xii Report to the General Meeting. 
experience of the means best adapted to ensure their advance- 
ment. The Council rely with confidence on the continued 
support and co-operation of all the Members of the Society, and 
trust they will thereby secure the prosperity of this great national 
institution. 
By order of the Council, 
(Signed) JAMES HUDSON, 
Secretary. 
ffieneral iiUfctings of 1846-7. 
The General Deckmber Meeting, in London, on Saturday, 
December 12, 1846. 
The General May Meeting, in London, on Saturday, May 22, 
1847. 
The Annual Country Meeting, at Northampton, in 1847. 
Cottage Economy. — Mr. Main's article on Cottage Gardening, and Mr. Burke's 
compilation on Cottage Economy and Cookery, have each been reprinted from the 
Journal in a separate form, for cheap distribution. Either or both of these tracts may 
be obtained by members at the rate of 1*. per dozen copies, on their enclosing to the 
Secretary a Post-office money-order for the number required; at the same time stating 
the most eligible mode of conveyance by which the copies can be transmitted to their 
address. They are also sold to the public at Id. each, by the Society's Publisher, 
Mr. Murray, 50, Albemarle Street, London. 
A'cLOMBS OF THE JouRNAL. — The first Volume of the Journal consists of four parts, 
the second and third Volumes of three parts each (the second and third parts of the 
third Volume being comprised in a double number), and the fourth of two parts. The 
Journal is now publisiied half-yearly, namely, the first half-volume for each year 
about the begiimiiig of July, and the second about the end of December or beginning 
of January. 
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principal Post-offices throughout the kingdom. They are due in advance, for 
each year, on the 1st of January ; and are in arrear if unpaid by the 1st of June 
ensuing. No Member is entitled to the Journal, or to any other privileges of the 
Society, whose subscription is in arrear. 
