xxiv Monthly Council^ June 10, 1914. 



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

 Captain Olive Behrens, Mr. E. W. Betts, Mr. Davi.s Brown, Mr. W. W. Chapman, 

 the Hon. John E. Cross, Mr. J. T. C. Eadie, Mr. J. Falconer, Mr J. W. Glover, 

 Mr. Joseph Harris, Lord Hastings, Sir Arthur G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Major H. G. 

 Henderson, M.P.. Mr. J. H. Hine. Mr. Arthur Hiscock, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. 

 Dunbar Kelly, Mr. Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. Middleton, Mr. G. 

 Norris Midwood, Mr. Henry Overman, Mr. R. G. Patterson, Mr. A. W. Perkin, 

 Mr. 0. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. J. E. Rawlence, Mr. F. Reynard, Mr. C. C. Rogers, 

 Captain Percy W. Seward, Mr. Fred Smith, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, Lord 

 Strachie, Mr. C. W. Tindall, Mr. Arthur P. Turner, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, and 

 Mr. L. 0. Wrigley. 



Gorernor.—^h:. W. F. Holt Beever. 



The following Members of the Shrewsbury Local Committee were also 

 present : — The Mayor of Shrewsbury, Mr. Beville Stanier, M.P., and Mr. E. 

 Clothier (Local Secretary). 



Before commencing the business of the meeting, the President said he 

 was sure that every Member of the Council would have heard with deep regret 

 of the death of the Duke of Argyll, and would join in the sympathy which 

 had been universally extended to H.R.H. Princess Louise, His Majesty the 

 King, and the other members of the Royal Family in their bereavement. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on April 1, 1914, 

 were taken as read and apptoved. 



Mr. Stanley Baldwin, M.P., Astley Hall, near Stourport ; Lord Gerald R. 

 Grosvenor, Ash Grange, Whitchurch, Salop ; and Mr. A. W. Lepper, M.A., 11 

 Portland Road, Oxford, were elected as Governors ; and 1-19 duly nominated 

 candidates were admitted into the Society as Members. 



A Report was received and adopted from Sir Ailw^n Fellowes' Committee, 

 containing a number of recommendations as to steps to be taken to increase the 

 membership and as to further privileges to be extended to Members, Sir 

 AiLWYN Fellowes, in presenting this Report, said the Committee were 

 deeply grateful for the valuable suggestions received from Members of Council 

 and others outside. 



A Report was presented from the Chemical and Woburn Committee ; and, on 

 the motion of Sir J. BOWEN BOWEN-JONES, was received and adopted, with the 

 exception of the portion relating to the Report of the Sub-Committee appointed 

 in February to confer with members of the Finance Committee. A further 

 motion by Sir Bowen, that the printed Report of the Chemical Committee of 

 February 4, as amended by the Report now presented, be received, was also 

 agreed to. Sir Bowen Bowen-Jones then gave notice that at the June Council 

 Meeting he would move that the Report — as amended^be adopted. 



The Report of the Veterinary Committee was presented, and, after observa- 

 tions by the Earl of Nokthbrook and the Duke of Devonshire as to 

 a resolution received fi'om the Royal Dublin Society, was received and adopted. 



On the motion of Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., seconded by Mr. C. M. S. 

 Pilkington, it was unanimously resolved : — 



"That the name of his Grace the Duke of Portland be submitted to the Members 

 at the Annual General Meeting in December for election as President of the Society 

 for the year 1915." 



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

 day, June 10, 1914. 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1914. 



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

 PowiS (President) in the Chair :— 



Present: — Trudges. — Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, Bart., the Earl of Coventry, 

 Lord Moreton, Sir John H. Thorold, Bart. 



