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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



March 



5> 1898. 



the members a y. tr a^<». V«mr committee also regret the death of Lord Di L'lslc 

 and Dudley, one of the patrons of the society. 



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FINANCIAL Statement 



Expenditure. 

 Prizes at four shows, including medals 



Prizes outstanding 



Affiliated societies, &c 



Judges' fees 



Judges, flora), and staff luncheons 



Hill posting 



Advertisements in horticultural press 

 H ire of Dottles ... 



Hire of plants ... 

 Hire of rooms 



Kxp . nses of annual dinner 

 Printing 



Printing Jubilee catalogue 

 Stationery 



Petty cash, stamps, telegrams, &c. 

 Royal Aquarium Company, tickets 

 Clerical assistance 

 Show expenses ... 



Commission on advertisements in Schedule ... 

 Foreign Corresponding Secretary's account ... 



Floral Committee expenses 



Insurance premium ... 



Donations to Royal Aquarium Company 



Testimonial to J. W. Wilkinson 



Illuminated addresses " 

 Sundry expenses 

 Paid to reserve fund 

 Bank charges 

 iU lance in hand... 



Total ... 



Receipts. 



balance in hand 



Members' annual subscriptions 

 Foreign members' subscriptions 



Donations and special prizes ... 



Ko>al Aquarium Company, for three shows 



Hill l>osting, as per contra 



Entry fr es and rent of space 



Affiliation fees 



Medals and certificates, from affiliated societies 



Sale <»f catalogues 

 Sale of tickets ... 



Advertisement! in schedule 



Advertisements in catalogue 

 Reserve Fund 



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532 16 O 



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18 5 3 

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offered at the Jubilee exhibition, when there was a special list^nfd 1 ' 

 to meet the accounts. The committee proposed giving in mon*v a *, 10ns ( ^34Q) 

 sum of ^580, exclusive of special prizes at the four forthcoming Ln? mcda 'st£ 

 he hoped the income from membership would increase, he failed r and wh 'le 

 money was forthcoming to pay the prizes and the necessary exnen^c 2* wher ethe 

 the society's business. Now that the reserve fund would be DrarHr.ii Condu ctirm 

 in putting matters straight he could see nothing but disaster at th i Wlpcd °5 

 the estimates were allowed. In view of such an end, and with theV ° f l8 9 8 * 

 ing such an increased expenditure, Mr. Gordon moved as an ampn^ ^ ° f chec *- 

 report and financial statement be referred back to the General p tha * the 

 instructions to prepare a more detailed account showing liabilities °^ ltto ^ With 

 prepare an estimate of the income and expenditure for the curr^T **** to 

 to consider the reduction of the number of shows, or the exrvJ year » an d 

 therewith, in the present year. *penses connected 



Mr. J. W. Moorman seconded the amendment. He stated t\ 

 owed ^85 us. 6d., and had only £38 i6s. 2d. to meet the debt unELlt 6 ^ 

 fund was sacrificed. Even this, he thought necessary, for the nro a feser 

 had rightly made it a condition of his acceptance of' the post that* n , t . rcasur » 

 must be fully met. The speaker considered it absurd to value th abiUtie s 

 trophies, &c, and place them as assets, as had been done, for their mark f Cnv , clo P e, » 

 very small. He also referred to the recent smoking concert held on beh if ft ewas 

 of the society, instituted by its officers, and yet never brought before p funds 

 Committee to sanction or otherwise. He trusted the meeting « , , bene ral 



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i5llli , |ikSSf nt r< ' :1 '' b 2 thc Secreta 'y. showing the society's out- 



to amount to ust over /8<; 



The aatets, including a valuation of trophies, cups, tickets, stationery catalogues 



Tk , u 4 -' ,e * Vm 6 * Wance m favour of the soci ^y of ^38 12s. 6d. 

 r»,ZSf Cha,rn ! ; '. n "! en . ros « to move the adoption of the report, which he did 

 formally remarking that in his position as chairman of the committee he thought 



ml£5ffi£. faUU reP ° rt - -ounts^hettfon 



The Treasurer (Mr Starling) observed that he had now occupied the 

 of treaaure, to the society for the past twenty years, adducing 



post 



ui cue ? uwci>, iiwuiui™ uy uo ,..,,u,, aim yei never brought before th» r ' ^ 

 Committee to sanction or otherwise. He trusted the meeting w 1H eral 

 accounts and report back to the committee in accordance with the t re ^ er the 

 Gordon's amendment. Mr. Bevan supported the amendment statin^tl^ S r< 

 Starling had again and again made similar observations to those made trnt • 

 and it was now quite time they were heeded, for the proposed treasurer ™u 1Dg ' 

 accept office until all liabilities were cleared off. Mr. Newell also n ° l 

 amendment, observing that he hoped the item for dinner to the FIoralT^- 

 would never again appear in the balance-sheet. He objected to m h mm r utee 

 expenditure for luncheons and dinners, and thought that the annual din °l the 

 be no expense to the society. Mr Cholmondeley suggested that it would t'S 

 business-like to print and circulate the report and balance-sheet among theme 

 previous to the annual meeting, so as to enable them to duly consider faeu *1 

 figures. He regretted that at the meeting itself no such printed slips were inX 

 hands of the members. H c in tne 



The Secretary explained that the increased expenditure Dronoserl A 



in increasing classes and nrizes m 

 action he had objected to, because he foresaw that the society could not reli! 

 solvent if such expense was incurred. Mr. Willis asked for the auditors' cert £ 

 which the Secretary read remarking that there had not been sufficient time ,o 

 print and hand round the financial statement since it was audited The m, Z« 

 commenced at half-past two, and finished at eight o'clock, after examiniii em! 

 voucher. T^hese remarks brought Mr. Lees to his feet, and he briefly stated that 

 while a good deal of the blame had been placed upon the Schedule Sub Commi te ' 



!S M f \ an i UVS f- S r ggeSt f d u thC addkion 0f several cIa «es, and th £ 

 should have known and informed that committee of the present and probable 



SS £ ?5? lU0n - PI*' Mn Caterer also supported the amendment, ren ark 



SfJSu 5 C S ,T ety r dld ? 0t I ?; t,C iS ate m the P rofits its efforts realised to the 

 extent it should. In reply to Mr. Moorman, the Secretary stated that the audit 



was held at the Aquarium Tavern instead of at Anderton's owing to an over 2 

 wii h regard to the engagement of a room. A slight alteration having been made^in 

 the original amendment, it was now put by the Chairman as follows : It has been 

 proposed by Mr. Gordon and seconded by Mr. Moorman, "That the report and 

 financial statement be referred back to the General Committee with instructions to 

 prepare a proper balance-sheet, to prepare an estimate of the income and expen- 

 diture for 1898, and to report on the advisability of a reduction in the number 

 ot the exhibitions, or the prize money, during the current year, and to submit the 

 same to an adjourned annual meeting." Messrs. Addison and Harman Pavne 

 having been appointed tellers, it was found that eighty-three voted for and sir 

 against it. The amendment then became the substantive motion, and was cut 

 and carried unanimously. r 



Mr. Cholmondeley, having formulated a proposition in accordance with bis 

 previous suggestion, moved that the accounts and report be printed and circulated 

 among the members seven days before the annual meeting, so that they might 

 come prepared to discuss matters. j:j ' ■ ' - l 



Ll Zl, 1 J ■ C duUe , S were now more lh ^n his failing health 



at the end of fi* TOSSTSSSj XfS S^J • showed that 



(he present Jico, was made from a Ll V ■ ^'L' 0 " ° f ^5, making up 



hut which £. w ^i'j.'tj ,n h n n i sh ,°r on , the ***** 



not been paid. V CC 10 hand ' as a11 the deb ts of that year had 



of ^^S^h^ffSi^ ^ U ^ aI1 the to ^te, as some 



in, and this, with tht ish n hand IhSJ ' ► There f were soni « «»ears to come 

 was the reserve fund to fan Ct' on llel l™*, tfi! f? ; then there 



"uue e ' s statement that thc society w « fin,ni- 1 J UStlfie ? in endorsing the corn- 

 Wore had it be« so sound a?at present 7 S ° Und ' a " d added that never 



^y^^^^ 1 ^^^^ Mr- Starling had cleared the 

 By carefully considering and comr^S •? the . nMnciaI edition of the society. 

 ^to^«pen 8 »KHff" recent balance-sheets he had 

 justified ; there were the show expenses ^feJSSSf* ¥ d not seem to be 

 annual dinner ; and with reference f^t Z J ul "*e°ns, and the expenses of the 



who attended to p» mSg^g^^ ^««d it the'duty of tho e . 



other expenses, such «s music hire ni t thC o Cost of the fo od to clear ofT some Cl, cc!f - ===== 



members who had rot parti p^ Tne?-'^'^ ^ 0t tht ™ them »P«n the show ra£!f f" 8 ° n i° nS for Exhibitions, 

 ^hown in the 1806 accm inte 1 Z, 1 ne *P« k « showed that the haW. & L~i Shows ra,sed fr °m seed sown und^r „i fl « ,n th* i 



" — ^"wu nielli. 



CARDIFF AND COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 50CIETV. 



mhl*? aD j Ual m . eetin S f or the appointment of officers, &c, was held on Monday, 

 fnrm"? T^' of members attended. A strong executive committee «s 

 Sma „ tr M » A ^ E - Dixon 45 chairman, and Mr. A. W. P. Pike as vice- 

 con r«;- M H' 9 lIlett was re-elected secretary. The committee, after doe 

 three 2° D ' r C,de L d t0 hold annual show on July 20 and 21, which is quite 

 tftree weeks earlier than usual. 



Jons at 

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>hown in the 1896 accounts was not the nr^ 0V \ ed that the ^^c e in hand common "X T sown under glass in the winter are to be clas 



outstandmg liabilities had not been met? £ - P ° n - the / ear ' s working, because desSnSont f are - f ° r autumn sow l ™* s P"°g sown ' these being the ordm£ 



jBd Ulun .mated addresses had SeTeiven r'" ° f - SUch a baI «« 33s practice \f ^ C,asses P"^ to the introduction of the winter so«* 



Lm ^ •5 Ct ' tHey COU,d not m their w e av n tv l™^' 8 leadin g oncers 5SdjS«. n/ SU p est,on « not to sit upon a practice which, if modflM 



han SS"" at * • t , ime wh « «hey shouXatL^^ ^ 1°^ °P en *> ensure dasses ' rh SUC ,^f ° d resu!t ^. show committees should now include three?** 



than spread coat tails for others to tr^H 5 er the,r c,ot hes about them rather I thus : Ou tdoor autumn-sown " «« Outdoor sorine sown," and *' W»» 



CZSS^ 107 "^tfSZ^u* ^ 0t - ithstandi ng a " thkind fh ZZ:tZ g *S" -\ hus th ^ - raS, as h wt arSficTally, would not e-g 



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