XXXV11I 
Monthly Council, February 5, 1890. 
Railway Rates. 
Mr. Frankish drew attention to 
an appeal for additional funds issued 
by the Mansion House United Asso- 
ciation on Railway Rates, and moved 
that a further grant of 50/. be made 
by the Society to the funds of the 
Association. He said that the rail- 
way companies had been a long t ime 
in considering their case ; at the 
same time the money raised for the 
purpose of the defence was dwindling 
away and rapidly disappearing. As 
they were aware, Lord Moreton and 
himself had been asked to act on the 
Executive Committee of the Mansion 
House Association as represent ing 
the Society, and he asked the Council 
to place at their disposal a further 
sum of 50/. for such purpose. More 
money might be required to carry out 
the traders' case to the end, but he 
believed the traders were quite able 
to maintain their own interests. 
Having regard to the present position 
of affairs in agriculture, they wanted 
from the Society all the help that 
could be obtained. 
Mr. Sutton having seconded this 
motion, 
Mr. Dent said he must demur to 
some of the statements by Mr. Frank- 
ish. It was not the railway com- 
panies that had been lengthening out 
the proceedings. Speaking as a rail- 
way director, he felt very strongly 
that this inquiry was being prolonged 
to a most inordinate length by asso- 
ciations of traders. 
Further remarks having been made 
by Sir Nigel Kingscote and Mr. 
Sutton, 
Sir Jacob Wilson said he thought 
they should go back to first principles 
and remember what was the origin of 
this question. It was considered by 
the Council that the agriculturists of 
this country had a grievance, and 
when action was taken by the Lord 
Mayor it was thought that the} - should 
have their cause properly represented 
before the Committee. The Council 
then entrusted the matter to Lord 
Moreton and Mr. Frankish, and made 
them a grant of 50/. for the purpose. 
That sum was now found to be in- 
sufficient. They were there as the 
representatives of the farmers of 
England, and he thought that the 
support of the Society should not 
now be withdrawn. 
The grant of 50/. was then agreed to. 
Country Meeting of 1891. 
The Secretary read a letter from 
the Mayor of Doncaster. enclosing 
copy of a resolution passed by the 
Corporation of that borough, cordi- 
ally inviting the Society to visit Don- 
caster in 1891, and announcing that 
the Corporation were willing to hca'l 
the subscription list, and to give the 
free use of ninety acres on the Race- 
Common for the purposes of the Show- 
yard. The Secretary added that as 
this invitation arrived at a time when 
the Inspection Committee for the 
Country Meeting of 1891 were as- 
sembled at Leeds for the purpose of 
inspecting the sites offered by the Cor- 
poration of that town, the Committee 
had decided to inspect the site offered 
by the Doncaster authorities on their 
way back to London. The Committee 
had inspected at Leeds twositeswhich 
had been selected by the local authori- 
ties, but as there were certain impor- 
tant matters connected with the rail- 
way arrangements for the settlement 
of which the companies must be con- 
sulted, it had been decided to re- 
commend that the final decision 
should be postponed until the next 
meeting. 
The action of the Committee was 
approved by the Council, and it was 
resolved to invite the authorities of 
both Leeds and Doncaster to attend 
the next meeting on March 5. 
Country Meeting of 1892. 
The Secretary read a letter from 
the Town Clerk of Warwick inviting 
the Society on behalf of the Corpora- 
tion to take into consideration ihe 
advisability of selecting Warwick as 
the place of Country Meeting for the 
year 1892. The Secretary was in- 
structed to thank the Town Council 
for its invitation, and to state that 
the question of the place of Country 
Meeting for the year 1892 would be 
taken into consideration after the 
autumn recess this year. 
Date of Next Meeting. 
Various letters having been read, 
the Council adjourned until Wednes- 
day, March 5 next, at noon. 
