect of a no very distant poaseaaion of a (i>v m . 1. If Ihe Society (uooeed In impaitiDf Bulls, we auneat that they ahould it stationed at MCb^stsncea aa will in- sure the greatest benefit 1 and the Prices eharged for each' Cow shall be to members Three Shillings and Ninaf («ifned,) t~. O, T. CLARIS. Wm. WEBB. J^ «OHN K. LABAftC