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This motion was seconded by Mr. WiLLiAM Harrison, and unanimously 

 agreed to. 



Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until Wed- 

 nesday, April 3. 11»]2. 



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1912. 



At a Monthly Council, held at 16 Bedfonl Square, W.C., Lord MiDDLETON 

 (President) in the Chair : — 



Present : — Trustees. — H.E.H. Prince Christian, K.G., 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, Mr. Percv Crutchley, the Right Hon. Sir 

 Ailwyn E. Fellowes, K.C.V.O.. Sir Gilbert Greenall. 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, the Hon. J. 

 E. Cross, Mr. Howard Frank, Mr. W. T. Game. Mr. J. W. Glover, Lord 

 Harlech, Mr. Joseph Harris, Mr. W. Harrison, Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Mr. 

 Arthur Hiscock, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. J. Howard Howard, Mr. J. L. 

 Luddington, Mr. Alfred Mansell, Mr. Ernest Mathews, Mr. C. Middleton, Mr. 

 H. Overman, Mr. W. A. Prout, Mr. F. Reynard, the Duke of Richmond and 

 Gordon, K.G., Mr. C. Coltman Rogers, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, Mr. C. W. Tindall, 

 and Mr. L. C. Wrigley. 



The following Members of the Doncaster Local Committee were also 

 present : — Viscount Chetwynd, Mr. C. Thellusson, and Mr. F. H. Chafer (Local 

 Secretary). 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on February 28, 

 1912, were taken as read and approved. 



Mr. C. S. Peirse-Duncombe, of Highlands, Minchiuhampton, Stroud, and Sir 

 Robert J. M. Walker, Bart., of Sand Hutton, York, were elected as Governors, 

 and ninety-six duly nominated candidates were admitted into the Society as 

 Members. 



Sir John Thorold, on behalf of the Journal Committee, expressed regret 

 that, through ill-health, Mr. Mackenzie had had to resign hio [yosition as Editor. 

 Mr. C. S. Orwin had been very strongly recommended, and. after seeing him 

 yesterday, the Committee had unanimously decided to recommend that his 

 name be suggested to the Council for acceptance. He therefore begged to move 

 '• That Mr. Orwin be appointed as Editor of the Society's Journal." Mr. 

 Adeane having seconded the motion, it was unanimously adopted. 



The Report of the Chemical and Woburn Committee was received and 

 adopted. Sir J. B. BowEN-JoNES, in presenting this report, said that he ought 

 perhaps to inform the Council that there was a probability of the Society 

 receiving a grant of 60UZ. for their work at Woburn during the past year. A 

 statement of the experiments that had been carried on there, and of the work 

 generally, had been submitted to the Board of Agriculture, and the Committee 

 were hoping that they woukl have a retrospective grant in this matter. The 

 Council would have noticed from the report that, in accordance with the desire 

 of the Board of Agriculture, the Committee had appointed a small deputation 

 to meet the Board after the May Council meeting, to submit to them their 

 proposals for the future. These had already been laid before the Development 

 Commissioners, and probably the Board of Agriculture knew what they were ; 

 but still, the Board wanted a communication to be made direct to them. The 

 Committee therefore proposed to meet the officials of the Board of Agriculture 

 on the day named, and to submit their proposals again. After hearing what 

 they had to say, the Committee would again report to the Council. 



The Secretary reported the death, since the last meeting of the Council, 

 of Mr. W. Barrow Simonds, of Abbots Barton, Winchester, who joined the 



