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THE FARMER'S MAGAZINE. 



York Deputation. — The Lord Mayor; Alderman 

 Meek ; Alderman llerbold ; Alderman Leeman ; Alderman 

 \V. Richards ; and the Town Clerk. 



Addresses signed by large numbers of the landholders 

 in the county were presented ; and the Council having 

 heard the respective claims advanced by the several 

 places, proceeded to the election, which terminated in 

 Leeds being selected as offering the greatest advantages 

 for the country meeting next year, on condition that the 

 Mayor of that town entered into the usual agreement 

 with the Secretary of the Society by the next Monthly 

 Council on the 6th June. 



Canterbury Committee. — Lord Leigh, Chairman, 

 presented the report, which recommended the insertion 

 of the usual advertisements for tenders for refreshments 

 in the showyard at Canterbury in the London agricul- 

 tural and local papers. The Secretary was directed to 

 write to the Mayor calling his immediate attention to 

 the absolute necessity of safe communication over or 

 under the railway to the showyard. On the motion of 

 Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, seconded by Mr. Barnett, a 

 new Rule for the Prize Sheet was agreed to, viz. : — That 

 it be incumbent on Exhibitors to prove the correctness 

 of their Certificates if called upon by the Stewards or the 

 Council to do so. On the motion of Sir John Shelley, 

 seconded by Mr. Fisher Hobbs, it was resolved — That 

 the Veterinary Committee be requested to inquire and 

 report as to the advantages derived, or likely to be de- 

 rived, by the members of the Society from the annual 

 grant made to the Royal Veleriuary College. The Sec- 

 retary was directed to request Governors and mem- 

 bers of the Society to forward their nominations of 

 Judges of Live Stock to him by the 15tb of June, in 

 consequence of the early period of the month at which 

 the Canterbury meeting is to be held. 



A deputation consisting of the President, Lord Wal- 

 Bingham, Sir John V. Shelley, Bart., M.P. ; the Hon. 

 Colonel Nelson Hood, and Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, was 

 appointed to confer with the Right Hon. the Chief Com- 

 missioner of Works, Parks, and Buildings for the pur- 

 pose of ascertaining if any and what sites can be granted 

 for the Society's proposed Metropolitan Meeting. 



House List. — Agreeably with byelaws, the Council 

 arranged an election list, to be recommended by them 

 for adoption at the ensuing General Meeting. 



The Council then adjourned. 



The half-yearly meeting of the members of this 

 Society was held on Tuesday, May 23, in Hai-iover-square, 

 when it was attended by a larger number of persons than 

 had been present at any meeting for several years. The 

 chair was taken at noon by Lord Walsingham, and 

 among those present were Lord Powis, Lord Berners, 

 Lord Feversham, Sir W. W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., Mr. 

 Hodgson Barrow, M.P., Mr. Slaney, M.P., Sir J. V. 

 B. Johnstone, Bart., M.P., Mr. Erskine Wemyss, 

 M.P., the Hon. Col. Hood, Mr. Humberton, M.P., 

 Mr. Dent Dent, M.P., Mr. Raymond Barker, 

 Mr. Humphrey Brandreth, Mr. Joseph Druce, Mr. 

 Samuel Druce, jun., Mr. Clinch, Mr. Bridewell, 

 Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. Clayden, Mr. Twitchell, 

 Mr. Noakes, Mr. Devas, Mr. Ilercy, Mr. Frost, Mr. 

 Goodwin, Mr. Nalder, Mr. Purves, Mr. Moore, Major 

 Munn, Mr. John Wood, Mr. Grenville, Mr. Corbet, 

 Mr. Milward, Mr. Weir, Professor Wilson, Mr. Stokes, 

 Mr. T. Crisp, Mr. Frere, Mr. Torr, Mr. Sidney, Mr. 

 Goldhawk, Mr. Exall, Mr. Girdwood, Mr. James Tho- 

 mas, Mr. Rigden, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Tanner, Dr.Camps, Mr. 

 Morton, Mr. Cluttcn, Professor Simonds, Mr. Bunny, 

 Mr. A. Sutton, Mr. M. H. Sutton, Mr. Fielder King, 

 Col. Findgall, Mr. Astbury, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. 

 Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. Dashwood, Mr. Cohen, Col. 

 Higgins, Mr. Ridge, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Hayward, Mr, 



Booth, Mr. Bond, Mr. A. Browniny;, Professor Morton, 

 Mr. Lyall, Mr. Young, Mr. Halkett, Mr. Pain, Mr. R. 

 Smith, Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Power. 



The customary preliminary of reading the notice pre- 

 ceding the meeting having been observed. 



On the motion of Mr. Raymond Barker, seconded 

 by Sir W. W. Wynn, it was resolved unanimously that 

 Earl Powis should be the President of the Society for 

 the ensuing year. 



The Vice-presidents and the Trustees of the Society 

 were, on the motion of the chairman, re-elected. 



The meeting then proceeded to the election of 25 

 membt-rs of Council. The following list was proposed 

 the chair : Mr. Charles Edwards Amos, Mr. 



rom 



Nathaniel George Barthropp, Hon. William George 

 Cavendish, M.P., Mr. Joseph Druce, Mr. William 

 Exall, Mr, B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, Mr. William Fisher 

 Hobbs, Mr. Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Mr. William 

 Hutton, Mr. Samuel Jonas, Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., 

 M.P,, Mr. John Kinder, Mr. John Bennet Lawes, Mr. 

 Charles Lawrence, Lord Leigh, Earl of Macclesfield, 

 Duke of Marlborough, Hon. Colonel Douglas Pennant, 

 M.P., Mr. Joseph Shuttleworth, Mr. Robert Aglionby 

 Slaney, M.P., Mr. Robert Smith, Lieut.-Colonel Charles 

 Towneley, Lord Tredegar, Lord Walsingham, and Mr. 

 Jonas Webb. 



The voting papers having been filled up, Messrs. N. 

 Grenville, Clayden, and Stokes were appointed as 

 scrutineers. 



The Secretary, Mr. Hall Dare, read the following 

 report for the half-year : 



REPORT. 



The Society consists, at the present time, of — 

 72 Life Governors, 

 119 Annual Governors, 

 927 Life Members, 

 4,047 Annual Members, 

 making a total of 5,165 names on the list. 



The finances of the Society have on no former occa- 

 sion been in so favourable a condition. 



The dividend on the estate of the late Secretary 

 amounts to £970 lis, lOd., being at the rate of 10s. 

 Hid. in the pound, which has been paid into the So- 

 ciety's bankers. 



The funded capital, which stood at .£10,000, has 

 been raised by further investment to the amount of 

 i;i2,000 in the New Three per Cents. 



The Finance Committee have appointed Messrs. 

 Quilter and Ball to be the Professional Accountants of 

 the Society, who by frequent and close examination of 

 the books and accounts will materially assist the Com- 

 mittee. 



The Council have elected Professor Voelcker, the 

 Society's Consulting Chemist, to be an honorary mem- 

 ber of the Society. 



The Consulting Chemist is engaged in investigations 

 on the following subjects : 



Field Experiments on Wheat, Barley, and Turnips. 



The Action of Simple Saline Compounds on the Soil. 



The Feeding Value and Composition of Mangel Pulp. 



The Chemistry of Cheese and Butter. 



The Council having determined to select a literary 

 and scientific Editor of the Society's Journal, have ap- 

 pointed Mr. Philip H. Frere to that office, and, from the 

 high testimonials exhibited by that gentleman, feel con- 

 fidence in hoping that he will succeed in conducting the 

 Society's publications with efficiency and talent. 



The arrangements for the Canterbury Meeting, to be 

 held during the week commencing the 9th of July, are 

 proceeding satisfactorily. The Implement Yard will 

 contain nearly a mile and a quarter of Shedding, in ad- 

 dition to a very large entry of Machinery in motion ; 



