ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



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laws by electing Mr. Barron to a Life Fellowship, and that the 

 form of ballot-paper and mode of election and removal of 

 members of the Council is irregular, and a doubt is expressed 

 that the meeting is incapable to deal with the allegations, it is 

 expedient that a committee of seven Fellows shall be appointed 

 to investigate and report on these allegations, and they be 

 empowered to obtain legal advice on the subject and to report 

 to an adjournment of this meeting." 



Mr. Smee added that he would, if desired, hand his " counsel's 

 opinion " to the Council. 



The Peesident said they could not accept any such proposal 

 as that contained in the amendment. The Council had acted in 

 accordance with the custom that had been pursued ever since he 

 had had the honour of being connected with the Society, and 

 he believed it would be a total waste of the time of the seven 

 members who might be appointed to the Committee, and of the 

 money which he supposed the Society would have to pay for 

 counsel's advice. He sincerely trusted the meeting would, in 

 the interest and welfare of the Society, give an emphatic negative 

 to the amendment. 



The amendment having been seconded by Mr. Peter Barr, 

 it was put to the meeting, when only three voted for it. I 

 was thus lost by an overwhelming majority. 



Mr. Peter Barr asked several questions in regard to the 

 Secretary's salary and duties, and received satisfactory replies 

 from the Chairman. 



Mr. Marshall enquired what was to be done at Chiswick, to 

 which the reply was made that for the first year at least a free 

 hand would be allowed to the new superintendent. 



Mr. R. Dean said he noticed that there would be no meeting 

 of the Floral Committee between an early date in September 

 and the beginning of October. He thought there should be a 

 meeting sooner. 



The President promised that the matter should not be lost 

 sight of. He then formally moved the adoption of the Council's 

 report as printed below. The motion was carried. 



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