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[Copies of the full Report of any of the Council Meetings held during the yeat 

 1912 may be obtained on application to the Secretary, at 16 Bedford Square, 

 London, W.C] 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



niMnutce of tbe dounciL 



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1912. 



At a Monthly Council, held at 16 Bedford Square, W.C, Lord Middleton 

 (President) iu the Chair : — 



Present : — Trustees. — Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, Bart., Mr. F. S. W, Corn- 

 wallis, the Earl of Coventry, Lord Moreton, the Earl of Northbrook, Sir John 

 H. Thorold, Bart. 



Vice-Presidents. — Mr. C. Adeane, Sir Richard P. Cooper, Bart., Mr. Percy 

 Crutchley, Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, the Right Hon. Sir Ailwyn E. B^ellowes, 

 K.C.V.O., Mr. R. M. Greaves, Sir Gilbert Grcenall, Bart., C.V.O., the Hon. 

 Cecil T. Parker. 



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

 Mr. H. Dent Brocklehurst, Mr. Davis Brown, Mr. Richardson Carr, Mr. 

 J. T. C. Eadie, Mr. Arthur E. Evans, Mr. J. Falconer, Mr. Howard Frank, 

 Mr. W. T. Game, Mr. J. W. Glover, Lord Harlech, Mr. Joseph Harris, Mr. W. 

 Harrison, Lord Hastings, Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Major H. G. Henderson, 

 M.P., Mr. Bayntun Hippisley, Mr. Arthur Hiscock, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. 

 W. F. Ingram, Sir Charles V. Knightley, Bart., Mr. Alfred Mansell, Mr. 

 Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. Miildleton, Mr. G. Norris Mid wood, 

 Mr. T. H. Miller, Mr. John Mvatt, Mr. W. Nocton, Mr. Henry Overman, Mr. 

 R. G. Patterson, Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. G. G. Rea, Mr. F. Reynard, Mr. 

 C. Coltman Rogers, Mr. John Rowell, Mr. Fred Smith, Mr. E. W. Stanvforth, 

 Mr. George Taylor, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, and Mr. L. C. Wrigley. 



Governor — Mr. Harold Swithinbank. 



The following Members of the Doncaster Local Committee were also 

 present :— Mr. C. Thellusson, Mr. W. Warde-Aldam, and Mr. F. H. Chafer 

 (Local Secretary). 



On taking his seat for the first time as President of the Society for the 

 present year, Lord Middleton thanked the Council for the honour they had 

 done him in nominating liim for that office a second time. He was sure that 

 he would receive the same kind support and assistance as he did on the former 

 occasion. 



The President said he regretted to have to inform the Council that a 

 message had been received from his Royal Highness Prince Christian ex- 

 pressing his inability to be present that day, owing to the death of the Duke of 

 Fife. Members of the Council and of the Society as a whole would all regret 

 the sad event, and he was sure that their deepest sympathy would be with the 

 Princess Royal in her bereavement. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on Wednesday, 

 December t!. 1911, were taken as read and confirmed. 



The Earl of Guilford and Mr. H. C. Jeddere-Fisher, Apsleytown, East 

 Grinstead. were elected as Governors, and thirty-four duly nominated candi- 

 dates were admitted into the Society as Members. 



The Report of the Finance Committee, together with the Accounts and 

 Balance Sheet for H)ll, and the Estimates for 1912, were received and adopted. 

 A suggestion by Mr. May that a note should appear in the balance sheet 

 explaining the market value of the Consols standing in the Society's name at 

 the end of the year 1911 was also adopted by the Council. 



