HISTORICAL. 3 



members of the Board came from all parts of the country 

 as distant as Northumberland and Cornwall they 

 necessarily reached London on the day preceding the 

 meeting. Thus the suggestion arose that the Board rooms 

 should be open on the evening previous, so that members 

 could, if they wished, foregather there. This suggestion 

 developed into a proposal that they should discuss subjects 

 of common interest, and thus the idea of a Club fructified. 



A meeting of the members of the Wages Board was held 

 on March 13, 1918, when it was decided to form a club for 

 the discussion of agricultural subjects, every member of the 

 Board and its staff to have the right of membership and 

 power being taken to elect by ballot a limited number of 

 outsiders. A little later it was decided to extend the right 

 of membership to members of District Wages Committees, 

 but this right was not in fact largely exercised. 



The following were the rules of the Club : 



1. The object of the Club is the discussion of subjects relating 

 to agricultural and rural development. 



2. Members of the Agricultural Wages Board, District Wages 

 Committees, and officers on the Board's staff, are eligible for 

 membership of the Club without election. 



3. Persons, other than members of the Agricultural Wages 

 Board, District Wages Committees, or officers on the Board's 

 staff, may be elected as members of the Club, but the total 

 number of such persons shall not at any time exceed 20. Any 

 such persons must be proposed by the Committee at a meeting 

 of the Club, and the name, address and qualifications of candi- 

 dates must be stated in the notice of the meeting at which they 

 are proposed to be elected. The election shall be by ballot. 



4. The annual subscription shall be 55. 



5. Any member ceasing to be a member of the Agricultural 

 Wages Board, District Wages Committee, or officer on the 

 Board's staff, shall also cease to be a member of the Club, but 

 shall be eligible for election under Rule 3. 



6. The Officers of the Club shall be a President, three Vice- 

 Presidents, and an Honorary Secretary. Of the Vice-Presidents, 

 one shall be an appointed member, one a representative of 

 employers, and one a representative of workers, on the Agricul- 

 tural Wages Board. 



7. The Committee shall consist of the President, Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Honorary Secretary, one appointed member, three repre- 



