REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1902. 



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Vice-Presidents, and Officers, and the President subsequently declared 

 them all duly elected, viz. — 



As new Members of Council. — The Right Hon. Lord Redesdale, the 

 Hon. John Boscawen, ^Yilliam Marshall, Esq. 



As Vice-Presidents. — The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., the 

 Right Hon. the Earl of Ducie, the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Sir 

 John Dillwyn Llewelyn, Bart., Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart. 



As Officers— Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.Hi, President ; 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Treasurer ; Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., Secretary; A. C. 

 Harper, Esq., Auditor. 



An Amendment as follows was moved by Mr. H. J. Elwes, Y.M.H., and 

 seconded by Surgeon-Major Ince : " That a Committee be appointed by the 

 subscribers to confer with the Council as to the Hall, and as to the proposed 

 surrender of Chiswick, and that no contract be entered into until that 

 report has been presented to a General Meeting of the Society." 



On the Amendment being put to the vote only nine hands were held 

 up in its favour, the great mass of the meeting voting against it. The 

 President then put the original motion for the adoption of the Report, 

 which was carried with enthusiasm, nemine contradicente. 



The Rev. G. H. Engleheart, M.A., V.M.H., proposed, and Mr. C. T 

 Druery, V.M.H., seconded : " That a hearty vote of thanks be given to the 

 President for his skilful and kindly ccnduct of the meeting." There were 

 about 200 Fellows present. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 



FOR THE YEAR 1902. 



1. It is gratifying to the Council to record that in this, the 99th year 

 of the Society's existence, a larger number of new Fellows joined the 

 Society tban in any year since its first establishment in 1804. The exact 

 number of [new Fellows elected in the past year has been 1,140, which, if 

 contrasted with the 1,108 who foimed the whole number cf the Fellows 

 when the Society left South Kensington in January 1888 indicates the 

 development which is continuously taking place in the Society. The 

 Council hope that eveiycne who has the Society's welfare at heart will 

 continue to endeavour to promote it by enrolling new Fellows. ^ 



2. Under the head of ordinary expenditure at Chiswick £1,953 has 

 been spent cn the general work ard maintenance of the gardens, 

 including legal expenses. The receipts by sale of surplus produce 

 amount to £373, making the net ordinary cost of the garden ^1,580. 



3. Twenty-two Fruit and Floral Meetings have been held in the Drill 

 Hall, Buckingham Gate, Victcria Street, besides the larger Shows in the 

 Temple Gardens on May 28, 29, and 30 ; at Holland House on June 24 

 and 25 ; at the Crystal Palace on September 18, 19, and 20. Lectures 

 or Demonstrations have been delivered at almost all of the Meetings. 



4. The number of awards granted by the Ccuncil, cn the recerr- 

 mendation of the various Committees, will be seen from the following 

 table : — 



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