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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



The following Table will show the Society's progress in re- 

 gard to numerical strength during the past year : — 



Deaths 



IN 



1896. 











£ 



s. 



(I. 





6 



0 



0 



0 





0 



0 



0 



0 



2 



11 



.. 23 



2 



0 



1 ii 



5 



5 



5 



0 





22 



£28 



7 



0 



Resignations. 



£ s. d. 



4 Guineas 0 0 0 0 



2 „ 14 29 8 0 



1 , 54 56 14 0 



68 £86 2 0 



Total Loss 90 £114 9 0 



Fellows Elected 1896. 



£ s. d. 



4 Guineas 4 \ 16 16 0 



2 „ 85 178 10 0 



1 „ 297 311 17 0 



Associates 9 4 14 6 



Affiliated Societies^ 15 15 0 



Commutations 5 . . . \ 

 = £123. 9s. ... j 



414 £527 12 6 

 Deduct Loss 114 9 0 



Net increase in Income £413 3 6 



New Fellows, &c 414 



Deduct Resignations and 1 g Q 

 Deaths J 



Numerical increase 324 



A scheme for the Affiliation of Local Horticultural Societies 

 was put forward in 1890, and 83 Local Societies have availed 

 themselves of it. The Council express the hope that Fellows 

 will promote the affiliation of Local Horticultural and Cottage 

 Garden Societies in their own immediate neighbourhood. 



Subjoined is the usual Revenue and Expenditure Account, 

 with the Balance Sheet for the year ending December 31st, 

 1896. 



The Programme for the ensuing year will be found in the 

 " Arrangements for the year 1897," lately issued to all Fellows. 



At the request of some of the Fellows, the Council have ar- 

 ranged to send a reminder of every Show (in the week preceding 

 it), to any Fellow who will send to the R. H. S. office, 117, 

 Victoria-street, Westminster, 22 halfpenny post-cards, fully 

 addressed to himself, or to whomsoever he wishes the reminder 

 sent. 



The Council recommend that the Salaries of the principal 

 Officers of the Society — the Secretary, the Assistant- Secretary, 



