vi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



As Vice-Presidents. 

 The Duke of Bedford, K.G., 

 F R S 



The Rt. Hon. The Earl of 



Ducie, F.R.S. 

 Sir John T. Dillwyn- 



Llewelvn, Bart., D.L., 



J. P., V.M.H. 

 The Duke of Portland, KG., 



P.C., G.C.V.O. 

 The Rt. Hon. James W. 



Lowther, P.C. 

 Sir Daniel Morris, K.C.M.G., 



V.M.H. 



i The Rt. Hon. Lord 

 f Lambourne, C.V.O. 



Mr. Henry 

 V.M.H. 



B. May, 



Mr. 



As Auditor. 

 Alfred C. Harper. 



Sir Harry J, 

 V.M.H. 



Veitch, 



Mr. Henry B. 

 V.M.H. 



May, 



V.M.H. Medals were presented to the following, viz. Mr. W. Jackson Bean, 

 Mr. F. J. Chittenden, F.L.S., Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., F.R.S. , D.C.L., LL.D., 

 Dr. A. B. Rendle, F.R.S., F.L.S.,and Sir Albert K. Rollit, D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D. 



Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D., was unfortunately unable 

 to be present. 



Mr. C. E. Shea spoke on the proposal of the Food Controller to withhold 

 sugar from private fruit-growers for jam-making, and he proposed, and it was 

 seconded by the Rev. G. H. Engleheart and carried unanimously, that the 

 Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society in Annual Meeting assembled 

 record an emphatic protest against the decision of the Food Controller that, 

 notwithstanding that there is an officially admitted greater quantity of sugar 

 now in this country than was available last year, no sugar is this year to be 

 allowed for home-made jam and preserves to the private growers of fruit, 

 entailing the loss of an immense amount of valuable National Food. And this 

 Meeting further records its entire approval of the Memorandum of Protest 

 addressed by the President and Council of the Society to the Director of Sugar 

 Distribution on January 31 last. 



Mr. Oke, who supported the Resolution, further proposed that a Deputation 

 should wait upon the Director of Sugar Supplies and deliver the Resolution. 

 This was agreed to and the following were accordingly appointed, viz. Lord 

 Lambourne, Sir Albert Rollit, Messrs. W. A. Bilney, J. Cheal, James Hudson, 

 C. E. Shea, A. W. Oke, W. H. Page, Owen Thomas, and the Rev. W. Wilks, with 

 power to add to their number. 



Sir Albert Rollit proposed a special vote of thanks to the Secretary, and 

 congratulated him on his completing on that day his thirty years' secretaryship 

 of the Society and his fifty years of Fellowship. He also proposed a vote of 

 thanks to the staff for the work they had done during the year. 



These proposals were carried with acclamation, and the Secretary briefly 

 acknowledged them. 



The Meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. 



