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ISosal Egrirultural *ocietj) of ©nolanti. 
GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanover Squarf, Saturday, Mat 22xd, 1886. 
REPOKT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council have to report the following changes in the list of 
Members of the Society during the year which has elapsed 
since the last Annual Meeting in May 1885 : — 1 Governor and 
421 Members have been elected, 210 have resigned, 2 Governors 
have been transferred to the list of Members, 12 Governors 
and 135 Members have died, and 68 ^Members have been 
removed from the list by order of the Council. 
The Society now consists of: — 
70 Life Governors, 
61 Annual Governors, 
3414 Life Members, 
5569 Annual Members, 
20 Honorary Members, 
mailing a total of 9134, and showing a decrease of 1 Member 
since this time last year. 
Since the General Meeting of the Society held last December, 
vacancies in the Council have occurred by reason of the dealli 
of the Earl of Chichester (a Vice-President of the Society), 
Mr. Coxon, and Mr. R. C. Ransome (Members of the Council). 
Certain of these vacancies, and two others which remained vacant 
at the date of the last General Meeting, have been filled by the 
election of Mr. P. A. Muntz, M.P., Mr. C. S. Main waring, and 
Mr. W. T. Scarth, as Members of the Council, as well as the 
, transfer of Sir Matthew VVliite Ridley to the list of Vice- 
Presidents ; while the remaining vacancies are still under the 
consideration of the Council. 
The accounts for the year 1885 have been examined and 
