ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



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object of gathering together specimens of plants, fruits, flowers and vegetables, 

 etc., illustrative of the continual advance being made in Horticulture by the 

 application of science and scientific methods to their cultivation and breeding. 



Lectures are delivered at these Meetings which have generally a bearing on 

 the illustrative specimens ; the one sole object of the Meetings, the illustrative 

 specimens, and the Lectures, being the information and instruction of all who 

 care to attend. 



(General.) 

 Resolution II. 



"That in Bye-law n the words 'General Meetings and Exhibitions' be 

 amended to read ' General and other Meetings,' and that in all Bye-laws 

 where the words 'Exhibition,' 'Exhibitions,' 'Show' or 'Shows' 

 occur, the words ' Meeting ' or ' Meetings '• be substituted. See, for 

 example, Bye-laws 3, 22, 51, 80, and any other places where either of 

 the words may be found." 



Resolution III. 



" That in order to make Bye-law 96 harmonize with Bye-law 73 the words 

 ' twenty-one days ' in Bye-law 96 be altered to read as in Bye-law 73 

 ' fourteen days.' " 



The Meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman, moved by Mr. 

 Arthur W. Sutton, J. P., V.M.H., seconded by Mr. Bilney, J. P., and carried by 

 acclamation, which Sir Albert Rollit, the Chairman, acknowledged. 



