The annual general meet the Shanghai Horticultural Society was held last Friday afternoon at Sir Sidney Barton's office a tthe British Consulate, The statement of accounts, showing a credit balance of $518.05, was first read by Mr. E. J. Cornfoot, Hon, Treas. Mr. Cornfoot then proposed that the accounts should bs Passed, and this was seconded by Mr. G._F. Fryer.
Sir Sidney Barton, President of the Society, read a short statement of the activities of the society during the past year:—Annual Flower Shows were held during the year at which the attendance of members and tion-members wag generally up to the usual number. The number of exhibitions at the Autumn Show had been so numerous as to cause overcrowding, one of the oldes: members of the society. remarking that it was the finest show that had
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