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agriculture, and especially his work in connection with cattle 

 diseases. 



In 1899 Mr. Rew was presented with a testimonial on his 

 retirement from the Secretaryship. 



In 1897 two funds were raised. The first was for the Royal 

 Agricultural Benevolent Institution in celebration of Queen 

 Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, when 3600 was collected. The 

 second was raised in connection with a Mansion House Fund 

 for the relief of sufferers from an unprecedented tempest of 

 wind and hail in Essex. For this purpose 642 was collected 

 by the Chambers. 



In 1903 a memorial fund of 153 was raised and presented 

 to the family of the late Mr. Henry Stopes, in recognition of 

 his services to agriculture and his untiring endeavours to 

 secure " pure beer." 



In 1910 the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution 

 celebrated its jubilee, and as a recognition of the good work 

 accomplished by that institution the Chambers collected a 

 fund of about 700. 



Sundries. 



Of the many other questions that have occupied the atten- 

 tion of the Chamber time and space demand the briefest 

 mention. The numerous debates on bimetallism which took 

 place hi the Council between 1886 and 1895 form a complete 

 literature in themselves, while the speakers included most 

 of the principal protagonists of both the bimetallists and the 

 monometallists. The persistent efforts of a strong " pro- 

 tectionist " group of members hailing mostly from East 

 Anglia and fighting under the banner of " Fair Trade," 

 occupied many meetings between 1880 and 1889. Mr. C. W. 

 Smith claimed a good deal of attention from the Central and 

 local Chambers from 1894 to 1897, during which time he 

 opened the eyes of many of our members to the evils arising 

 from gambling in futures and options and the danger from 

 " corners." Curiously enough, the world was given an object 

 lesson in "corners" in 1898, when Mr. Leiter rendered himself 

 famous by making his corner in American wheat. He sue- 



