HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 145, 13 July 1901, Page 2

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Thb annual general meeting of the | Taranaki Horticultural Society was: held in the Bjtough Chambers lastj evening, Owing to the inclemency of j the weather there was only a p'or attendance of members. Mr. W. B.wley | (President) occupitd the chair, and' apologised for the abs'nca of Mifsejj Te-tar and S'auf.rd, who were unavoidably prevented from amending. The Chairman r<-ad his report, which, in eftVct, was as fo'lows:—A (lis'inc. improvement was nofcicaable in the, financial position of the Society, and a' greater interest had been shown in its affairs by the public. The yaar began with an overdraft of £24 2a 6d,. but the succes of the ppring fho»v enabled this to be extinguished, leaving a credi' batancj of £6 13s 4d. The success wbs due to the fine weather—finer than usually prev.iilel when the spring shows were held—leading the public j to anticipate an exceedingly god display ; and the exhibition tul'y justified the anticipation. The Society's thanks were due to exhibitors of rose blooms, which stimulated many to add to their collections for future shows. Tnis" success inducei the holding of an autumn show, on 2nd May, when the was justified by the f-xc.-llent sh>w of chrysan'hemums. 0 ving, however, to the large amount of p iz-i-money given, and a smaller attendance of the public, the show resulted in a loss of £9 14s 31; tin jMSr ending with ad. ficit of £3 11. Despite the financial lcs', however, the Society had no rfasoa to regret the holding of the two ehoiv?. After jthsnking v.uious connrttees and the press, for a s si"tanco rendered in many ways, therepO't ■ onclud d v ich a refdivnci io he loss (I e S iciii'y had s istaine I by the d. ath of li.< l stu Mr. J mos B Uringer. Tin ugh lie had n <t Utt rly t.ken an ictiv. pirt in the Society's work, Mr. Be.lringer had shown pract.ic .1 sympi'hy by guar.in'.teiu j the S>ci>iy's overdraft; at tho B nk. The sine re symp'.thy of the meraSeis wis tendeted to Mrs. Bell ringer aid family in their loss.

The ba'anci-sheet disclcsed the following position:—Recap's: Spring show, £Bl 7s 9J ; autuinn, 15s 2d total, Jl2l 2s lid. Exp>ntitura : Spring sho-, £74 14< 51; credio balance, £6 13* 4d ; au umn, 8s 6 1 (ine'u ii"g £3 0s lid overJri.f:i); total 6121 2s lid.

Th- Chu mm, in moving the adoption of t r p>rt at d balance sbee', i).)i!grn'u ! ated the Society oa the fact that tli»-overdraft hid been refused from .£24 cild to £3 odd. —Mr McGU ey SHCiand'd, Mc AleX'nder p o'etted against tho holding jof the autumn sho'v so I ite in the s38sod, as local auuteuis were un-abl.-j to compete in thi dahlia and ether class- £. H« thought the show sbou'd be he'd at least a month earlior. The Chairman said the show was fixad at what whs considered the l'6-t t-uie. It was irnpasfible to regulate the sea-ons; but he had to doubt the I ■ 'ommittee wou'd tak<) notice of any [re that might b« m^rie Mr H. R. said it had been infcjijdal to hold the s'tow in !Apri', but it had to be postponeAs for dahlias, he reminded those present that dahl'as came in three months eirlier than u-uil last year, which, of course, was unavoidable. Mr. Alexander th-ught it m'gbt encourage a bet'er all round thow if the spring show were about six we. ka | latT; or if it ™e!e desired to have a good show of blooms it.might be held ear'ier. If the nutumn show was jreally d s'rvd it should be held earlier, Is.) «s to avoid making ihe show simply a vegetable exhibi ion. He movod m that direction. Mr. Cattley, who seconded, thrught it would be better to allow the tion to go totl.eincomiu'j Cojamittee. - Tha resolu'iou was carried. Messrs Alexander and Oittley were Appointed to ac. is the S jcietv's giia--:mtora a 1; tho Back, of New South Wale a . Ttie election of officers resuhed as fallows : --President, Mr. H. Dempsey ; vice-president, Mrs Dockrill, Mesrs Oattley, W. Ambury and D ck ill; auditor, Mr. a. B. R. Pookas; hot). | secretary, Mr. McGaht-y; tretsure' - , Mr. Gottley; c immi't e, Me-dam 's Patcoe and W. H. SkintKr; Mist-es Hempton, Test'ir, Hirst, Stanford »nd B. Smith; Messrs W. Anbury, P. \ Eva, W. HFre, FGo ore ;A. E Watkins, P. S. Whit ombe, H. GoLi-i water, L. Alexind-r and A. Roker. I The names of Messrs S. Pdrcy Stni'h and H. Weston were added to the list of patrons to the So: ie'y.

Mr. H. Gold water referred to methods of judging, and suggested that iu futu e judges ghou'd b impressed with the need of studying the rul s of the Society while c r yiog out tbeit work, HeaWd-.ew atte ition tithe factthit'he weie admitted ti the show bef >re the judging was concluded, and hampered the cairying out of the k. Ii was de'iided- ti hold tha 1901 spring show in the firot w»ek in December.

After-discus i"g several details if tha show, thi mee ing adjourned, votes of thanks beiog tco ded t> the TapaNiKi News and Herald for asi-istanc i n ndered, and to the retiring officers.