i8 ROYAL ROCK BEAGLE HUNT. 



The following report was read by the Chairman :— 



Your Committee have called you together in accordance with Rule No. 12, 

 though circumstances prevented this meeting being held on the first Monday in 

 August as therein ordered. 



The accounts for the fourteen months ending May, 1846, are prepared, and 

 on the table for your inspection. 



Your Committee have had to meet many heavy extra expenses during the 

 first fourteen months, in purchasing hounds, preparing kennels, &c., &c., which 

 will not again occur. 



Your Committee have recommended a donation of one pound from each 

 member to defray the above extra expenses, and they have no doubt that the 

 subscription for the current year will amply cover the outlay, the greatest 

 economy in every department being strictly adhered to. 



Your Committee have the pleasure to announce that there are now 95 

 subscribers to the Hunt, and that they have succeeded in collecting a pack of 

 beagles which have been universally admired, and from which they anticipate 

 excellent sport for the ensuing season. 



Your Committee have selected Humphrey Jones as their new huntsman, in 

 place of Thomas Ka}-, who met with so melanchoh- an end on the Rock Ferry 

 pier, whilst in performance of his duty. 



Your Committee have to acknowledge the great civility and kindness they 

 have received from the landowners and farmers of this part of Wirral. It has 

 been their object to cultivate their goodwill in every way, and they have heard 

 very general satisfaction expressed at the conduct of all the members. They 

 have to congratulate the Hunt on the large tract of country over which they 

 have permission to hunt, and they trust that it will continue to be the aim of 

 each member to do all in his power to retain the good opinion in which the 

 Hunt is now held. 



