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Ordinary Memhers of the Council. — Mr. T. L. Aveling, Mr. E. W. Betts, 

 Mr. Davis Brown, Mr. T. A.'Buttar, the Hon. John E. Cross, Mr. John Evens, 

 Mr. James Falconer, Mr. J. W. Ulover, Mr. William Harrison, Mr. A. Hiscock, 

 Mr. J. Howard Howard, Mr. J. L. Luddington, Mr. Ernest Mathews, Mr. 

 "W. A. May, Mr. G. Norris Midwood, Mr. T. H. Miller, Mr. John Myatt, Mr. 

 William Nocton, Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. Frederick Reynard, Mr. John 

 Rowell, Lord Strachie, Mr. C. W. Tindall, Mr. Arthur^ P. Turner, Mr. Louis 



C. Wrigley. 



Oovernors.—The. Duke of Portland, K.G., Mr. Beville Stanier, M.P., Mr. 

 H. H. Vivian. 



Honorary Members. — Professor Sir John McFadyean, Mr. Thomas F. 

 Plowman. 



Memhers. — Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., Messrs. W. Adams, W. Bainbridge, 

 H. F. Beales, W. Worby Beaumont, J. L. Beck, K. W. Brewster, T. Brigg, 

 W. S. Cleverley, Major P. ti. Craigie, C.B., Messrs. J. F. Crewes, J. Crowe, 

 Walter Dunn, Rupert Ellis, T. Ewart, G. Eyre, jun., Lt.-Col. G. J. Fergusson- 

 Buchanan, Messrs. W. Fitzherbert-Brockholes. W. Gavin, W. Gibson, E. Grasset, 

 J. E. Grove, W. Hedges, H. G. Hiorns, W. Laugridge, J. Metiers, J. H. Mills, 

 J. T. Mills, C. Morris, J. M. Moubray, J. Nunneriey, C. S. Orwin, H. W. Palmer, 



D. F. Pennant, J. P. Pentelow, A. Phillips, H. A. Poels, F. Hamlyn-Price, 

 H. Raby, H. Riley, J. P. Roberts, A. Robinson, St. John B. Roscoe, C. B. 

 Russell, F. G. Samson, George Scoby, S. R. Sherwood, F. W. Stone, D. SwaflEer, 

 J. Herbert Taylor, H. W. Thomas, W. Meyler Thomas, R. Tory, E. Trimen, 

 R. Vaisey, John Warne, Thomas Warne, F. N. Webb, Trevor Williams, Leslie 

 S. Wood, Professor J. Wrightson, &c., &c. 



Chairman's Opening Eemarks. 



In opening the proceedings. Lord Northbrook said that Sir John Thorold, 

 the Chairman of the Committee of Selection, had received the following letter 

 from Lord Powis, the President : — 



''I have not been well lately, and I regret that I am not able to be present at the 



Council and General Meetings this week, at which I wished to thank the Council 



and Members of the Royal Agricultural Society for the honour that they did me 



in electing me President, and for the generous support which I have received from 



them. I shall be very grateful if you will kindly convey my thanks to the Council 



and Members of the Society. In bidding farewell to the Council, I wish to thank 



every Member for the consideration, help and courtesy whicti I have received, and 



which has made this year one which I shall always look back to with pleasure." 



He was sure that all the Members of the Society would very much regret 



the illness that prevented their President from being with them on that 



occasion, and, in his absence, it fell to the lot of the ex- President to take the 



Chair. 



He presumed that Members of the Society had never assembled in general 

 meeting in such serious times as prevailed at the present moment. A great 

 war had been thrust upon them, involving sacritices which had been bravely 

 borne by all, and not the least by those directly connected with the agricul- 

 tural interest in this country. (Hear, hear.) 



In view of the present situation, the Council had had under their serious 

 consideration the question as to how the Society's work would be affected by 

 the war, and had decided that it was their duty to proceed with the Nottingham 

 Show both in the interests of agriculture and the nation generally. (Applause.) 

 He felt confident that this decision and also the contribution of l,000i. 

 from the Society's funds to the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund, would 

 meet with the approval of the Members of the Society. 



In deciding to proceed with the Show in 1915, the Council fully recognised 

 that, owing to tlie numerous special calls on the public, the Local Committee 

 could not, on this occasion, provide the usual local fund, but in the extra- 

 ordinary situation they felt that the Society should be prepared to proceed 

 with the Show, a contribution of 2,000Z. having been promised by the C'orpora- 

 tion of Nottingham. (Applause.) 



