xxiv Monthly Council, Jxine 5, 1912. 



T.ord NoRTHBROOK begged to thank the CiAincil must sincerely for the 

 great honour they had done him in approving that his name should be 

 submitted to the meeting in December for election as President of the Society 

 for next year. The presidency of their Society was a position which anyone 

 who took an interest in the agriculture of the country must be proud to occupy, 

 and he need hardly say that he gladh' accepted nomination for that position. 

 If elected, he could assure them that it would be his earnest endeavour to 

 prove himself worthy of the confidence tliey had reposed in him, and to carry 

 out the duties of the year to the satisfaction of Members of the Society. He 

 was well aware that he could not hope to succeed without the co-operation and 

 assistance of the Council, and he therefore begged them to continue to him that 

 loyal support which they had invariably given to the occupant of the pre- 

 sidential chair. 



The Secretary announced that the Trustees of the " Queen Victoria 

 Gifts" Fund had decided to make a grant to the Royal Agricultural Benevo- 

 lent Institution of 140/. for the year 1912, to be distributed as fourteen grants 

 of 10/. each to the five male candidates, five married couples, and four female 

 candidates who polled the largest number of votes in their class, and who 

 would not this year receive grants from any other fund in connection with the 

 Royal Agi-icultural Benevolent Institution. 



After transacting other business, the Council adjourned until Wednesday, 

 June T), 1912. 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1912. 



At a Monthly Council held at 1(5 Bedford S(iuare, W.C., the Right Hon. 

 Sir AlLWYN E. Fellowes, K.C.V.O. (Vice-President) in the Chair: — 



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

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

 H. Thorold, Bart. 



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

 Crutchley, Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., C.V.O., the Hon. C. T. Parker, the Earl 

 of Yarborough. 



Other j\Jemhers of the Council. — Mr. D. T. Alexander, Capt. Clive Behrens, 

 Mr. E. W. Betts, Mr. H. Dent Brocklehurst, Maj.-Gen. J. F. Brocklehurst, 

 C.V.O., C.B., Mr. Davis Brown, Mr. Richardson Carr, Mr. J. Falconer, Mr. 

 Howard Frank, Mr. W. T. Game, Lord Harlech, Mr. Joseph Harris, Lord 

 Hastings, Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Mr. J. H. Hine, Mr. Arthur Hiscock, Mr. 

 R. W. Hobbs, Mr. W. F. Ingram, Mr. J. L Luddington, Mr. Alfred Mansell, 

 Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. Middleton, Mr. W. Nocton. Mr. R. G. Patterson, Mr. 

 W. A. Prout, Mr. F. Reynard, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G., Mr. C. 

 Coltman Rogers, Mr. George T.aylor, and Mr. L. C. Wrigley. 



The following Members of the Doncas'ter Local Committee were also 

 present : — The Mayor of iJoncaster, Viscount Chetwynd, Mr. C A. Cbatterton, 

 Mr, T. Harrison, Mr. John Law, Alderman G. Smith, Mr. C. Thellusson, Mr. 

 R. A. H. Tovey, Mr. G. B. C. Yarborough, and Mr. F. H. Chafer (Local 

 Secretary). 



In the unavoidable absence oi the President (Lord Middleton), the Right 

 Hon. Sir Ailwyn E. Fellowes, K.C.V.O. (Vice-President) was called to the Chair. 



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

 May 8, 1912, were taken as read and approved. 



Capt. Clive P>ehrens, Mr. Hugh Morrison, and Mr. Frederick Reynard were 

 elected as Governors, and 130 duh' nominated candidates were admitted into 

 the Society as Members. 



The Report of the Finance Committee was received and adopted ; and, on 

 the motion of Mr. ADEANE, it was resolved : '-That the Secretary be empowered 

 to issue to any duly nominated candidate for membership of the Society, on 

 receipt of the annual subscription, a badge admitting the candidate to the same 



