VIU mOCEEDlNGS. 



May 1, 1844. (Rkgent Street. — Anniversary.) 



The following Fellows of the Society, viz. — 



The Lord Prudhoe, 



Sir William Middleton, Bart., 



Sigismund Rucker, Esq., 



were elected new Members of the Council, in the room of — 



Edward Barnard, Esq., 

 The Earl of Dartmouth, and 

 Tlie Earl of Ilchester. 



The following Fellows of the Society were re-elected Officers 

 for the ensuing year, viz. — 



The Duke of Devonshire, President, 

 Thomas Edgar, Esq., Treasurer, and 

 Alexander Henderson, M.D., Secretary. 



The Auditors presented the following Report : — 

 " The Auditors have to report to the General Meeting of the 

 Horticultural Society of London, on this the thirty -fifth Anni- 

 versary, that they have examined the accounts for the past year 

 ■with the vouchers, and find them to be correct. 



" By the annexed Statement of Receipts, Disbursements, and 

 Liabilities, it will be seen that the Auditors have much reason to 

 congratulate the Society on its increasing prosperity, especially 

 as regards the material reduction of the outstanding debt,* and 

 the future saving that will be effected by the decrease in the 

 interest (to be paid thereon) from 5 to 4 per cent, per annum. 



" Wm. M. Nurse. 



SiGIS. RUCKER, JUN. 



F. J. Delafosse. 



" 21, Regent Street, April 22, 1844." 



* This reduction amounts to the sum of £l428 5s. \d. 



