FOXTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3640, 19 May 1927, Page 3

FOXTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

ANNUAL REPORT. The Committee’s annual report to be submitted at to-night’s annual meeting of the Foxton Horticultural Society, to be held in Ross’s rooms at 7.30 o’clock, reads as follows: — “Your Committee have to report a very successful year, both financially and otherwise. The year started with a credit balance of £55 19s, which included £3O insurance for properties lost in the Town Hall fire, and finished with a credit balance of £54 12/3. This, we trusj, members will consider satisfactory in view of the fact that somo £lB was spent in renewing plant and that the two shows last season were held in buildings not altogether suitable for show purposes. 'A further sum of some £2O will be required to complete our plant and this will leave a balance of over £3O in hand to commence the new season with. “During the year seven ordinary and . one special general meetings were held and were well attended. The special general meeting was held to consider the advisability or otherwise of holding an autumn show, but it was generally-agreed that the season was rather far advanced to go on with the project, but this matter should not bo*overlooked by the incoming committee. “Your committee much regretted having to delete the children’s cookery classes from the past two show£, owing to no instruction classes being in existence during the year, but hope to re-introduce this useful and instructive class as soon as possible. "The new class for best collection of cut blooms with no restriction to the number of varieties, added to the schedule to take the place of the garden class, deleted, drew a very fine entry. Your committee were reluctantly compelled to reduce flic number of varieties to 12, owing (o the limited space in the temporary Town Hall, but, in future, the donor to this new class, Mr W. Ross, will have his suggestion given full effect to: A pleasing feature in the season’s operations was the reciprocity between Foxton and Rongotea exhibitors. This should he encouraged and extended to Levin and Sanson. The Society should do all in its power to encourage exhibitors from outside societies. “With the staging of the exhibition in the new Town Hall the incoming committee should make future shows not only better than anything yet undertaken, but equal to any show held in the Manawatu. “In conclusion your committee desires to thank all who helped in any way to make the past season so successful. The secretary wishes specially to thank the finance committee for valuable assistance given. The Society’s thanks are also due to the following: to the committee members, who worked so well under unfavourable circumstances; to the secretary (Mrs Moore) who earned out her duties to the entire, satisfaction of all; to the auditor (Mr Ogilvy), to Mrs Heasman and Mrs. Baker for their efforts in connection with the cake stall; to the Herald for publicity given during the year to the Society’s activities, and to all who contributed so liberally with donations and special prizes to help such a useful and instructive institution.”