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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1911. 



At a Monthly Council, held at 16 Bedford Square, W.C., the Right Hon. 

 AiLWYN E. Fellowes (Acting- President) in the Chair :^ 



l^resQut:— Trustees. — Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, Mr. F. 8. W. Cornwallis, the 

 Duke of Devonshire, Lord Middleton, Lord Moreton, Sir John H. Thorold, 

 Bart. 



Vice-Presidents. — Mr. C. Adeane, Sir Richard P. Cooper, Bart., Mr. 

 Percy Crutchley, Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., the Earl of Northbrook, the 

 Hon. Cecil T. Parker. 



Other Members of the Council. — Mr. T. L. Aveling, Mr. H. Dent Brockle- 

 hurst, Major-General J. F. Brocklehurst, C.V.O., C.B., Mr. Davis Brown, Mr. 

 R. A. Cooper, M.P., the Hon. John E. Cross, Mr. H. Duddiug, Mr. Howard 

 Frank, Mr. W. T. Game, Mr. J. W. Glover, Mr. R. M. Greaves, Mr. E. A. 

 Hamlyn, Lord Harlech, Mr. W. Harrison, Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Major 

 H. G. Henderson, M.P., Mr. Arthur Hiscock, Sir Charles V. Knightley, Bart., 

 Mr. J. L. Luddington, Mr. Alfred Mansell, Mr. Ernest Mathews, Jl.r. W. A. 

 May, Mr. C. Middleton, Mr. G. Norris Midwood, Mr. T. H. Miller, Mr. W. 

 Nocton, Mr. R. G. Patterson, Mr. H. F. Plumptre, Mr. W. A. Prout, Mr. F. 

 Reynard, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G., Mr. H. H. Smith, Mr. E. W. 

 Stanyforth, Mr. C. W. Tindall, Mr. A. P. Turner, and Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler. 



The following Members of the Norwich Local Committee were also 

 present : — Lord Hastings, Mr. H. P. Blofield, Mr. G. M. Chamberlin, and 

 Mr. E. W. Beck (Local Secretary). 



At the request of the Acting- President, the Secbetaky read a letter which 

 had been received from Sir Arthur Bigge stating that His Majesty the King 

 had received with much satisfaction the address passed by the Council at. their 

 last meeting expressing thanks for the letter received from His Majesty as 

 President of the Society. 



A letter had also been received from II.H.H. Prince Christian acknowledg- 

 ing the kind congratulations and good wishes of the Council on the occasion of 

 the celebration by His Royal Highness of his eightieth birthday. The letter 

 stated that His Royal Highness had always been deeply interestetl in 

 agriculture, especially in the work done by tlie Society, and expressed his 

 hopes still in tlie future to assist in all that was being done by the Council for 

 the good of agriculture in England. 



The Acting-President said it was with very deep regret that he had to 

 acquaint the Council officially with tlie death of Earl Cawdor, who had been 

 President of the Society in the year 1901, when the Show was held at Cardiff. 

 Lord Cawdor had been elected a Member of Council in 1882, and a Trustee of 

 the Society in 1900, in which office he continued until his death. He had 

 filled with distinction many important public positions in the country's 

 service, and although his public duties prevented his regular attendance at 

 their meetings during the past few years, his colleagues on the Council would 

 recall with gratitude the services he rendered to the Society as Chairman of 

 the Chemical Committee. They would always think of him as an able 

 colleague, every one would regret his death as a great loss, and many would 

 miss him as a true, loyal, and kind friend. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on Wednesday, 

 January 26, 1911, were taken as read and approved. 



One hundred and seven duly nominated candidal es were admitted into 

 the Socieiy as Members. 



The Report of the Finance Committee was received and adopted, 

 together with the Accounts and Balance Sheet for 1910 and the Estimate 

 of Ordinary Receipts and Expenditure for 1911, these documents being 

 explained in detail by the Chairman of the Finance Committee. 



On the mdtion of Sir John Thorold, seconded by Sir Gilbert Greenall, 

 the Earl of Northbrook was elected a Trustee of the Society in the room of the 

 late Earl Cawdor. 



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