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Eopal ^isincultuial ^ocietp of Ofnglanti, 
GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanoveb Square, Monday, May 22nd, 1876. 
KEPOKT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society have to report 
that, since the last General Meeting in December, the following 
changes have taken place in the list of Members : — Two Gover- 
nors and 58 Members have died, 135 Members resigned in the 
course of 1875, and the names of 20 others have been struck off 
the list by order of the Council. On the other hand, 2 Governors 
and 161 Members have been elected, so the Society now consists 
83 Life Governors, 
78 Annual Governors, 
2164 Life Members, 
4013 Annual Members, 
11 Honorary Members, 
Total - - 6349 
The Earl of Feversham has been elected a Member of the 
Council to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. W. 
Cayley Worsley, of Hovingham, York. 
The accounts for the year 1875 have been examined and 
certified by the Auditors and Accountants of the Society, and 
have been published in the last number of the ' Journal,' together 
with the statement of receipts and expenditure connected with 
the Taunton Meeting. The funded property of the Society 
remains the same as at the last General Meeting, namely 
18,112/. 7s. 8c?. New Three per Cents., and the balance of the 
current account in the hands of the bankers, on the 1st instant, 
was 2803/. 10*. Id. ; while the sum of 2000Z. remained on deposit. 
The Birmingham Meeting promises to be one of the largest 
yet held under the auspices of the Society ; and the Local Com- 
mittee are making every effort to afford the necessary accommo- 
dation, and generally to ensure the success of the Meeting. 
The trials of Reaping Machines will be held at harvest-time 
on the Earl of Warwick's sewage-farm, at Heathcote, near 
