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The President also reported from the Executive Committee 

 a recommendation that the Society appropriate the following 

 amounts for j)rizes and gratuities for the year 1886 : 



For Plants and Flowers ($200 of this amount 

 being for gratuities during the whiter 



months), $2,800 



Fruits, 1,700 



Vegetables, 1,000 



Gardens, 200 



Total, $5,700 



The report was accepted, and, agreeably to the Constitution and 

 By-Laws, laid on the table until the first Saturday in January. 



The Recording Secretary stated that four members had been 

 elected to the Committee of Arrangements for 1886, instead of 

 three as provided in the Constitution and By-Laws. The con- 

 sideration of the subject was postponed to the December meeting. 



The Secretary read an invitation from the California State 

 Board of Agriculture to members of the Society to attend the 

 Fifth Annual Convention of Fruit Growers, in connection with the 

 meeting of the Board, at Los Aug'eles, commencing on the 16th 

 of November and continuing a week or more. The thanks of 

 the Society were voted for this invitation. 



Edward L. Beard, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, 

 spoke of the abuse of members' tickets of admission to the 

 exhibitions, and offered the following vote : That a Special 

 Committee of five be appointed to consider the expediency of 

 revising Section XXVIII. of the Constitution and B^'-Laws, 

 relating to this subject. The motion was carried, and the ' hair 

 appointed as that Committee : Mr. Beard, William C. Strong, 

 E. W. Wood, Charles N. Brackett, and Henry W. Wilson. 



On motion of George W. Fowle, Treasurer, the expediency of 

 amending Section XXIX. of the Constitution and By-Laws, 

 relating to the 'discontinuance of membership, was referred to 

 the same Committee. 



