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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
March  24,  1898. 
National  Chkysanthemum  Society. 
Theee  was  a  good  attendance  at  the  adjourned  annual  meeting  of  the 
above  Society,  which,  in  compliance  with  a  motion  passed  on  February  28th, 
was  held  at  Anderton’s  Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  E.O.,  on  Tuesday  last,  the 
21st  inst.,  at  6  p.m.  Mr.  T.  W.  Sanders  presided.  As  was  confidently 
expected  on  all  hands,  the  meeting  proved  a  most  stormy  one,  and  Mr, 
Sanders  found  his  office  of  Chairman  anything  but  a  sinecure.  The  feeling 
of  unrest  first  made  itself  felt  when  before  the  ordinary  business 
commenced  Mr.  B.  Wynne  rose  to  make  some  remarks  concerning  the 
statement  made  by  ^Mr.  Geo.  Gordon  with  reference  to  the  medals  voted 
by  the  Society  to  several  of  its  officers.  He  (Mr.  Wynne)  had  been  a 
recipient  of  one  of  these  medals.  He  had  no  idea  that  at  the  time  it  was 
granted  that  the  Society  was  not  perfectly  solvent,  but  after  what  Mr. 
Gordon  had  said  about  the  Society  paying  its  way  before  it  granted 
medals  to  its  officers,  he  felt  that  the  only  thing  for  him  to  do  was  to 
return  the  medal,  for  under  the  circumstances  it  had  ceased  to  give 
him  pleasure.  In  replying  Mr.  Gordon  stated  that  he  was  sorry  that  his 
remarks  had  been  taken  thus.  He  wished  to  differentiate  between  the 
medals,  of  which  Mr.  Wynne’s  was  one,  which  had  been  all  paid  for,  and 
the  gold  medals  and  illuminated  addresses,  costing  some  £22,  which  had 
not  at  that  time  been  paid  for.  This,  he  thought,  to  be  reprehensible 
extravagance. 
IMr.  Wynne,  amid  very  general  applause,  then  withdrew  his  objection. 
The  minutes  of  the  first  annual  meeting  were  next  brought  up.  An 
alteration  in  the  number  of  votes  by  which  the  report  and  balance-sheet 
were  thrown  out  was  found  necessary,  the  exact  figures  being  82  votes 
for  throwing  out  the  amendment  by  6  against.  The  minutes  were  then 
passed  without  farther  discussion. 
Mr.  R.  Fife  then  proposed  that  the  meeting  be  adjourned  for  twenty- 
four  hours  in  order  to  relieve  Mr.  Sanders  of  a  somewhat  difficult  office. 
iMr.  Sanders  was  present  in  the  dual  capacity  of  Chairman  of  the  meeting 
and  Chairman  of  the  Committee  whose  actions  the  meeting  were  assembled 
to  (jriticise.  In  replying,  Mr.  Sanders  hoped  they  had  sufficient  confidence 
in  his  impartiality,  and  trusted  that  he  would  be  loyally  backed  up  by  the 
members  present  in  his  efforts  to  keep  order.  He  elected  to  let  matters 
proceed. 
Some  further  alterations  were  made  in  the  revised  financial  statement 
sent  out  to  the  members,  and  this  finally  stands  as  under  : — 
Dr,  receipts. 
Balance  in  hand . 
Members’  Annual  Subscription — 
666  at  6s . 
7  at  10s.  . 
34  at  lOs.  6d . 
93  at  21s.  . 
1  at  308.  . 
4  at  42s.  . 
1  at  G3s.  ... 
Foreign  Members’  Subscriptions 
Donations  and  Special  Prizes  ... 
Royal  Aquarium  Company — 
October  Show  . 
November  Show  ... 
December  Show . 
Bill  Posting,  as  per  contra 
Affiliated  Societies’  Fees 
Affiliated  Societies’  Medals  and  Certificates,  &c. 
Entrance  Fees  and  Rent  of  Space 
Sale  of  Catalogues  . 
Sale  of  Tickets  . 
Advertisements  in  Schedule 
Advertisements  in  Catalogue  ... 
Reserve  Fund,  donations,  &c.  ... 
Balance  transferred  from  reserve  fund 
ASSETS-  £  s. 
174  Tickets  at  cost  price .  4  7 
8  Medals  in  hand,  cost  price  ...  8  16 
1500  Jubilee  Catalogues  at  ...  18  5 
30  Year  Books  .  ...  0  15 
Various  Properties  at  Royal 
Aquarium .  2  0  0 
Certificates,  Cards,  Envelopes, 
Stationery,  Books,  &c .  3  0 
Due  on  Catalogue  Account  ...  7  19 
Due  for  Space,  November  Show  ...  1  10 
Arrears,  Affiliated  Societies  ...  1  10 
Arrears,  Members’  Subscriptions  20  18 
Reserve  Fund,  on  deposit ... 
Reserve  Fund,  current  account 
d, 
0 
0 
0 
0 
£69 
1 
4 
.  50 
0 
0 
.  8 
17 
8 
^*58 
17 
8 
REVISED 
£  s.  d. 
166  10  0 
3  10  0 
17  17  0 
97  13  0 
1  10  0 
8  8  0 
3  3  0 
75  0  0 
175  0  0 
50  0  0 
I'lJNAMCiAL  ai'ATEMENT,  1897. 
£  s.  d. 
10  10  8 
EXPENDITURE. 
298  11 
6  2 
73  7 
300  0 
12  9 
75  1 
121  4 
115  14 
9  12 
19  12 
36 
45 
2 
0 
0  12 
47  15 
Prizes — September  Show 
October  ,, 
November  ,, 
December  ,, 
Medals  Awarded  and  Engraving 
Prize  Money  outstanding  last  year  ... 
Medals  and  Engraving,  Affiliated  Societies,  &c. 
Cartage  .  . 
Judges’  Fees  . 
Judges’,  Floral  and  Staff’ Luncheons  ... 
Bill  Posting,  as  per  contra  . 
Advertisements  in  Horticultural  Press 
Hire  of  Bottles . 
Hire  of  Plants . 
Hire  of  Rooms . 
Expenses  of  Annual  Dinner  . 
Printing . 
Printing  Jubilee  Catalogue  . 
Stationery  . 
Petty  Cash — Stamps,  Telegrams,  &c. 
Sundry  Expenses 
Royal  Aquarium,  Charge  forTickets  ... 
Clerical  Assistance  . 
Show  Expenses . 
Commission  for  Obtaining  Advertisements 
Foreign  Corresponding  Secretary’s  Account 
Expenses,  Floral  Committee  . 
Insurance  Premium  . 
Donation  to  Royal  Aquarium  Employes 
Donation  to  J.  W.  Wilkinson’s  Testimonia 
Illuminated  Addresses  and  Framing  ... 
Bank  Charges  . 
Paid  to  Reserve  Fund  as  per  contra  ... 
J.  A.  Restall,  balance  of  account 
“  Middlesex  County  Times” . 
Biggs  &  Co . 
H.  M.  Pollett  &  Co.,  balance  of  account 
£  8. 
20  11 
45  18 
327  14 
47  17 
90  15 
d. 
0 
6 
0 
6 
0 
Cr. 
£  s.  d. 
532  16 
1  0 
90  19 
4  0 
18  18 
24  2 
12  9 
13  2 
T  1 
6  15 
8  18 
18  5 
64  18 
60  3 
19  10 
50  15  10 
4  7  0 
17  10 
77  2 
7 
17 
32 
2 
1  17 
3  18 
£1171  5  2 
7 
i 
5 
18 
0  14  11 
0  12  4 
41  16  0 
1  17  6 
0  10  0 
42  8  0 
£1171  5  2 
The  Chairman  formally  proposed,  and  Mr.  B.  Beckett  seconded,  that 
the  financial  statement  be  adopted,  and  a  lively  discussion  then  ensued  in 
which  the  various  items  came  in  for  a  good  deal  of  scrutiny  and  criticism. 
Mr.  Cholmeley  asked  why  the  auditors’  signature  was  not  appended, 
also  if  it  was  not  a  fact  that  the  year’s  expenditure  had  exceeded  the 
receipts  by  £58  6s.,  and  he  likewise  questioned  the  disposition  of  the 
reserve  fund,  which,  however,  the  alterations  fully  made  plain.  Mr. 
Cholmeley  concluded  by  observing  that  if  it  were  true  that  the  Treasurer 
had  never  received  or  disbursed  a  shilling  of  the  Society’s  money  it  was 
useless  to  elect  a  Treasurer. 
In  reply  to  a  question  respecting  the  auditors,  the  Chairman  said  that 
the  auditors  had  been  asked  to  examine  the  revised  financial  statement, 
but  had  refused.  They  said  they  were  not  asked  to  value  the  Society’s 
liabilities  and  assets,  and  if  it  had  been  wished  that  they  should  do  so  the 
request  should  have  been  made  on  or  prior  to  February  24th.  They 
refused,  therefore,  to  recognise  the  alterations. 
Mr.  H.  J.  Cutbush  and  Mr.  A.  E.  Stubbs  made  vim  voce  statements 
confirming  their  decision,  the  latter  gentleman  saying  that  the  first 
financial  statement  was  both  intelligible  and  accurate,  and  that  they  could 
not  go  beyond  it. 
Mr.  R.  Dean  gave  a  detailed  explanation  of  the  reason  why  the  show 
expenses  (£32  7s.  5d.)  for  1897  seemed  so  high.  Prior  to  1889,  he  said, 
the  sums  were  split  up  under  various  heads,  such  as  cartage,  labour, 
and  hire  of  plants,  and  thus  while  the  sum  under  the  head  of  “  show 
expenses”  seemed  small  in  comparison  with  late  years,  the  expenditure 
was  in  reality  greater.  Thus  in  1891  the  total  expenses  for  only  three 
shows  were  £42  12s.  6d.,  and  in  1889  £53  Is.  lod.,  also  for  three  shows; 
whilst  the  centenary  shows  in  1890  cost  only  £69  15s.,  and  the  Jubilee 
show  in  1897,  five  exhibitions  in  all,  £59  ISs.  These  figures  were,  he 
averred,  eloquent  of  the  improvement  made. 
Mr.  Moorman  was  very  severe  upon  several  items  appearing  in  the 
financial  statement.  Granted  that  things  were  bad  in  1889,  there  had 
