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resident in the Electoral District of the West Riding of York- 

 shire on the 1st August last was 367 that Division is now entitled, 

 under By-law 83, to elect another Representative in addition to 

 Mr. Stanyforth. Owing to the recent death of Mr. George 

 Taylor, a vacancy has occurred in the representation of 

 Middlesex, and all the electors in this Division have been 

 notified with a view to the vacancy being filled up. 



7. The Earl of Northbrook having intimated that he would 

 be prepared to accept nomination as President of the Society 

 for the year 1913, the Council have unanimously decided to recom- 

 mend the election of his Lox'dship to that othce at the Annual 

 Meeting. 



8. In accordance with the By-laws, the balance-sheet has to 

 bo presented for consideration at the Annual General Meeting. 

 The Council therefore beg to submit the balance-sheet for the 

 year 1911, with the Statement of Ordinary Income and Expen- 

 diture. These accounts were published in Volume 72 of the 

 Journal issued to Members early this year, having been duly 

 examined and certified as correct by the Auditors appointed by 

 the Members, and by the professional Accountants employed by 

 the Society. 



9. The Annual Exhibition at Doncaster this year — which it 

 was generally agreed would have been one of the best ever 

 held — was to a very large extent marred by the compulsory 

 abandonment, at the last moment, of the Cattle, Sheep and 

 Swine sections. Though the outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease 

 reported during the week preceding the Show had caused the 

 Officials much anxiety and had led to extraordinary precautions 

 being taken in the veterinary examination of animals before 

 admission to the Showyard, it was not until the morning of 

 Monday, July 1st (the day preceding the opening of the Show), 

 that an intimation was received by telegram from the Board of 

 Agriculture to the effect that an Order was being made 

 prohibiting the exhibition of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs. This 

 prohibition involved no less than 2,249 entries, nearly 1,500 of 

 which were actually in the Showyard, and many others were in 

 transit. Arrangements were made immediately with the railway 

 companies to get the banned exhibits away at the earliest 

 possible moment ; and so well was the work carried out that by 

 the time the gates were opened at 8 o'clock on the Tuesday 

 morning, almost every entry in the prohibited sections had been 

 despatched from the Show. 



10. Fortunately for the Society there were still left in the 

 Showground many things to attract and interest the visitor, 

 including the fine display of Implements and Machinery, the 

 Working Dairy, the Horticultural, Forestry and Agricultural 

 Education Exhibitions, the excellent entries of Horses, Poultry, 

 and Produce, and the Championship Show of the National 

 Terrier Club. 



11. With the Cattle, Sheep and Pigs all sent away, the 

 troubles of the Show Officials were, however, by no means at 

 an end, for the first day's proceedings took place in the midst 

 of a perfect deluge. So bad, indeed, was the rain in the morning 



