REPORT 



OF THE. 



COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS, 



For the Year 1876. 



The Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, agreeably to 

 a vote of the Society, passed at the regular meeting in January, 

 1876, would respectfully submit the following report. 



For a number of years past a report has not been made, owing, 

 perhaps, to the reports of the various committees, required by the 

 By-Laws, seeming to obviate tlie necessity of one from the Commit- 

 tee of Arrangements, supplying as they do, a record of all the essen- 

 tial doings of the last named committee, with the exception of minor 

 details, such as printing tickets, advertising, engaging music, and 

 approving bills contracted for necessities required for the exhibitions. 

 The Committee is divided into Sub-Committees, consisting of mem- 

 bers of the Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Committees, who have 

 charge of the arrangement of the tables for the exhibition of the 

 Fruits, Flowers, and Vegetables, and to whose careful supervision is 

 owing the success of the Eose Show in June, and the Annual Ex- 

 hibition in September. 



The Committee has been called together at such times during the 

 year as was deemed necessary, to consult upon matters of business 

 concerning the exhibitions, so that they might prove successful, 

 and worthy of the Society. The meetings have at all times been 

 well attended ; every member has had the interests of the Society 

 fully at heart in all the discussions of such subjects as they have 

 been called together to act upon, and it has been no fault of theirs 

 if the exhibitions have not proved so remunerative as we could 

 have wished. In point of excellence they have seldom, if ever, 

 been surpassed. The Rose Exhibition in June was universally ad- 

 mitted to be far superior to any previous one, and was free to the 

 public. 



