APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED. 



187 



The polls were closed at twelve minutes past one o'clock, and 

 the Committee to receive, assort, and count the votes, and report 

 the number given, reported the whole number to be one hundred 

 and one, and that the persons named on the ticket reported by 

 the Nominating Committee had a plurality of votes and were 

 elected. 



The report of the Committee was accepted, and the above 

 mentioned persons were, agreeably to the Constitution and By- 

 Laws, declared by the President to have a plurality of votes and 

 to be elected Officers and Standing Committees of the Society for 

 the year 1896. 



Adjourned to Saturday, November 2. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday November 2, 1895. 

 The last meeting of the Society adjourned to today, and the 

 members present were called to order by the President, but no 

 -quorum was present, and the meeting 



Adjourned to Saturday, December 7. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, December 7, 1895. 



An adjourned meeting of the Societ}' was holden at eleven 

 •o'clock, the President, Nathaniel T. Kidder, in the chair. 



The President, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, 

 reported a recommendation from that Committee that the Society' 

 make the following appropriations for Prizes and Gratuities for 

 the year 1896, viz. : 



For Plants, $2,000 



" Flowers, 



" Fruits, . 



" Vegetables, 



*' Gardens, 



2,600 



1,800 



1,150 



500 



Total, 



$8,050 



