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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL 
To the Anniversary General Meeting of Governors and Members, 
held at 12 Hanover Square, on Thursday, May 22, 1890. 
In meeting the general body of Governors and Members for the 
first time during the second half -century ef the Society'6 corporate 
existence, the Council are happy in being able to report the continued 
prosperity of the Society, and the sustained activity of all branches 
of its work. 
2. The subjoined tabular statement shows the number of 
Governors and Members reported at the first Anniversary Meeting 
held on May 22, 18*10, and at intervals of ten years since : — ■ 
Date 
Governors 
Members 
Total 
Life 
Annual 
Life 
Annual 
Honorary 
1840 
86 
189 
146 
2,434 
5 
2,860 
1850 
90 
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627 
4,356 
19 
5,261 
1860 
72 
119 
927 
4,047 
18 
5,183 
1870 
74 
74 
1,511 
3,764 
15 
5,438 
1880 
83 
70 
2,673 
5,083 
20 
7,929 
1890 
122 
58 
3,846 
6,941 
17 
10,984 
3. During the year 7 new Governors and 840 Members have 
joined the Society, and 20 Members have qualified as Governors, 
whilst the deaths of 5 Life Governors, 138 Life Members, and 160 
Annual Members have been reported. A total of 102 Members 
have been struck off the books under Bye-Law 10, owing to absence 
of addresses, 200 under Bye -Law 11, for arrears of subscriptions, 
and 279 have resigned. 
4. As the Society completed its fiftieth year of life as a chartered 
body on March 26 last, the Council resolved at their meeting held in 
that month to elect as Foundation Life Governors of the Society all 
the surviving subscribers to the original English Agricultural Society 
who were on its books when the Charter was granted, and who have 
been connected with the Royal Agricultural Society ever since. 
