THE OTAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 727, 16 July 1878, Page 4

THE OTAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

GESEk AIT MEETING. a[>ecial general, meeting of members ••; Horticultural Society was held List •>'4 at Mr. Earles dining-room, for -rpose of considering the -advisa- ■ f altering Rale 13. There was a ;o.)d attendance, and Air. H. Concopied the chair. .« Secretary read the resolution on the meeting. «* '•» W. i'!'e Chairman bi-ieiiy explained the "•■■ct of the meeting. Mr. Spratt moved, " That Rule 13 be red to- read, 'That the annual snbptiem of .members be the sum of 55., dmit member and one member of his W ; and 10s., to admit member and try. Also thafc members' tickets be transferable.'"

me discussion .took place upon the ct, after which the motion was put •."irrie'd nnanimbnsly. •e President brought forward the ii«i of prizes, remarking that he 'jit medals were altogether a mis- . us, they were mostly taken by a few, * the majority came in for perhaps a tid or third prize. He thought that he case of small cottagers, money '.ts would be far more satisfactory, as y wonld in some measure repay them the tronble and expense they had been : to, or, at any rate, bay their seed. Ny of the prize-takers wonld doubtless Urn to the Society the amount won by •>. and tEiia in itself would be a most i >rtant item of the receipts. It was !y a matter for the Committee to deal r "hnt he would like an expression of • i>n from the meeting. .. Forsyth and other members agreed th« President's remarks. n\ Leigh said he believed the system •resent followed had done a great tt of injury to the Society. Exhiwho had taken perhaps three or

;Irsfc prizes were not entitled to u. T simply because they had nofc a • number of points. In his capa:ia Secretary he had heard loud coma's from persons situated as he had • , ibed, and he thonght that the Society ; .it be greatly benefited by doing •• with the system of medals. - the motion of Mr. Earle, seconded "V. Spratt, it was resolved, " That it ► commendation to the Committee iitouey-prizes be substituted for It having been decided, after some disssion, th.it. as Mr. Utile was nofc a taiicr of the Society, he was not eligible i on the Committee, Mr. w.ts elected to fill the vacancy. »*<•«» v.T':.' all the business, and a vote of ».!».» having been accorded to the Chair:i. the meeting terminated.

COMMITTEE MEETING. A meeting of the Committee 'was held m finitely after the close of the general leeting. lM' following resolutions were then tried:— That the President and Treasurer -wait on bank manager and ascertain the amount he balance to credit of the Society, and t.ort at next meeting. : lint Kitle 6 be enforced or acted upon, lest the Secretary procure the necessary .t>urs r tickets. . . t the Secretary of the Tim am Society ivritten to for some copies of the prize rTiite and rules of that Society. I liar, the President and Mr. Montagu be •!«.rnt«l collectors for that part of the vvn sonth of the bridge, and Mr. Falconer «: d Mr. Spratt for the north side of the That a Snh-Committee consisting of ivi t-s.«rs Ctmnell. Simpson, Forsyth, M 'Laren, Spratt, and Falconer, he appointed to revise r nze schedules, to meet on the 26th hist., at half-past 7 J'.in., at Mr. Earle's.