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Messrs. Quilter and iiall and found correct. The 

 balance in the bank on the 28th ult. was 3,507/. 4s. 4d. 

 It was recommended that in future, on the proposal of 

 any person to be a member of the Society, a form of 

 letter shall be sent by the Secretary to the Candidate, 

 requiring his signature and an acknowledgment 

 of his liability, which he must return to the 

 Secretary be'bre his election can be proceeded 

 with. The Committee had consulted with the 

 Solicitors to the Society on the expediency of summou- 

 ing Members in arrears of their Subscriptions two 

 years and upwards, and were about to issue a final 

 letter to all defaulters, commencing with the metropo- 

 litan counties, in the following form : — 



"Sir, — The Couucil having had under consideration the 

 subject of arrears of Subscription, consider they are bound in 

 justice to the Society to require these arrears to be forthwith 

 paid up. I am therefore instructed to draw your attenliou to 

 t!ie applications that have already been made to you for pay- 

 ment of the arrears for the past years, amountiug to 



£ , due from you. I would also direct your attention to 



the opinion of cmiueat Counsel which has been communicated 

 to you, clearly pointiujr out your legal liability to pay that 

 amount. Unless that sum be paid at this oftice, or remitted 

 to me by Banker's Check or Post-office Order on Vere-street 

 by the 3()th iust., I am directed to hand over your name to 

 the Solicitors of the Society, \vith a view of taking legal pro- 

 ceediuga to enforce payment.— I am, Sir, your obedient Ser- 

 vant, " II. Hall Daue, Secretary." 



This Report was adopted. 



Implement Committee. — Colonel Challoner pre- 

 sented the following report, which was adopted : 



Tliat ill order to give the public a better opportunity of in- 

 specting the agricultura,! machinery exhibited at the 

 County Meeting, the following regulations shall be 

 observed : 

 1. That the stands for all implements belonging to the 

 following divisions, namely, 

 1st, The Tillage and Drainage of the Soil: 

 Ploughs and fittings, and parts thereof, 

 Harrows, and parts thereof. 

 Cultivators, and parts thereof. 

 Clod-crushers, and parts thereof, 

 Rollers, and parts thereof, 

 Whippletrees, and parts thereof. 

 Steam-ploughs, and parts thereof, 

 Potato-diggers, and parts thereof; 

 2nd, The Cultivation and Harvesting of Ceui'S : 

 Drills, and parts thereof, 

 Manure distributors, and parts thereof, 

 Horse-hoes, and parts thereof. 

 Hay machines, and parts thereof. 

 Mowing machines, and parts thereof. 

 Reaping machines, and parts thereof. 

 Horse-rakes, and parts thereof. 

 Carts and waggons, and parts thereof. 

 Dibbling machines, and parts thereof. 

 Weed extirpators, and parts thereof. 

 Liquid manure carts, and parts thereof, 

 Farm railways, and parts thereof; 



3kd, The Pbepaeation of Grain- for IMarket ant) Tood 

 FOB Cattle : 

 Steam engines, and parts thereof, 

 Thrashing machines, and parts thereof. 

 Dressing machines, and parts thereof. 

 Barley hummellers, and parts thereof, 

 Chaff-cutters, and parts thereof, 

 aiills, and parts thereof, 

 Cake-hreakers, and parts thereof, 

 Straw-elevators, and parts thereof, 

 Corn screens and riddles, and parts thereof, 

 Horse-gears, and parts thereof, 

 Gorse machines, and parts thereof, 

 Eoot-washers, and parts thereof, 

 Turnip cutters and pulpers, and parts thereof, 

 ^ Steaming apparatus, and parts thereof, 



Sack holders and barrows, and parts thereof, 

 Weighing machines, and parts thereof. 

 Thatch machines, and parts thereof, 

 Straw twisters, and parts tliereof, 



be allotted in a part of the yard separate from the 



miscellaneous articles. 



II. That any exhibitor wishing to show implements be- 



longing to both these classes and also miscellaneous 

 articles shall have two separate stands. 



III. That the certificate sent in by the 1st of May shall 

 specify to which division the articles intended to be 

 sent will belong, and, if some to both, the number of 

 feet standing room required in each division. 



IV. That the specifications be classified according to the 

 above division. 



V. That Jlr. Braudreth Gibbs be requested to adapt the 



certificate forms and specification sheets to suit the 

 above arrangements. 



General Leeds Committee. — The plan for a 

 siding from the railway to the Show Yard proposed by 

 the Mayor of Leeds was recommended, subject to ap- 

 proval by the Director of the Show ; the gradient not 

 exceeding one in 60. The great companies had agreed 

 to use this siding. 



The preliminary plan of the Show "Vard on the same 

 scale as at Warwick had been approved, and the Hon. 

 Director had been requested to put up seats for the 

 accommodation of visitors. 



The Secretary was authorized to communicate with 

 the railway authorities respecting the transport of live 

 stock and implements to Leeds. 



On the proposal of Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, seconded 

 by Lord Feversham, it was unanimously resolved that 

 the name of Mr. John Gott, of Armley House, near 

 Leeds, be added to the list of this Committee. 



A letter was received from the Secretary to the Com- 

 missioners for the International Exhibition of 1862, 

 requesting the President of the Society to allow his 

 name to be added to the list of those who had already 

 signified their readiness to assist in the promotion of 

 the object for which they were incorporated, which His 

 Lordship, at the request of the Council, expressed his 

 willingness to do. 



The Consul-General of Denmark addressed a com- 

 munication to the Society, informing them that the 

 Agricultural Society of Denmark will hold their eighth 

 meeting from the 2nd to the 6th of July next at Hor- 

 sens, in Jutland, and intend to arrange for the exhibi- 

 tion of machines and instruments used in agriculture, 

 horticulture, fishing, forests, plantations, &c., as was 

 done at Gothenburg last year, being desirous of show- 

 ing the progress made in Denmark during the period 

 which had elapsed. The mode of transport of machines, 

 utensils, models, and designs will be communicated to 

 intending exhibitors by the Danish Consul-General on 

 application at 6, Warnford Court, London, E.G. 



On the motion of the President, it was resolved that 

 the Monthly Council in April be held on Wednesday 

 the 10th of April, in consequence of the first Wednes- 

 day in the month falling in Easter week. 



Leave of absence was granted to the Secretary for a 

 week at Easter. 



The Council then adjourned to its weekly meeting on 

 the 13th March. 



Weekly Council, Wednesday, March 13, Mr. 

 Thos. Raymond Barker, V.P., in the chair. 



The names of candidates for election were read. 



The successful Essay in Class IX., for 1859, was an- 

 nounced to have been written by Professor Tanner, of 

 Queen's College, Birmingham, on the Breeding of Farm 

 Stock. 



In Class VJIL, for 1859, the Essays sent in were not 

 considered by the Judges worthy of the prize. 



