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very undeserved honour they had paid 
him in nominating him President for 
next year. He always liked to speak 
out on these occasions, and he felt 
that he was truly undeserving of this 
honour, for, in the first place, he was 
not to compare with many others who 
might have aspired to the chair. 
There were two feelings which weighed 
very much upon his mind. In conse- 
quence of the long Parliamentary 
career which he had had, and perhaps 
latterly owing to a little of the lazi- 
ness which attached itself to growing 
years, he had not worked on that 
Council so much as might have been 
expected under other circumstances. 
Then, he felt that there were many 
others who had done vastly more 
work, and whom natural ambition 
might have induced to offer themselves 
or to have been considered as candi- 
dates for this post. He was afraid he 
had neither the ability nor the prac- 
tice necessary to conduct with honour 
or credit the transaction of the 
business of such a Society. His 
chief qualification was his seniority, 
and this he could not help. In the time 
to come he would have the opportunity 
of making up a little lee-way, and he 
might be able, and he certainly in- 
tended to try — to show the Society 
how greatly he was interested in it ; 
and he should endeavour to conduct 
himself in such a manner as to main- 
tain that high standard of dignity to 
which the Society had attained under 
previous Presidents. Feeling so very 
strongly as he did, and having the 
greatest aversion to be brought into a 
prominent position, he yet accepted 
with gratitude the honour proposed 
to be conferred upon him ; though he 
felt himself very unworthy to fill the 
high office of President of their great 
Society. (Cheers.) 
Vacancies on the Council. 
The Secretary reported that for 
the two vacancies on the Council, to 
be filled up at the general meeting on 
May 22 next, the three following 
gentlemen had been nominated : — 
Lord Brougham and Vaux, 
Brougham Hall, Penrith. 
Proposed by Mr. S. P. Foster. 
Seconded by Sir Jacob Wilson. 
Mr. Joseph Beach, The Hattons, 
Wolverhampton. 
Proposed by Mr. J. Bowen-Jones 
Seconded by Sir J. Spearman, Bart. 
Mr. E. J. Beale, Stoneydeep 
House, Teddington Grove. 
Proposed by Mr. John King. 
Seconded by Mr. T. B. Lennard and 
Mr. Edward Prentis. 
Date of Country Meeting. 
The Secretary read a letter 
from the Royal Counties Agricultural 
Society enclosing the following reso- 
lution : — 
That the Secretary be instructed 
to write to the Council of the Royal 
Agricultural Society of England to 
draw their attention to the fact that 
they have this year fixed the date 
of their Plymouth Meeting in the 
week in which it has been custom- 
ary to hold the Meetings of the 
Royal Counties Society for the past 
twenty-five years, and further to 
request the Council of the Royal 
Agricultural Society to receive a 
deputation from this Society, so that 
a mutual understanding may be 
arrived at regarding the dates of 
future Meetings. 
After some discussion, in which 
Sir Jacob Wilson, Mr. Dent, Sir Mat- 
thew Ridley, Sir Nigel Kingscote, the 
Earl of Ravensworth, Earl Cathcart, 
Mr. Stratton, and Mr. Pell took part, 
it was resolved, on the motion of Sir 
Matthew Ridley, seconded by Sir 
Jacob Wilson, that the Secretary be 
instructed to reply that, whilst the 
Council are of opinion that it would 
not be possible to alter the date of 
their annual Country Meetings, they 
would be willing, should the Council 
of the Royal Counties Agricultural 
Society desire it, to receive a deputa- 
tion on the subject. 
Country Meeting of 1892. 
On the motion of Sir Jacob 
AVilson, seconded by Mr. Chandos- 
Pole-Gell, it was resolved that the 
Country Meeting of 1892 be held in 
District F, which consists of the 
counties of Gloucester, Hereford, Mon- 
mouth, Salop, Stailord, Warwick, 
Worcester, and of South Wales. 
Date of next Meeting. 
Other business having been trans- 
acted, the Council adjourned until 
Wednesday, June i, at 10.30 a.m. 
