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Mr. W. Beckett, M.P., who was one of the chief promoters of the 
Society's visit to Doncaster next year. The Council have also 
received a notification of the death of Mr. Edward Tesdorpf, of 
Ourupgaard, Falster, Denmark, who was elected an Honorary 
Member of the Society in 1877. 
3. The Council have elected the following gentlemen as Honorary 
Members of the Society, in recognition of their distinguished ser- 
vices to agriculture : 
Baron Arthur Vox Hohenbruck, of the Imperial and Royal 
Ministry of Agriculture, Vienna. 
Chev. Emanuel Von Proskowetz, sen. (of Kwassitz), of the 
Imperial and Royal Agricultural Society of Moravia and 
Silesia. 
Mons. Henry Leveque De Vilmorin, of Paris. 
4. These and other changes bring the total number of Governors 
and Members now on the Register to 10,924, divided as follows : 
116 Life-Governors, 
64 Annual Governors, 
3,799 Life-Members, 
6,926 Annual Members, 
1 9 Honorary Members ; 
or a net decrease of 60 Members during the half-year. This is 
not really a diminution of the effective strength, as the previous 
statement included the names of a considerable number of deceased 
Life-Members, whose deaths were not reported to the Society until 
forms of receipt for the Journal were issued in the spring. 
5. The Council deem it necessary, however, to remind the 
Members that the maintenance of the Society's operations upon 
their present scale depends upon a continued flow of new subscribers. 
At least 500 new Members need to be elected every year to take the 
place of those who die or retire. The Council desire, therefore, 
particularly to invite each Member to interest himself in obtaining 
new subscribers to the Society, and to suggest the names of any 
farmers, or others interested in Agriculture, in his district or of his 
acquaintance, who would be likely to become Members. The Secre- 
tary will, upon receipt of instructions, either write direct to the 
gentlemen named, or will forward a supply of application forms to 
the nominating Member. A form of nomination is printed in each 
number of the J ournal. 
6. The Council have the gratification of announcing that H.R.H. 
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G., has consented to be 
nominated as a Vice-President of the Society. The two vacancies 
on the Council referred to in the last Repoit were filled up at the 
General Meeting on May 22, by the election of Loid Brougham and 
Vaux, of Brougham Hall, Penrith, and Mr. Joseph Beach, of the 
Hattons, Wolverhampton. Two other vacancies, which have recently 
