REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



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8. Annual Progress. —The following table will show the Society's 

 progress in regard to numerical strength during the past year : — 



Loss by Death in 1906. 







£ 



s. 



d. ' 



Life Fellows . 



19 . 



0 



0 



0 



4 Guineas 



3 . 



. 12 



12 



0 





32 . 



. 67 



4 



0 



1 



49 . 



. 51 



9 



0 





103 



£131 



5 



~o 



Loss by Resignation 



etc. 











£ 



s. 



d. 



4 Guineas 



2 . 



. 8 



8 



0 i 



2 



70 . 



. 147 



0 



0 



1 • 



544 . 



. 571 



4 



0 



Associates 



20 . 



. 10 



10 



o ! 



Affiliated Societies 



18 . 



. 18 



18 



0 1 





654 



£756 



0 



0 



Total Loss 



757 



£887 



5 



o 1 



Fellows "elected in 1906. 



Hon. Members 

 4 Guineas 

 ^ & » 

 1 „ 

 "Associates 

 Affiliated Societies 

 Commutations 

 = £381 3s. Od. 



1,207 

 Deduct Loss . 

 Net Increase in Income 





£ 



s. 



d. 



7 . 



. 0 



0 



0 



6 . 



. 25 



4 



0 



480 . 



1,008 



0 



0 



626 . 



. 657 



6 



0 



36 . 



. 18 



18 



0 



36 . 



. 39 



18 



0 



16 .1 









£1,749 

 . 887 



£862 1 



New Fellows &c. . . . 1,207 

 Deduct Resignations and Deaths 757 



Numerical Increase during the 



year 1906 450 



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

 Members, Associates, and Affiliated Societies is now 9,467, which is 

 believed to be the highest number of subscribing Fellows belonging to any 

 Royal Society. 



9. Journal. — The Report of the Conference of Fruit Growers, held 

 under the joint auspices of the National Fruit Growers' Federation and 

 the Society, in October 1905, was issued in April as a volume (vol. xxx.) 

 of the Society's Journal. Volume xxxi. has been sent out more recently, 

 and the preparation of volume xxxii. is already well advanced. It will be 

 issued about April 1907, after which it is intended to publish the Journal 

 at regular intervals in three four- monthly parts every year. 9 



10. Handbook on Fungoid Pests.— Another important publica- 

 tion w T as the issue last autumn of a monograph on " Fungoid Pests of 

 Cultivated Plants," by Dr. M. C. Cooke, V.M.H., illustrated with coloured 

 plates, and containing figures of 360 different fungoid attacks. Each pest 

 is figured and described separately, and means for its prevention and 

 checking are given, with directions for making the necessary washes and 

 sprays. The volume is handsomely bound in half- calf, and will probably 

 form the standard textbook on the subject for a great number of years. 

 It may be obtained from the Society's Office, price 10s. 6d. 



11. Examinations. — The Society continues to hold its three annual 

 examinations : — one in General Horticultural Knowledge ; one, for School 

 Teachers, in Cottage and Allotment Gardening ; and one specially for 

 men employed in public parks and gardens. The Reports of the 

 Examiners will be found in the Journal. 



12. The Society's Hall.— During the past year the Hall has been 

 painted and decorated, and the porch has been enclosed with glass screens 

 and revolving shutters for the prevention of draught. It will be the 

 Council's constant endeavour to keep the building thoroughly up to date 

 by the adoption of such alterations and improvements as may be required 

 for the comfort of the Fellows. 



