REPOPiT FEOM THE COUNCIL 



ANNIVERSARY MEETING, MAY 1, 1849. 



The last Anniversary Meeting having authorized the Council to 

 prepare for the approval of the Society a set of amended By-laws, 

 various points have been taken into consideration during the 

 autumn, and a careful examination has been instituted of the 

 rules found to work advantageously in other public bodies of a 

 similar nature to the Horticultural Society. On the 24th of 

 October the Council finally approved of the alterations which 

 had been made. On the 7th of November and 5th of December, 

 1848, the amended By-laws were laid before the Society and 

 read a first and second time ; and at a Special General Meeting 

 summoned for the purpose, on the 16th of January, 1849, all the 

 formalities prescribed by the Charter having been observed, the 

 old By-laws were repealed and the new By-laws were passed 

 unanimously. 



The Council trust that the changes introduced will be found 

 advantageous. They have been made with a view to obviate 

 some practical difficulties which existed in working the former 

 By-laws, to simplify the proceedings of the Society, and to pro- 

 mote its prosperity, by rendering them more acceptable to the 

 Fellows. Among the powers granted to the Council is that of 

 creating a class of Associates with fewer privileges than Fellows, 

 and paying consequently a smaller subscription. The expediency 

 of establishing such a class Avill receive the most anxious con- 

 sideration of the Council, and they are desirous of receiving any 

 suggestions which those who advocate the plan may be willing 

 to favour them with. 



Exhibitions. 



It is needless to remind the Society how unfavourable the 

 summer of 1848 proved to Meetings in the open air. The sub- 

 jects of exhibition were, with the exception of fruit, if possible 



