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Lay. F. D. Little, FJewellyn T. E. Llewellyn, Miss Eurgain Lort, Messrs. 

 C. J. B. Macdonald, Arthur C. Moore, Charles Morris, J. M. Moubray. Harry B. 

 Neame, A. W. Neate, T. U. Owen, Herbert Padwick, J. 8. Parkin, W. Parlour, 

 J. Egerton Quested, R. Henry Rew, St. John B. Roscoe, the Rev. H. M. 

 Rowden, Messrs. A. Rumball, J. W. Sanders. S. Simpson, S. Sinha, Dr. B. 

 Skalweit, Messrs. Frank Smith, A. J. Stanton, John Stimpson, Thomas Stirton, 

 Richard Stralton, J. Herbert Taylor, George D. Thody, Rees Thomas, C. D. 

 Thompson, E. Tiimen, William Tudge, J. W. Watt, Frank Webb, &c. 



Chairman's Openingr Remarks. 

 The Right Hon. Sir Ailwyn Fellowes said it was very gratifying to him 

 to be allowed to preside on that occasion over such a large body of Members of 

 the Royal Agricultural Society, more especially as in taking the chair that day 

 he was acting as the deputy of His Majesty the King, who so greatly honoured 

 the Society by gracioush' accepting the Presidency for the past year. He did 

 not think it was necessary for him to say how deeply grateful they were and 

 had been for very very many years for the deep interest the Royal House took 

 in the work of the Society, and to show still further the interest His Majesty 

 the King had taken in his year of office, he had received the following letter 

 from him, signed by his own hand, which was written before he left for India, 

 and which he commanded should be addressed to the Members of the Society 

 that day : — 



Buckingham Palace, 



November 11, 1911. 

 My Dear Fellowes,— 



On the occasion of the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, I desire 

 to assure the Council and Members what a satisfaction it was to me to be President 

 of the Society durnig the year of my Coronation, and that I was able to be present 

 at the splendid Show at Norwich. 



I know how much of its success was due to you, who so kindly undertook to 

 perform for me the Presidential duties of the year, and also how greatly we are 

 indebted to Sir Gilber Greenall and to our Secretary, Mr. T. McRow. 



I take this opportunity of expressing my true gratitude for the valuable services 

 rendered by you and by them to the Society. 



I eames-tly trust that the Society may continue to flourish, and I shall ever 

 • watch over its interests with personal solicitude. 



Believe me, 



Very sincerely vours, 



(Signed) GEORGE R.I. 

 The Rt. Honble. 



Sir Ailwyn Fellowes, K.CV.O. 



He neei] hardly say that they were deeply grateful to their President, His 

 Majesty the King, for the gracious message he had written to them. 



Accounts. 

 The business of the meeting began, as they would see, with the presentation 

 of the Balance-sheet. The accounts connected with the Show at Norwich had 

 been printed, and were in the hands of the Members. Though the financial 

 result of the Show to the Society was not as satisfactory as some of those held 

 in recent years, he thought that those who were present at Norwich would 

 agi-ee that the Show itself was in every other respect a brilliant success, and 

 from the ])oint of view of exhiVjits of all kinds had seldom, if ever, been sur- 

 passed, and one thing he could say was that the Society had never had a finer 

 Showground than was given to them by Mr. Russell (Jolman at Crown Point. 

 He would like to take that oi)portunity, once again, on behalf of the Council 

 and the Members of the " Royal," to express their gratitude to the Lord Mayor 

 and Town (Jlerk of Norwich and to all those who took such a deep interest in 

 the Show, not only in the city, but in the county. As he ventured to say once 

 V»efore, there was never a request that the Local Committee had put forward 

 that was not well received by all connected with Norfolk and Norwich, and 

 although it was not such a financial success as they hoped it might have 

 been, still at the same time the Society had done good work in going to a purely 

 agricultural county, and he hoped it would not be many years before they 

 went again. 



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