216 REPOKTS OF THE PRTIIT COMMITTEE, 



to examine and report on the qualities of each sample, i^cording 

 its opinidn in the second or lower table of Form No. II. The 

 forms when thus filled up, to be signed by the Chairman on 

 receiving the approval of the meeting, and preserved by being 

 fixed in a guard book provided for the purpose. 



XVIII. Premiums in number and value, according to their 

 respebtive merits, may be awarded by the Committee to the fore- 

 going Exhibitions ; for which purpose the Council will set apart 

 annually such a sum as it may think fit, to be applied to that 

 specific object, under the direction of this Committee. 



LOCAL COMMITTEES. 



For carrying out more fully the operations of the Committee 



it has been determined to appoint Local Committees in various 



districts of the United Kingdom, and the following general 



propositions with respect thereto, have been approved : — 



I. That the Local Committees are to consist of persons interested 

 shall be designated Pomological 

 dl act as Chairman and Convener. 

 Each Committee to consist of six persons. 



XL That the members of such Local Committees shall be 

 nominated by the General Committee, subject to the approval of 

 Council. 



III. That the Chairmen of Local Committees be ex officio 

 members of the General Committee. 



IV. That the present members of the General Committee who 

 t in the country, be appointed Chairmen of the Local 



apective districts, and hence still remain 

 ex officio members of the General Committee. 



V. That the members of Local Committees be each entitled , 

 to receive a copy of the Proceedings of the Society gratis. 



VI. That the members of Local Committees who may not be 

 Fellows of the Society, be admitted to the Garden at Chiswick, 

 and to all purely fruit meetings of the Society, without the order 

 of a Fellow of the Society. 



next meeting. 



The fruits exhibited on this occasion were:— 



PEACHES.— From Mr. GAEDiNJiR, gardener to Sir G. R. 

 Philips, Bart., Weston House, Sbipston on Stour : a dish of 



