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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



The Council resumed their sittings after the Autumn 

 reeess, on Wednesday, November 7, when a monthly 

 meeting was held. Present : the Right Hon. the Earl 

 of Powis, president, in the chair ; the Earl of Maccles- 

 field, Lord Earners, Lord Feversham, Lord Tredegar, 

 Lord Walsingham, Hon. Colonel Hood, Hon. A. Ver- 

 non, Mr. Amos, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Barthropp, Mr. 

 Bramston, M.P., Mr. Caldwell, Mr. Druce, Mr. Exall, 

 Mr. Frere, Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Fisher H-obbs, 

 Mr. Wren Hoskyns, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lawrence, Mr. 

 Shuttleworth, Mr. Torr, Professor Simonds, Dr. 

 Voelcker, Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Burch Western, Mr. 

 Wilson (of Stowlangtoft), and Professor Wilson. 



Before the commencement of business, the President 

 wished to call the attention of the members to the me- 

 lancholy circumstance of the death of the Duke of 

 Richmond, which had deprived the society of one of its 

 original members, of one who had held the office of 

 president three times, and who always gave the greatest 

 attention to agricultural matters. His Grace had carried 

 off many of the society's prizes, and his live stock 

 always held a distinguished position in the shows. He 

 was unable of late years to attend the meetings as 

 formerly, but every one connected with agriculture must 

 feel the great loss the society has sustained by his de- 

 cease. The names of 28 candidates for election at the 

 next meeting were read. 



Finances.— Mr. Barnett, chairman of the Finance 

 Committee, presented the report on the accounts of the 

 society to the end of the previous month, from which 

 it appeared that at that date the current cash balance 

 in the hands of the bankers was ,£'1,624 18s. 6d. The 

 Secretary's receipts had been duly examined by Messrs. 

 Quilter, Ball, and Co., and were found correct. During 

 the recess, the Committee had met several times to take 

 into consideration the subject of the arrears of subscrip- 

 tions, and had thought it necessary to issue circulars, 

 calling on members to remit the subscriptions due to 

 the society. The result has been that whilst many have 

 paid their arrears, about 400 names have been struck 

 off the list, consisting of those who from death, insol- 

 vency, or misfortune are incapable of paying. There 

 still remain a great number of members who have 

 taken no notice of their liability ; it has therefore been 

 deemed advisable to divide England and Wales into 

 districts, and a list of those in arrear will be sent to 

 members of the Council residing in them, in the hope 

 that they will endeavour to procure the payment of such 

 arrears, and give any information in their power to the 

 Secretary as to their ability or inability of paying, and 

 in order to the preparation of a correct list of members, 

 which it is important should be ready for insertion in 

 the next number of the Journal. The amount of 

 arrears collected during the present year is £"2,258, 



and a large sum still remains due from members in 

 arrear. 



The Committee have to lament the death of Mr. Hux- 

 ley, late senior clerk in the oifice, where he had served 

 with zeal and fidelity for 18 years. 



Journal. — Mr. Thompson, M.P., chairman of the 

 Journal Committee, presented suggestions from that 

 committee on the subject of the cost of delivering the 

 Journal to the members of the society. The committee 

 take this opportunity of announcing to competitors for 

 the prize to be given for an Essay on the Agriculture of 

 Hampshire, that for the purposes of this prize Hampshire 

 will be considered to include the Isle of Wight. 



Authority was given to this committee to allow the 

 use of the blocks used in printing the engravings in the 

 Journal to authors and other members of the society in 

 such cases as they shall think fit, all cost to the society 

 or injury to the blocks being provided against. 



The subject of the late period of the publication of 

 the Reports of the Judges on Implements exhibited at 

 the country meetings having been brought forward by 

 Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, it was resolved, after long dis- 

 cussion, that the times of publication of the two num- 

 bers of the Journal be on the 1st of February, and as 

 early in August as the Report of the Judges of Imple- 

 ments can be published, and within one month after the 

 country meeting. 



On the motion of the Hon. Col. Hood, seconded by 

 Mr. Thompson, it was resolved that at the country 

 meeting the Implement Yard shall be open to the public 

 on Monday, on payment of 5s., and the Stock Yard at 

 1 o'clock, or as soon as the judges have made their 

 awards, without extra payment. On Tuesday the Show 

 Yard of live stock and implements to be open to the 

 public on payment of 5s. On Wednesday the admission 

 to the Show Yard to be 2s. 6d. On Thursday and 

 Friday the admission to be Is. 



On the motion of Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Owen 

 Wallis, of Overstone Grange, Northampton, was unani- 

 mously elected a member of Council, in the room of 

 Lord Southampton, resigned. 



The time for the General Meeting of the Society at 

 their house in Hanover-square was fixed for 12 o'clock 

 at noon on Wednesday, the 12th December. 



The Council decided that the date of the Leeds meet- 

 ing should be the -week commencing Monday, July 15, 

 unless the assizes or local arrangement should interfere. 



A communication was received from the Foreign 

 Office, accompanied by a Report of the Committee on 

 Agriculture of the United States respecting the cattle 

 disease, which was referred to the Veterinary Committee. 



The Council then adjourned to Wednesday, the 5 th 

 December. 



