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Proceedings. 



[No. 11, NEW SERIES. 



Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Madras. 



Proceedings of a Special Meeting of the Committee, held at the 

 Gardens on Friday evening, \§th October 1860. 



present. 



Colonel McCally, President. H. B. Montgomery, Esq., m. d. 

 Colonel Colbeck. Revd. J. R. Macfarlane, Esq. ? 



Amir Ud Dowlah Bahadoor. Hony. Secretary. 



With reference to the intention expressed in the Annual Re- 

 port, the Committee proceed to consider the propriety of defraying 

 the expenses of providing a Band once a week. 



The expenses of this may be estimated at Rs. 32 per mensem, 

 if the Band attends once a week. 



The Committee regret that they are not at present in a position 

 to defray this expense, but request that the Secretary will kindly 

 endeavour to prepare some scheme whereby it can be met by 

 Members of Society generally. 



The Committee resolve to postpone the consideration of the sub- 

 ject of the expenses of the Annual Exhibition until next Meeting. 



It is ordered that the accounts of the Society and the Report of 

 the Auditors shall be circulated to the Committee when they are 

 reeeived. 



Read Correspondence relative to the naming of individual 

 plants sent out to Members gratuitously. 



Resolved that the Superintendent be instructed to name any 

 special plants sent out to Members, if a request to this effect be 

 forwarded in writing with the application for plants. 



Members however are solicited to bear in mind when forward- 

 ing applications for plants " to be named" that, the duties of the 

 Superintendent do not allow of his naming large numbers of them, 

 and that he is only to be expected to label those of an important 

 character, or unusual rarity. 



The Committee regret that a recent misunderstanding of this 

 point should have occurred, but trust that the foregoing rule will 

 prevent any inconvenience hereafter. 



