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the country he thought it his dut}-, and that of every man who farmed, 

 to make it as good as he could. He thanked them again for their kind 

 expressions, and hoped that the Show— although there had been a certain 

 amount of failure to start with — might in the end prove as good or even better 

 than was expected. 



The proceedings then terminated. 



WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1912. 



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

 (President) in the Chair : — 



Present: — Trustpps. — Sir J. B. Bo wen- Jones, Bart., 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 A.E.Fellowes, K.C.V.O., 

 Mr. R. M. Greave-s, Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., C.V.O., the Earl of Yarborough. 



Other Members of the Council. — Mr. T. L. Aveling, Mr. H. Dent Brockle- 

 hurst, Mr. H. Budding, Mr. J. T. C. Eadie, Mr. J. Falconer, Mr. Howard Frank, 

 Mr. W. T. Game, Mr. W. Harrison, Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, Bart., Mr. R. W. Hobbs, 

 Mr. Alfred Mansell. Mr. Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. Middleton, 

 Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. W. A. Prout, Mr. F. Reynard, Mr. Fred Smith, 

 Mr. H. Herbert Smith, Mr. E. W. Stanyfortb. and Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler. 



The minutes of the last monthly meeting of the Council, held in the 

 Doncaster Showyard, on July 4, 1912, were taken as read and approved. 



The Hon. James Dunsmuir, of Victoria, British Columbia, was elected a 

 Governor, and seventy-six duly nominated candidates were admitted into the 

 Society as Members. 



Mr. Adeane, in presenting the Report of the Finance Committee, which 

 was received and adopted, announced that the financial results of the Doncaster 

 Show, though he did not know them exactly, would not show such a loss as 

 some of them anticipated. The Council had been met on this occasion, as 

 they were on all occasions, with the greatest generosity on all sides, and on the 

 previous day the Finance Committee had had before them a list of donations 

 from exhibitors amounting to 119/. He was quite sure that the Council, and 

 the whole Society, would be very grateful to those exhibitors who were meeting 

 them in this way. 



On the motion of Mr. Adeane, seconded by Sir John Thobold, Bart., it 

 was resolved : " That in order to facilitate the winding up of the accounts for 

 the Doncaster Show as early as possible, authority be given for the issue, during 

 the recess, of orders on the Society's bankers for the payment of accounts 

 connected with the Show." 



A deputation from Nottingham in support of an invitation to hold the 

 Show in that city, in the year 1915, was introduced by Mr. Pilkington. The 

 deputation consisted of The Mayor (Mr. Councillor E. Mellor), Mr. Alderman 

 Ball, the Town Clerk (Mr. W. J. Board), Mr. Bertram Smith (President of the 

 Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society), Mr. Councillor C. J. Mee (honorary 

 secretary of the Nottinghamshire Horticultural Society), and Mr. Alderman 

 Heath, representing the Farmers" Union. The invitation having been formally 

 tendered by the Mayor, and speeches having been made by various other 

 members of the deputation, the Council unanimously resolved, on the motion 

 of the President, that the invitation be accepted. 



Lord Northbrook, in presenting the report of the Veterinary Committee, 

 said he would like to refer very briefly to the paragraph as to the appointment 

 of the Sub-Committee. The Veterinary Committee thought that it was 

 desirable that fuller consideration shi.uld be given to matters relating to the 

 prevalence of certain diseases of animals in the country, the best method of 

 dealing with and controlling them, and other matters which affected the 

 interests of st<ick owners. The Committee believed that such a course would 



