xxxvi Monthly Council, December' 9, 1914. 



senting this report, said that, at the last meeting he estimated that the loss on 

 the Show would be 3.500Z., and he now wished to inform the Council that the 

 actual loss was 3,616/. They had never, he supposed, held a more successful 

 Show than the one at Shrewsbury, and, unhappily in a way, the success of the 

 Show contributed to the loss. There was a very large increase in the entries 

 of stock, which required special arrangements and extra shedding, and that 

 led to a considerable increase of expenditure. If they compared Shrewsbury 

 with Bristol they had an increased expenditure on the Showyard of lOOZ., an 

 increase under the heading of advertisements of 200Z., and a very large increase 

 in the prize list of 800Z. entirely owing to the excellent entries of stock, which 

 necessitated extra fourth and fifth prizes being awarded. The main contribu- 

 tion to the loss at Shrewsbury was the falling oii in the attendance, and the 

 total amount received at tlie "gate" and horse-ring at Shrewsbury was 8,445Z., 

 compared with 13,617Z. at Bristol, a decrease of 5,172Z. As the expenditure on 

 the Show this year showed an increase, it would have required a good " gate " 

 to show a profit, "and, unfortunately, the gate at Shrewsbury was not up to the 

 strain. He thought they would be relieved to hear that they would be able to 

 meet the loss without touching any of their invested funds. It was owing to 

 the very hospitable and generous welcome they received from the town of 

 Shrewsbury and the county, that they had been able to take their exhibition 

 into a rural country district, which it had always been their ambition to do, 

 quite apart from whether they made a profit on the Show or not. That, they 

 were all agreed, was their duty. In connection with that warm welcome, he 

 would like to mention the name of the Mayor of Shrewsbury, Major Wingfield, 

 the Town Clerk, Mr. Prideaux, and the Honorary Secretaries, Mr. Clarke and 

 their colleague Mr. Mansell. Also Sir Bowen Bowen-Jones, who acted as 

 Chairman of the Local Committee. The Council were very glad if they could 

 make a profit on the Show, and as long as those profits were put to reserve and 

 used to strengthen the position of the Society, they were very welcome. But 

 profits were not everything. It was their duty to go to every part of the 

 country. To meet the deficit of 3,616Z., they had the 2,500Z. allocated every 

 year against loss from the Ordinary Account to the Show Account. He esti- 

 mated that the balance for the year on the Ordinary Account would be 500Z. ; 

 and they had a sum of 645Z. of the Eeserve Account not yet invested, upon 

 which they would draw as much as they required. 



The Report of the General Nottingham Committee was received and 

 adopted. The Earl of Northbrook, in presenting this report, said he was 

 sure the Council would wish to express their welcome to the Mayor of Notting- 

 ham, the Sheriff of Nottingham, the Town Clerk of Nottingham, and to other 

 gentlemen from the city and county who had been so good as to come there 

 that morning to the General Nottingham Committee. They also welcomed 

 their President-elect, the Duke of Portland. 



The Mayor of Nottingham said he had nothing to add to what had been 

 stated in the Report, except to express his agreement with the decison of the 

 Committee. 



The Duke of Portland thanked the meeting for the honour they had done 

 him in nominating him for election as President of the Society. He could 

 only say that he most deeply and sincerely appreciated that honour. As it 

 had been decided to hold the Siiow at Nottingham, he could only repeat the 

 assurance he had given to the Committee that he personally would do all he 

 could to make the Show a success, and there was no possible doubt that the 

 people interested in agriculture in the county of Nottingham would also do 

 their best to make it a success. 



Sir BowEN BowEN-JONES said the Report of the Chemical and Woburn 

 Committee read by the Secretary was self-explanatory, but of course the details 

 of the proposals with regard to the new scheme for Woburn could not possibly 

 be mastered by anyone in the room on hearing them read. If, as he hoped, the 

 report was adopted, the scheme which be laid upon the table would be 



