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GENERAL MEETING, 



5, Cavendish Square, Dec. 12, 1840. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council, in presenting to the General Meeting their Report 

 on the present state and prospects of the Society;, have the satis- 

 faction of congratulating the Members on the spirit of im- 

 provement now pervading the agricultural community of this 

 country. 



During the last half-year no less than 1400 nevv^ Members 

 have been proposed and elected into the Society ; and this rapid 

 increase of Members and extension of the Society, conjoined 

 with the cordial good-will and co-operation of the Local Associa- 

 tions and Farmers' Clubs established and flourishing in every 

 part of the kingdom, lead the Council to anticipate, with well- 

 grounded confidence, the happiest results in the acquisition of 

 sound practical knowledge, and in opportunities of extending the 

 objects and permanent usefulness of the Society. 



The success which attended the Society's Annual Meeting at 

 Cambridge, in July, is too recent to require any comment on the 

 part of the Council ; but they beg on this occasion to report to the 

 General Meeting, that at the first Council held after the Cam- 

 bridge ]\Ieeting they had the pleasure of expressing, by their 

 unanimous votes, the deep obligations of the Society to the Vice- 

 Chancellor, the heads of the colleges, and the municipal au- 

 thorities of the town, for their co-operation in promoting the suc- 

 cessful issue of the INIeeting; and in a more especial manner to 

 the Master, Vice- Master, and Fellows of Trinity College, for the 

 liberal use of their Hall for the ordinary on the Tuesday; to 



