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On a motion from the .Chair, the seal of the Society was ordered to be 

 aflSxed to four documents in connection with the investment of 6,300Z. 

 authorised at the last meeting of the Council. 



The Council then adjourned until Wednesday, March 4. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1914. 



At a Monthly Council, held at 16 Bedford Square, London, W.C., the Earl of 

 Powis (President) in the Chair : — 

 Present : — Trustees. — H.R.H. Prince Christian, K.G., Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, 

 Bart., Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, the Earl of Coventry, Lord Moreton, the Earl 

 of Northbrook, Sir John H. Thorold, Bart. 



Vice-Preddents.—'Mv. C. R. W. Adeane, Mr. Percy Crutchley, Mr. J. 

 Marshall Dugdale, the Right Hon. Sir A. E. Fellowes, K.C.V.O., Sir Gilbert 

 Greenall, Bart., C.V.O., the Hon. C. T. Parker. 



Ot/ie)- Members of the Cuuncil. — Mr. H. Dent Brocklehurst, Maj.-Gen. 

 J. F. Brocklehurst, C.V.O., C.B., Mr. Davis Brown, Mr. T. A. Buttar, Mr.W.W. 

 Chapman, the Hon. John E. Cross, Mr. Arthur E. Evans, Sir Howard Frank, 

 Mr. W. T. Game, Lord Harlech, Sir Arthur G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Major H. G. 

 Henderson, M.P., Mr. J. H. Hine, Mr. W. J. Hosken, Mr. W. F. Ingram, Mr. 

 Dunbar Kelly, Mr. G. R. Lane-Fox, M.P.. Mr. J. L. Luddington, Mr. Alfred 

 Mansell, Mr. Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, 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. J. E. Rawlence, Mr. F. Reynard, 

 the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G., Viscount Ridley, Mr. C. C. Rogers, 

 Mr. John Eowell, Capt. Percy W. Seward, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, Mr. A. P. 

 Turner, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, Mr. C. W. Wilson, and Mr. L. C. Wrigley. 

 Governor. — Mr. Beville Stanier, M.P. 



The following Members of the Shrewsbury Local Committee were present 

 at the meeting of the General Shrewsbury Committee : — Mr. Beville Stanier, 

 M.P., and Mr. E. Clothier (Local Secretary). An apology for non-attendance 

 was received from Col. A. H. 0. LLoyd. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on February 4, were 

 taken as read, and confirmed. 



Mr. Ernest R. Debenham was elected a Governor, and fifty duly nominated 

 candidates were admitted into the Society as Members. 



The President said that Members of Council had doubtless all received 

 the letter from the Secretary, in connection with Sir Ailwyn Fellowes' Com- 

 mittee, asking for suggestions as to the manner in which the Society might be 

 made of still more use to its Members, and what steps might be taken to 

 increase the membership. He would be very pleased if Members of Council 

 would be so good as to send in their suggestions as soon as possible to Mr. 

 McRow. 



On the motion of the Earl of Northbrook, seconded by the Hon. Cecil 

 T. Parker, the following resolution was passed, and ordered to be forwarded 

 to the Board of Agriculture : — 



"That the Council of this Society views with alarm the frequent recurrence of 

 outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in various centres in Ireland, and most 

 strongly urges that the importation of cattle, sheep, and swine from Ireland 

 should be prohibited until such time as the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries are 

 satisfied that foot-and-mouth disease no longer exists in Ireland; and that the 

 same prohibition should apply to the importation of hay and straw from Ireland.'' 

 Sir Gilbert Greenall reported that the Championship Hedging Com- 

 petition had been held on February 2.5, at Belvidei'e, Shrewsbury, when there 

 were thirty-two competitors. The Judges (Mr. R. C. Coojier, of Waltham, 

 Melton Mowbray, and Mr. W. W. Hutton, of Estate Office, Kineton, Warwick- 

 shire) awarded the Championship to John Eaton, of Myddle Wood, Shrewsbury 

 (of the Whitchurch and Di.strict Agricultural and Horticultural Society), the 

 reserve number to Robert Arnold, Stramshall, Uttoxeter (of the Uttoxeter 



