x^xii Monthh/ Council, Decemher 6, 1911. 



the cost of providiiii.' shedding, I'odder, and bedding was considerably in excess 

 of the entry fees received, and under these circumstances he thought they 

 would agree that it was impossible to reduce the fees. 



Sir Gilbert Greenall undertook to make inquiries with regard to the 

 possibility of arranging a Trial of Sheep Dogs at the Doncaster Show, as to 

 which a suggestion was made by Mr. Pilkinuton. 



The Report of the Implement Committee was received and adopted ; and, 

 on the motion of the Hon. J. P]. Cross, seconded by Mr. Crutchley, it was 

 unanimously resolved : " That the cordial thanks of the Society be conveyed to 

 Messrs. William Dennis &, Sons, Lttl., for their kindness in providing, free 

 of cost to the Society, the necessary facilities for carrying out the Trials of 

 Potato Diggers and Potato Sorters on their land at Littleworth." 



The Report of the Council to the Annual General Meeting of Governors 

 and Members, to be held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, at 3 p.m., 

 on Wednesday, December 6, was prepared and ordered to be issued. 



Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until Wednes- 

 day, l>ecember f'>. 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1911. 



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

 Sir AiLWYN E. Fellowes, K.C.V.O. (Acting-President), in the Chair : — 



Present : — Trustees. — Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, Bart., Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, 

 the Earl of Coventry, Lord Middleton, Lord Moreton, the Earl of Northbrook, 

 Sir John H. Thorold, Bart. 



Vice-PresidenU. — 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.— Mx. D. T. Alexander, Mr. E. VV. Betts, Mr. 

 Henry Dent Brocklehurst, Mr. Davis Brown, Mr. T. A. Buttar, Mr. Henry 

 Dudxiing, Mr. John T. C. Eadie, Mr. Arthur E. Evans, Mr. James P'alconer, 

 Mr. Howard Frank, Mr. W. T. Game, Mr. E. A. Hamlyn, Lord Hastings, 

 Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, Bart., Mr. J. H. Hine, Mr. Bayntun Hippisley, Mr. 

 Arthur Hiscock, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. W. J. Hosken, Mr. W. F. Ingram, Sir 

 Charles V. Knightley, Bart., Mr. J. L. Luddington, Mr. Alfred Mansell, Mr. 

 Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. G. Norris Midwood, Mr. T. H. Miller, 

 Mr. John Myatt, Mr. W. Nocton, Mr. Henry Overman, Mr. R. G. Patterson, 

 Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. H. F. Plumptre, Mr. F. Reynard, the Duke of 

 Richmond and Gordon, K.G., Mr. John Rowell, Mr. Fred Smith, Mr. H. H. 

 Smith, Mr. George Taylor, Mr. C. W. Tindall, Mr. A. P. Turner, Mr. E. V. V. 

 Wheeler, Mr. C. W. Wilson, and Mr. Louis C. Wrigley. 



The following Members of the Doncaster Local Committee attended the 

 meeting of the General Doncaster Committee : — The Mayor of Doncaster, Mr. 

 John Law, Alderman G. Smith, Mr. R. A. H. Tovey, Mr. G. B. C. Yarborough, 

 and Mr. F. H. Chafer (Local Secretary). 



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

 October 25, 1911, were taken as read and confirmed. 



Mr. John Shillito, representing the Co-operative Wholesale Society, 

 Manchester, and Mr. Falconer L. Wallace, of Edgcote, Banbury, were elected 

 as Governors, and 52 duly nominated candidates were admitted into the 

 Society as Members. 



The Report of the Finance Committee was received and adopted, together 

 with the accounts in connection with the Norwich Show, concerning which an 

 explanatory statement was made to the Council by Mr. Ade.'VNE. 



Sir John Thorold, in presenting the Report of the Journal and Education 

 Committee, said it was with great regret that the Committee learned of 



