ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Taranaki Jockey 01 ab was held in the White Hart Hotel on Wednesday night. There were present— Messrs. A. Stand ish (chairman), J. Panl, 0. W. Govett, M. Cunningham, W. L Newman, W. Campbell, J. Hooker, and R. G. Bauchope (hon. secretary.) Before the business of the meeting began, the Chairman made a few explana tory remarks why the meeting had not not been held sooner, and also referred to the improvements recently effected by the Club at the course. He said that the annual meeting would have been called sooner, but it was deemed advisable to wait until all matters relative to the improvements and other things bad been fixed up or known, so that a full statement of the Club's position could be known. He said that he mast congratulate the Club on the alterations for the good that had been effected during the last season. They had acquired a freehold of 25 acres, on which had been erected a grandstand, which he could say was second to none in the colony for situation, neatness, and comfort, in place of the rioketty structure that used to serve as such. The course had been fenced and levelled, and the whole plaoe generally renovated. Although they were not in a prosperous condition financially at present, yet he was Bure a prosperous future was before them, and as a Metropolitan Club they had now a course uf which they might justly feel proud. The balance-sheet was then read by the secretary, the receipts and expenditure for the year ending July 14 being as under: — Rposipfs. — Grazing, £57 5s 9J; sates, £160 11s 31; grandstand, £93 18s 61; tolalisator, £260; privileges, £98 8s 61; programmes, £18 16s 7d; subscriptions, £77 63; nominations and acceptances, £328 10s; debentures, £874; Football Club, £11 15e; old accounts, £16; Bank of New Zealand overdraft, £265 4a 2d, Total, £2,26115 a 91. Expbnditdre. 