THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



A Weekly Council was held on Wednesday, the 

 24th of February : present, Mr. Raymond Barker, Vice- 

 President, in the Chair; Mr. George Raymond Barker; 

 Mr. Bosinquet ; Dr. Camps ; Mr. T. T. Clark ; Mr. 

 Dent, M.P. ; Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt ; Mr. Fisher 

 Hobhs ; Rev. James Linton ; Mr. Thomas Scott ; Mr. 

 Clark Thornhill ; and M. de Trehonnais. 



Communications were received : 1. From the Earl of 

 Clarendon, enclosing dispatches from Captain Vansiltart 

 of H.M.S. Magicienne, reporting, as the result of a 

 search made during a recent visit to the Gallapagos 

 Islands, that deposits of guano do not exist there in 

 tufficient quantities for practical purposes. 2. From 

 Sir Charles Lyell, a collection of works, received by 

 him from various sources, having a bearing more or less 

 immediate on agricultural science and practice. 3. From 

 M. Andreas von Kiss, of Pesth, desiring the opinion of 

 the Council on a question of exhaustion of land under- 

 let by him to peasants, and of which the Austrian laws 

 took no cognisance. 4. From Mr. Murray (of Albe- 

 marle-street), requesting on the part of the Baron von 

 Rosenkrone, of Bergen, information for a committee 

 appointed by the Norwegian Government on the best 

 system of inclosure to be adopted for estates in that 

 country. 



The Council adjourned to their monthly meeting on 

 the 3rd of March. 



A Monthly Council was held on Wednesday, the 3rd 

 of March : present — Lord Berners, President, in the 

 Chair ; Lord Feversham, Lord Portman, Hon. Colonel 

 Wood, Hon. W. G. Cavendish, M.P., Sir Watkin 

 WilliamsWynn, Bt., M.P., Sir Chas. Gould Morgan, Bt., 

 Sir Archibald Keppel Macdonald, Bart., Mr. Raymond 

 Barker, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Barthropp, Mr. Brandreth, 

 Mr. Caldwell, Colonel Challoner, Mr. Druce, Mr. 

 Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. James 

 Howard, Mr. Hudson (Castleacre), Mr. Jonas, Mr. 

 Lawrence, Mr. Millward, Mr. Paget, M.P., Mr. Pain, 

 Mr. Shuttleworth, Professor Simonds, Mr. Thompson, 

 Mr. Torr, Mr. Vyner, and Mr. Jonas Webb. 



Thomas Mills, Esq., of Tolmers, Hertfordshire, was 

 elected a Governor of the Society. 



The following new members were elected : — 

 Body, Richard Barnard, Hyde End, Shitfield, Reading. 

 Broraley, James, Cockerham, Lancaster. 

 Buckworth, Theophilua Russell, Cochley-clay Hall, Swaffham, 



Norfolk. 

 Cotton, Lt.-Col. Hon. WelUngton H. S., Cherry Hill, Malpa3. 

 Daviea, Robert Craddock ^Banker), 187, Shoreditcb, London. 

 Fanton, Edmund, Hill Farm, Torrington, Devon. 

 Hagen, Jacob, Roplay, Alresford, Hampshire. 

 Hall, Thomas, Duke's Oak, Brereton, Congleton. 

 Hodge, Henry, St. Levau, Penzance, Cornwall. 

 Lee, Thomas, Brown Edge, Congleton, Cheshire. 

 Lichfield, Earl of, Shugborough, StafTordshite. 

 Perry, Sir Thomas Erskine, Bart., West Court, Berkshire. 

 Simonds, Thomas, Marske, Redcar, Yorkshire. 

 Seals, Charles William, Leigh-Delamere, Chippenham. 

 Smith, John, of Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire. 

 Starraer, Charles, Hogsthorpe Rectory, Alford, Lincolnshire. 

 Taylor, William, Pool House, Groby, Leicestershire. 

 Walker, James, Bigbrook Hall, Kidlington, Oxon. 

 Watney, Drniel, Reigate, Surrey. 

 Wheeler, E., Kyrewood House, Tenbury, Gloucestershire. 



Finances.— Mr. Raymond Barker, Chairman of the 

 Finance Committee, presented the monthly report on 



the accounts ; from which it appeared that the current 

 cash 'balance in the hands of the bankers was ^'612. 



Journal. — Mr. Thompson, Chairman of the Journal 

 Committee, reported recommendations : (1.) That 

 Mr. Miles's article in the last Journal on horse-shoeing 

 should be reprinted in a separate form, and sold at 6d. 

 each copy to the public, and at the rate of 2s. Gd. per 

 dozen to members of the Society. (2.) That a 

 bound copy of the Journal should be presented to the 

 library of the Harpenden Laboratory, in acknowledg- 

 ment of the numerous and valuable contributions made 

 by Mr. Lawes to the Society's Journal, and of the emi- 

 nent services conferred by him on British Agriculture. 

 On the motion of Mr. Jonas, seconded by Mr. Torr, 

 the discussion of the questions of the amount of salary 

 to be given to a paid editor of the Journal, and the 

 person or persons who should be appointed to discharge 

 the duties of that oflBce, was postponed till the next 

 monthly meeting. 



Lectures on Milk. — Mr. Raymoivd Barker, Chair- 

 man of the Veterinary Committee, reported that Prof. 

 Simonds, the Veterinary Inspector of the Society, had 

 stated to the committee that his paper for the next 

 Journal, embodying the substance of his lectures de- 

 livered before the members on the Anatomy and Physi- 

 ology of Milk-secretion, was far advanced towards 

 completion, and would be delivered to the Journal 

 Committee by the 15th of next month. 



Prize Essays. — Numerous essays and reportSj 

 competing for the prizes offered this year by the Society, 

 were received. 



Trustee. — On the motion of Mr, Fisher Hobbs, 

 seconded by Mr. Milward, Mr. Thompson, of Kirby 

 Hall, and Chairman of the Journal Committee, was 

 unanimously elected one of the trustees of the Society, 

 to supply the vacancy created by the decease of Earl 

 Spencer. 



Members of Council.— On the motion of Mr. 

 Milward, seconded by Mr. Torr, Mr. Humberston, of 

 MoUington, and Mayor of Chester, was unanimously 

 elected one of the general Members of Council, to sup- 

 ply the vacancy created by the decease of Mr. Simpson ; 

 and on the motion of Mr. Fisher Hobbs, seconded by 

 the Hon. Colonel Hood, Mr. Francis Sherborne, of 

 Bedfont, Middlesex, was elected one of the general 

 Members of Council, to supply the vacancy created by 

 the decease of Mr. Stephen Mills. 



Chester Meeting. — Lord Portman, Chairman of 

 the General Chester Committee, reported recommenda- 

 tions on the acceptance of Mr. Manning's contract for 

 the works at Chester, and of the Mayor of Chester's 

 arrangements for a dinner for 500 persons in the Music 

 Hall ; also on the accommodation of the Judges, and 

 the sale of substantial refreshments at a cheap rate to 

 the labouring classes during the period of the meeting. 

 The Committee also recommended that a Special Com- 

 mittee should be appointed to report, before the selection 

 of the place of meeting for next year, the best arrange- 

 ments to be made in reference generally to the show- 

 yard works. 



On the motion of Mr. Fisher Hobbs, seconded by 

 Mr. Paine, a Special Committee of Show-yard Works 

 was appointed. 



Mr. Barnett's suggestion that application should be 

 made for the refusal of extra land, should such be re- 

 quired, for the trial of the steam-cultivators at Chester, 

 was adopted. 



