REPORT OF SOCIETY’S MEETINGS. 355 
of the Botanic Gardens Exhibit, Mr. T. S. Hargreaves 
kindly summarising the results of the judgment. The 
Dinner Table Decorations were judged by ballot among 
the visitors who attended the Show during the first hour 
of opening, each being furnished with a ticket on which 
was to be written the number of the table that was 
considered the best. 
Special duties were undertaken by the following mem- 
bers of the Committee :— Mr. L. M. Hill, aSub-Committee 
for Sheds; Mr. S. Vyle, Sub-Committee for Illumina- 
tions; Dr. Ford and Mr. Gilzean for Refreshments; Mr. 
fE. D. Mackay and F. I. Scard for Gates and Admis- 
sions; Mr. S. M. Bellairs, Mr. J. B. Woolford and Rev. 
D. J. Reynolds in charge of No. 2 Tent; and Mr. T. S. 
Hargreaves in charge of the Committee’s Tent. 
Several suggestions have been made by various mem- 
bers of the Committee for the further improvement of the 
Horticultural Shows; and these have been recorded in 
the minutes of the Committee for consideration next 
year; but in view of the pronounced success of these 
exhibitions, and their public utility, and the desirability 
of beginning arrangements in good time, the present 
Committee would urge upon the Society that an early 
application be made to the Government for the usual 
grant of five hundred dollars ($500) towards the prize-list 
of the Show for 1808. 
Reports by the various Judges on the different classes 
of the Exhibition, together with a statement of expendi- 
ture, are herewith attached for the information of the 
Society. 
j. J. QUELCH, 
_ Hon. Seéty. of the Committee of Correspondence. 
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