The annual meeting of the members of this Club took place on Monday eve the Club Concordia, Mr. Frank Maitland, Master, in the chair, Chere was ely swaall attendance, The Caareaay in reading the report and statement of accounts said that he regretted to say that theca was a debit balance of $37. The subscriptions last year wore $916 und this year $773, leaving difference of $143. The charges account however was about the same, hey were rather too liberal about prizes, the amount given last year being $597, while this year it was $600, Hy then presented the vouchers for inspectly Mr. 8, WaLer suid that it would be very auch better before they sturted to give prizes to know the exact amount they had in hand, It was certainly, to his mind, most important that thy' subscriptions hould be collected wt the beginning of the syosen, and not only the actual subseri tion but also those from honorary memos Afvor that had been done, the amount available for prizes could be very u ase tained, As it was ho would like to know who was responsible for the debit balance and how they to deal with it, ale though it was only a nominal sum. ' He would eugyest that in future it should be a rule that all subscriptions should be paid up early in the sosson, before the hints commenced. It had been distinctly Laid duwu that to person could win at a hunt until hig subscription was paid, and he had hard that, prizes were given before cub scriptions had been paid. They all knew perfectly well that it was difficult to got in subscriptions here, where people were omiatantly moving and going to nther ports. But Mr, Matherbe, before his illness, had handed in the list of members and it was Highly satisfactory to find that they were all paid up. He hoped that in future all members would pry up or give " compra. dere's order before the regular business of the season commenced, (hear, hent.)
The report was then carried by acclumation, The Cuarnstay said that the next business bofory the meeting was the election of Stewards for the forthcoming seaton, The re-election of the Chairman as Master, moved by Mr. Dunn, who said that they could not have a better man, was carried without opposition, The election of Stewards was then proceeded with.
Mr. Warken said that while they were engaged he would take the opportunity of saying that " good deal of odium had had been put upon paper hunters by the natives, for going over their land and trampling on their cabbages, When they wont out the line was made by people in authority acting.as stewards, But un the other hand al the Sunday morning gallops 8 grent deal of the damage was done te the crops and eabbaxes, and he thought that it would be a good move on the part of the of Tropical Luxuriance, is cor-engaged in the Sunday morning gallops ig if ® little monotonous in to elect Stewards to make the course. (Hear "At the Hills," some hear.) There was another point to which he referred, namely, the ostentatious dis-whose only fault is over-elaboration of play of fisgs at the finish by which great tail: the drawing is very yood. No. 16, many natives were brought together at the a Peop into Kading, is very good indeed finish of the meets. Ie thought that two as far as rozards the yatowsy itself and faye at the finish were quite enough. (Hear, the water: the back-ground wants hear.) An Interior, No, 17, by the same artist, 'BMr. Hough supported th is very lifelike, Between the Showers, the previous speaker, and elvised membere No, 18, is a very five picture, the middle of the Club to abstain feom going over the distance being endowed with a really char-ground traversed on the previous Sunday, ming light, tle only fault being a little too The Cuarewx then declared the follow: much solidity in the storm-cloud on the gentlemen to be elected as Stewards left of the picture. We believe that No.
'0. Arbuthnot, S. Walker, C. J. Dud-19, Low Water, is the artist's firat attempt at goon, H. Baker, R. De Malherbe, Win oil-painting; he has naturally some distance Meyerink. yet to yo befure his vil can come up to his Mr. Doss declined the honour of rewater colour pictures, We ought to election. though they are not in the catalogue, A vote of thanks to the Chi: rman brought Kakemono of sunflowers somewhat the meeting to a close. s-d, and a true water-colour of an Eu eud, of which the drawing and colouring are alike ex elleut. If the fines are enforced, Amasements, the funds of the society must have profited largely by the mumber of absentees 5 let.us hope that a return to the Temper:
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