RESOLUTIONS 
PASSED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, FEB. 4tll, 1840, 
The Rev. Stephen Creyke, M. A. in the Chair. 
1. That the Right Hon. Lord W enlock be requested to become a 
Patron of the Society. 
2. That the Rev. Win. Hincks, F.L.S., late Curator of Botany, be 
elected an Honorary Member. 
3. That the Report of the Council be adopted and printed for the 
use of the Members. 
4. That the Regulations adopted by the Annual Meetings in 1836, 
1837, 1838, and 1839, for the Admission of Strangers by the pur¬ 
chase of Tickets, be continued for the present year. 
.5. That the Council be again empowered on certain days to be se¬ 
lected by them during the present year, to permit Free Admission 
to the Museum and Gardens to all persons ; the mode of admission 
to be regulated by the Council. 
6. '’J’'hat the Resolutions of the last Annual Meeting, empowering 
the Council to authorise the holding of one or more Horticultural 
Meetings in the Society’s Gardens, be continued in force during the 
present year. 
7. That the best Thanks of the Society be given to the Committee of 
Management of the Horticultural Fete held in August last; and that 
they be respectfully requested to continue their valuable services for 
the year 1840. 
8. That the Council be authorized to make immediate application for 
Subscriptions for the Preservation of the Hospitium, and for putting it 
into a condition to be available for the objects of the Society. 
9. That the Council be empowered to repay to the Executors of the 
late James Atkinson, Esq., the sum of £ 60 ., which he had by mistake 
paid to the account of the Society. 
10. That the Thanks of the Society be given to the Vice-Presidents 
and Members of the Council retiring from office, and to the Treasurer 
and Secretaries, for their valuable services. 
