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Mr. C. E. D. Morgan-Richardson, Col. Henry Piatt, C.B. (Life 

 Gov., 1862), Mr. Albert Pulling, Mr. H. E. Raynbird (1847), Mr. 

 C. P. Selby-Bigge, Mr. William Sills (1857), Mr. C. A. Smith- 

 Ryland, Mr. F. H. Stericker, Mr. Edward Storey, Mr. Alfred 

 Tanner, Mr. H. J. S. Tory, Mr. Hamer Towgood, Mr. A. M. Tree, 

 Mr. E. C. Trevilian, Mr. William Tudge, Mr. Frederick Turner 

 (1857), Mr. J. G. Watson, and Mr. O. O. Walker. 



(Since the date of the passing of the Report by the Council, 

 the deaths of the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., and Sir Walter 

 Gilbey, Bart., have occurred. 



Sir Walter Gilbey's connection with the Society had existed 

 for 45 years, he having joined as a Member in 1870. He was 

 elected a. Member of Council in 1881, Vice-President in 1889, 

 Trustee in 1895, and wae President of the Society in 1896, in 

 which year the Show was held at Leicester; and will be 

 remembered for the active interest he showed in all matters 

 concerning the Society. 



The following Members of the Society, who were serving 

 with the Expeditionary Force, have been killed in action : — 

 Capt. T. H. Rivers Bulkeley, C.M.G., M.V.O., Capt. S. H. 

 Christy, D.S.O., Major Lord Bernard C. Gordon-Lennox, 

 Lieut. Theodore H. Galton, Capt. Everard J. Lamb, and 

 Capt. J. M. Lambert.) 



The above, and other changes, bring the total number of 

 Governors and Members now on the Register to 10,570 divided 

 as follows : — 



174 Annual Governors; 

 89 Life Governors ; 

 7,641 Annual Members 

 2,637 Life Members; 



29 Honorary Members; 



10,570 Total number of Governors and Members as against a 

 total of 10,434 Members on the Register at the time of the last 

 Annual Report. 



During the present year the Council have elected the fol- 

 lowing three gentlemen as Honorary Members, in recognition 

 of their services to Agriculture : Mr. Thomas F. Plowman (Secre- 

 tary of the Bath and West of England Society), Monsieur Henry 

 Sagnier (Perpetual Secretary of the National Agricultural Society 

 of France), and Dr. Prof. Comm. Edoardo Perroncito, of Turin. 



Under the Chairmanship of the Right Hon. Sir Ailwyn Fel- 

 lowes, a Committee was appointed by the Council to consider 

 what steps should be taken to increase the membership of the 

 Society and in what manner the Society could be made of still 

 more use to its Members. This Committee have held several 

 meetings and given consideration to a variety of suggestions, 

 and their report, containing certain recommendations, has been 

 presented to the Council. 



Acting on one of these recommendations, the Council de- 

 cided to organise an Exhibition of Grain and Seeds, and all 

 preparations were made for this to be held at Nottingham in 



