XX Monthly Council, February 2S, 1912. 



On the motion of Mr. Adeane, seconded by Sir Gilbert Greenall, the 

 Eight Hon. Sir Ailwyn Fellowes was added to the Finance Committee. 



Lord JIORETON introduced a deputation from Bristol in connection with 

 the invitation to the Society to hold the Show in that city in 1913. This 

 deputation consisted of the following : — The Lord Mayor (Mr. Frank W. 

 Wills), Alderman Hayes (Ex-Lord Mayor), Mr. C. H. Cave (Chairman of the 

 Local Finance Committee), Mr. C. C. Savile (Master of the Society of Merchant 

 Venturers, who own a portion of the site on which the Show will be held), 

 Mr. James Kennedy (one of the Durdham Down Commoners), Mr. J. Green 

 (representing the Town Clerk), Mr. Peter Addie (City Valuer), and Mr. 

 George Nichols (Local Honorary Secretary). The President, in thanking the 

 deputation — on behalf of the Council — for their presence that day, and for 

 the cordial invitation extended to the Society, said the Council would be most 

 glad to hold the Show in Bristol in 1913. 



A deputation from the Borough of Shrewsbury and County of Salop in 

 support of an invitation to the Society to hold the Show in Shrewsbury in 

 1914 was introduced by Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones. The members of the 

 deputation were Major C. B. WingtieLl (Mayor of Shrewsbury), Alderman 

 Blower, Mr. E. B. Feilden (High Sheriff of Shropshire), and Mr. Beville Stanier. 

 M.P. (Hon. Treasurer of the Local Committee). Lord Harlech and Mr. Alfred 

 Mansell (members of the Coiincil) also attended as members of the deputation. 

 Speeches in sui)port of the invitation having been made by the Mayor 

 OP Shrewsbury, Mr. Blower. Mr. Feilden. Lord Harlech, and Mr. 

 Stanier, it was unanimously resolved on the motion of Sir J. B. Bowen- 

 JONES, seconded by Mr. Wheeler, " That the invitation accorded by the 

 Mayor of Shrewsbury on behalf of the Borough of Shrewsbury and the 

 County of Salop for the Society to hold its Show at Shrewsbury in 1914 

 be accepted, with the best thanks of the Society, and that the usual agreement 

 with the Corporation be entered into in due course." 



Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 

 W^ednesday, February 28, 1912. 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1912. 



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

 (President) in the Chair : — 



Vr&s&ni:— Trustees. — Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, Bart., Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, 

 the Earl of Coventry, 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. Fellowes, 

 K.C.V.O., Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., C.V.O., the Hon. Cecil T. Parker. 



Other Memhers of the Council.— Mr. D. T. Alexander, l\Ir. T. L. Aveling, 

 Capt. Clive Behrens, Mr. E. W. Betts. Mr. H. Dent Brocklehurst. the Hon. J. E. 

 Cross, Mr. H. Dudding, Mr. Howard Frank, Lord Harlech, Mr. W. Harrison, 

 Lord Hastings, Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Mr. R. W. Hobbs. Mr. W.J. Hosken, 

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

 Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. MidtUeton, Mr. G. Norris Midwood, 

 Mr. John Myatt, Mr. VV. Nocton, Mr. R. G. Patterson. Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, 

 Mr. W. A. Prout. Mr. F. Reynard. Mr. C. Coltman Rogers. Mr. George Taylor, 

 Mr. A. P. Turner, and Mr. C. W. Wilson. 



The following Members of the Doncaster Local Committee were also 

 present :— Mr. C. A. Chaiterton, Mr. T. Harrison, Mr. John Law, Mr. C. D. 

 Nicholson, Alderman G. Smith, Mr. G. B. C. Yarborough, Mr. R. A. H. Tovey 

 (Town Clerk), and Mr. F. H. Chafer (Local Secretary). 



The President, before proceeding with the ordinary business of the day, 

 said it was with regret that he had to announce the death of the Very Rev. Dr. 

 Gillespie, who had been a well-known figure in the agricultural world. Li 

 addition to holding high ofHce in the Church of Scotlaml, Dr. Gillespie occupied 



