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Report to the General Meeting. 



During the last half-jear, 45 Members have died, 140 have been 

 struck off the list, and 147 new Members have been elected. 

 The Society now consists of 



91 Life Governors, 

 193 Annual Governors, 

 607 Life Members, 

 5478 Annual Members, 



20 Honorary Members ; 



making a total of 6391 Members. The Finance Committee will 

 lay before the Members a statement of the accounts of the So- 

 ciety for the half-year ending on the 31st of December last, as 

 audited, agreeably with the bye-laws^ on the 21st instant, by the 

 auditors elected on the part of the Society. 



The Council have received from the authorities of Northamp- 

 ton the liberal subscription of 1200/. towards the expenses of the 

 Country Meeting of the Society to be held in that town in the 

 month of July next ; and on account of the well-known position 

 of Northampton, its central situation, and the ready access to it 

 from every part of the country, there is every reason to expect a 

 numerous assemblage of visitors. From the circumstance of a 

 larger number of implements having been entered for this Meet- 

 ing than on any former occasion, and in consequence of the very 

 extensive applications daily making by intended exhibitors for 

 entries of stock, the Council anticipate a most gratifying exhibition 

 in each of the departments of the show. The local authorities of 

 the town are engaged in making every arrangement for the com- 

 fort, convenience, and economy of the visitors expected on the 

 occasion ; and the directors of the London and North -Western 

 Railway have signified their willingness to promote, by every 

 means within their power, the convenience of the Society and the 

 accommodation of the public generally during the period of the 

 Meeting. — The Council have decided that the Rev. Mr. Hux- 

 table should be requested to favour the Members, on the Tuesday 

 evening in the week of Meeting, with a statement introductory 

 to a practical discussion on the subject of the Growth of Turnips 

 by means of artificial manures, the particular combination of 



