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for superannuation and Invalidity Insurance of the Secretary antl some of the 

 members of the staff. Mr. Adeanb having explained the proposed scheme in 

 detail, and answered a number of questions asked by Members of Council, it 

 was, on the motion of Mr. R. A. Cooper, seconded by Mr. Dent Brockle- 

 HURST, decided to postpone the further consideration of the matter until the 

 next meeting. 



In presenting the Report of the Implement Committee, Mr. Greaves 

 said he thought the Council would agree that at Norwich they hardly expected 

 to have a larger application for space than at Liverpool. As a matter of fact, 

 however, the amount of shedding applied for was greater than it had been for 

 some years. 



Authority was given for the Seal of the Society to be affixed to the 

 Agreement with Messrs. Edward Wood & Sons for the erection of the Showyard 

 at Norwich. 



Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 

 Wednesday, May 3, 1911. 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1911. 



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

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



Present; — Trustees. — H.R.H. Prince Christian, K.G., Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, 

 the Earl of Coventry, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Northbrook, Sir 

 .John H. Thorold, Bart. 



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

 Percy Crutchley, Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, Mr. R. M. Greaves, Sir Gilbert 

 Greenall, Bart. 



Other Members of the Council. — Mr. D. T. Alexander, Mr. T. L. Aveling, 

 Mr. H. Dent Brocklehurst, Major-General J. F. Brocklehurst, C.V.O., C.B., 

 the Hon. John E. Cross, Mr. J. T. C. Eadie, Mr. Arthur E. Kvans, Mr. James 

 Falconer, Mr. Howard Frank, Mr. W. T. Game, Mr. E. A. Hamlyn, Mr. Joseph 

 Harris,. Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Major H. G. Henderson, M.P., Mr. J. H. 

 Hine, Mr. Arthur Hiscock, Mr. R. W.Hobbs, Mr. W. F. Ingram, Mr. Alfred 

 Mansell, Mr. Ernest Mathews. Mr. C. Middleton, Mr. G. Norris Midwood, Mr. 

 T. H. Miller, Mr. Henry Overman, Mr. R. G. Patterson, Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, 

 Mr. H, F. Plumptre, Mr. W. A. Prout, Mr. F. Reynard, the Duke of Richmond 

 and Gordon, K.G., Viscount Ridley, Mr. C. C. Rogers, Mr. W. Scoby, Mr. Fred 

 Smith, Mr. H. H. Smith, Mr. George Taylor, Mr. C. W. Tindall, Mr. E. V. V. 

 Wheeler, and Mr. C. W. Wilson. 



Governors. — Mr. W. F. Holt Beever and Mr. Harold Swithiubank. 



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

 .5, 1911, were taken as read and approved. 



Sir .James H. Domville, Bart., Sir Samuel Scott, Bart., M.P., and the Right 

 Hon. Sir Edgar Speyer, Bart., were elected as Governors, and forty-eight 

 duly nominated candidates were admitted into the Society as Members. 



The Acting- President announced that Mr. Arthur E. Evans, of 

 Bronwylfa, Wrexham, had been elected the representative for the Division of 

 North Wales, in succession to Mr. Greaves. Mr. Evans was well known 

 to many of them, and he was sure he would receive a very hearty welcome 

 to their meetings. 



The Acting- President referred to the fact that a very old Member of the 

 Council of the Royal Agricultural Society had on the previous ilay completed 

 his eightieth year. He referred to Sir \Valter Gilbej', a gentleman who had 

 iihvays taken- a very deep interest in their Society, and he was sure they 

 would all wish to send him their most hearty congratulations on that most 

 happy event. 



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