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lists from time to time may be of assistance to Members, and 

 that they will not only make use of them on the occasion of the 

 election of CJouncil, but also in conjunction with their efforts to 

 maintain, and, if possible, increase the roll of Memibership in 

 their own Districts. 



10. During the year two of the oldest Members of the Council 

 have attained the age of four-score years, H.R.H, Prince 

 Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, and Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart. 

 All address of congratulation on the happy event was sent by this 

 Council to Prince Christian, and a letter conveying the Council's 

 expressions of gratification was forwarded to 8ir Walter Gilbey. 



11. Slight alterations in the wording of By-laws 6, 7 and 8, 

 relating to Life Compositions, have been sanctioned by the 

 Council, and, in order to comply with the requirements of By-law 

 56, the fact is now communicated to the general body of Governors 

 and Members. The amendments referred to are of a merely 

 verbal character, and are rendered necessary by the effluxion 

 of time. 



12. Lord Middleton having expressed his willingness to allow 

 himself to be nominated as President of the Society for the year 

 1912, it has been unanimously decided by the Council to recom- 

 mend the election of his Lordship to that office at the Annual 

 Meeting. 



13. Under the By-laws, the balance-sheet has to be presented 

 for consideration at the Annual General Meeting. The Council 

 therefore beg to submit the balance-sheet for the year 1910, with 

 the Statement of Ordinary Income and Expenditure. These 

 accounts were published in Volume 71 of the Journal issued to 

 xMembers early this year, having been duly examined and certified 

 as correct by the Auditors appointed by the Members, and by the 

 professional Accountants employed by the Society. 



14. The Council have considered the question of providing a 

 scheme for the superannuation of their official staff, and have 

 made satisfactory arrangements for carrying their proposals into 

 effect. 



15. A suggestion made by Mr. Adeane that the Officers of 

 the Society should be asked to deliver Lectures at the Society's 

 house was approved by the Council in February last. The first 

 of these lectures was delivered by Professor Biff en, the Society's 

 liotanist, on the 4th April, the subject being " The Principles of 

 Breeding as illustrated by Wheat." 



16. The Seventy-second Annual Show was held under the 

 Presidency of His Majesty the King at Norwich from the 26th 

 to the 30th June, the week following the Coronation of His 

 Majesty, and, as befitted such an auspicious occasion, the Show, 

 in almost every way, was of more than usual excellence. Fine 

 weather prevailed throughout the five days, and the total attend- 

 ance reached 121,465, 75,266 persons paying for admission on the 



