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‘**on the same 22nd of May, to conclude the terms of an agreement 
“with the Agricultural Hall Company having also been adopted 
“at the special general meeting held on the 6th of June, 
‘** 1860, this meeting does in the fullest manner confirm those 
“ proceedings.” 
Power was given to the Committee, or any two, to sign the agree- 
ment, and a copy of it ordered to be entered on the minutes. 
His Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., President of the Club, died. 
Resolved, ‘‘ That this meeting desires to record its deep regret at 
“the irreparable loss the Club has sustained by the decease of its 
“late President, His Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., who 
‘‘has during a number of years given the greatest attention to 
“further its objects, and promote its prosperity.” 
The Earl of Yarborough, a Vice-President, died. 
Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort 
visited the show, Dec. roth, 1860. 
Her Majesty the Empress of the French visited the show. 
Resolved, that the President be elected for the term of one year, 
and that the said President be not eligible for re-election for the term 
of three years, and that this be the rule of the Club for the future. 
The Right Honourable Lord Berners elected President for 1861, 
being the first of the annual Presidents. 
Lord Portman and B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, Esq., resigned their 
office of Trustees, and the thanks of the Club voted. 
Charles Barnett, Esq., Thomas Greetham, Esq., and Samuel Druce, 
Esq., elected Trustees. 
Resolved, that all exhibitors of Cross-bred animals shall be required 
to specify the exact nature of the cross—that is, the breed of sire and 
dam respectively, and whether the animal exhibited is the result of a 
first or more remote cross. 
Prize sheet re-arranged, fresh divisions and classes added, and 
prizes to amount of nearly £300 extra. (See appendix for year 1862.) 
The following were added to the list of Vice-Presidents : 
Lord Berwick. 
The Honourable Colonel Hood. 
The Earl of Leicester. 
The Duke of Richmond. 
Lord Berwick, a Vice-President, died. 
Lord Tredegar elected a Vice-President. 
Implement Committee appointed to arrange as to allotment of space 
and determine the rules and regulations for the implement department, 
Resolved, that the Hon. Secretary be requested to make the same 
arrangements as to catalogues that he has been in the habit of making 
with Mr. Boulnois, and that the entire arrangement shall rest with 
the Hon. Secretary of the Club, who is to fix the maximum price at 
which the catalogues are to be sold by the Agricultural Hall Company. 
A Committee appointed to consider and determine the principle on 
which the space devoted to implements, &c., in the new Agricultural 
Hall shall be allotted in 1862, and to determine the general arrange- 
ment to be adopted in planning out that department, &c. 
