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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES, 
VICTORIA. 
THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Horticultural Society of Victoria met in the Eastern Arcade on 
Wednesday night, the 7th of October. There were present— Mr. W. 
.Anderson, M.L.A. (in the chair), and Messrs. Hutchinson, Bell, Beilby, 
Carson, Harbison, Jackson, Milton, Tyler, Wilkinson, Ardagle, Bailey, 
Boyce, Cole, Draper, Murdoch, Pockett, Roberts, and Sangster. 
Amongst the correspondence received was a letter from Mr. Bedford, 
dated Leeds, August 26, stating with regard to a consignment of apples 
which the society had sent to England that he had succeeded in taking 
60 per cent, of the apples in good condition to the nursery of Messrs. 
James Blackhouse and Sons, York. They were pronounced to be mostly 
finer than those grown in England and true to name. The specimens 
were exhibited in the shop windows of Selby and were a great attraction 
to many. Mr. Bedford further stated that Captain Murray, of the 
Shannon, took much trouble in looking after the fruit during the voyage, 
and had new and better cases made for them, and had said that he would 
in future be most happy to take charge of samples to England. 
VICTORIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS. 
The monthly meeting of the Council of the Victorian Academy of Arts 
was held on Tuesday the 6th October. Present — Mr. C. Earles (in the 
chair), and Messrs. Williams, Campbell, Mather, Jas. Robertson, Mac- 
kennal, Edwards, Wilson, Carter, and Gibbes, The correspondence 
