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The Council are pleased to record that the total number of Fellows, 

 Honorary or Corresponding Members, Associates, and Affiliated Societies 

 is now 10,000, which is believed to be the highest number belonging to 

 any British Royal Society. 



18. Journal. — Volume XXXII. of the Journal, which deals with the 

 work and lectures of the Society during the whole of 1906, was sent out 

 in June last, and a further issue, Volume XXXIII., containing the records 

 of January to June 1907, is about to be issued. 



14. Examinations.— The Society again held its three examinations : 

 one in General Horticultural Knowledge ; one, for School Teachers, in 

 Cottage and Allotment Gardening ; and one for men employed in Public 

 Parks and Gardens. These will be continued in 1908 with an addition 

 to the " School Teachers' Examination " of Elementary Chemistry and 

 Biology, which subjects will be optional in 1908, but obligatory in future 

 years. A fourth examination is also to be established — viz., for juniors 

 under nineteen years of age, in Elementary Gardening. 



15. Letting of the Hall.— The results of the Hall Lettings have 

 been increasingly satisfactory. In certain months the demand for 

 engagements is even greater than can be accommodated. One of the 

 most notable of the tenancies of 1907 was the South African Products 

 Exhibition, opened by His Majesty the King on February 28. Highly 

 satisfactory testimonies to the commercial value of the Hall have appeared 

 in the press, and the Council sincerely thank those Fellows, Lessees, and 

 others who have done so much to draw attention to its excellence for 

 Shows, Concerts, Meetings, and all general purposes. 



The dates booked for 1908 are already in excess of 1907 ; in fact 

 comparatively few dates still remain open. 



16. Shows in 1907.— During the year twenty-nine Exhibitions, 

 covering thirty-five days, have been held by the Society. 



17. The Temple Show. — By the renewed kindness of the Treasurer 

 and Benchers the Society held its great Show for the twentieth year in 

 succession on May 28, 29, and 30, in the gardens of the Inner Temple. 

 The attendance was again a record one. 



In 1908 a similar Show has been arranged for May 26, 27, and 28, 

 when there will be a Private View open to Fellows' Tickets only, on 

 Wednesday, May 27, between the hours of 7 a.m. and noon. Fellows 

 are particularly requested to notice that there will be no admission by 

 payment to this Private View ; it will be reserved only for the Annual 

 Tickets, Transferable and Non-transferable alike. This arrangement has 

 been made to meet the wishes of many Fellows, and to obviate as far as 

 possible the unpleasantness of overcrowding. 



18. The Summer Show. — On July 9 and 10 the Society's Annual 

 Summer Show was held in the Park of Holland House by the kind 

 permission of Mary, Countess of Ilchester, who has most generously 

 consented to the Summer Show of 1908 being again held there. 



