SCENERY PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 138, 5 March 1908, Page 4

SCENERY PRESERVATION SOCIETY.

<"NOT IN A*FLOURISHING CONDITION)" ) ■ 111 ;thp 'ariiiuar report- of the Wellington Tree-iPlahting and Scenery Preseryation Society the-Committee regrets to state! that 'the. affairs of, tho Socjety . are,"-/financially ■ speaking, not in a, condition. In October last, Mr. Wardrop, .secretary' and -treasurer, found -it nec6ssaryj; for business Reasons, to, reslgnVhis appointment, and Mr. ;F. A. Allen was appointed." in;'.his'.stead. Shor.tly prior to . Mr. 'Wardrop's resignation a lady 'canvasser"was' employed by him, and she .was successful in keeping the funds of the Society in' a fairly healthy condition, but this lady: left Wellington, and consequently resigned. Mr. -Allen: has not'been ablo to find, time to call on all subscribers for their' subscriptions, arid,-; finding it Us essential that caljs should be made, ho resigned his appointment, but" kindly consented to con-, •tinue in -office until the'annual-meeting was held., The Committee hopes that soiiieono will bo found ready to -acoopt the position 'of secretary, and;treasurer,, one,who will liavo 'the necessary t'imo to dovo'to to tho 'dutios. [It simply means that, unless the Society can (strengthen its funds, it must ceaso to exist. Jakmg into account the good work which .tlio Society has done in tlio past, this would ',bo a pity, as it may bo news to many of tho public to learn that the Society has no less .than 20 acres under its, care. -~ I ' Tho gardener has been , ; kept. very ' busy .during the year, . and all-the Society's reserves liavo been well looked after by him. /and are in good order. " Tho dry weather rendered _it necessary: for a considerable • amount of grass cutting and gorso grubbiii" to bo-done.'Tho attention of the City Council has been, called to tlio danger tho :Socioty's plantations aro in through firos 011 tlio Town Bolt, and' a letter has been received from tho Town Clerk stating that tlio Superintendent, of Reserves hns been instructed. to do all ho can to obviato tliis danger. During the year a grant of £35 was given by tho City Council, and thanks aro duo to the following for donations towards tho funds, other : than the annua!l subscription of 2s. Gd.:—Messrs. J. I'. Firth, AV. E. Bethuno, W. Ferguson, C. Smith, M. Chanman. J..Kirkcaldio, Tim Dresden Piano COlll- - tho "Evening Post," and tho '"Dominion.-" It will resolve- on the moetinoto dccido whether the-Society is to continue its oxistence, or ask tho City Council t-o over tha resarsaa.