clxxxvi Monthly Council, November 5, 1890. 
Miller, N. H. J., Ph.D.. .Rothamsted, Herts. 
■Newmax, H. . . Bishoptrow Farm, War- 
minster. 
Oliver, T. B. ..Greenoak Hall, Brougfc, Yorks. 
'Parkinson, J... The Chalets, St. John's, Wor- 
cester. 
Pollev, 0. J...Kelvedon, Essex. 
Potter, E. . .Sawrey Kuotts, Winrlermere. 
Powys, Rev. C. R. . .Rofford, Wallingford. 
Purves, Peter. .Huntingdon. 
Roberts, G. C. E. . . Dock House, Billiter Street, 
E.O. 
Seymour, R. S.. .Ashbiirnham Villa, Burry 
Port, Carmarthen. 
Somehton, Lord. .Woodyates, Cranborne, 
Dorset. 
SPiCER.Capt. J.E. P. . . Spy e Park, Chippenham. 
Staxdedge, Percy. .Fry ton, Slingsby, Yorks. 
Thomas, Owen - . . Llanerchymedd, Anglesey. 
Thomas, R. . .Boveton Place, Cowbridge, Glam. 
Tyler, J.. .Crown Farm, Gedney Marsh, Long 
Sutton. 
WHTTAKEB, W. . .Thrybergh, Rotherham. 
Whittell, W. . . Kirk'burton, Huddersfield. 
Williams, C. S.. . Ivy House, Edenbridge. 
Wynne, Major.. Mellaston, Pembroke. 
Z ACHARLiS, J. . . Oxford. 
The reports of the various Standing 
Committees were then presented and 
adopted as below : — 
Finance. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote (Chairman) 
reported that the Committee had held, 
a special meeting on the preceding 
day in order to deal with a number 
of arrears of subscriptions of mem- 
bers, and they recommended that a 
letter be written to each of the 
members owing 21. and upwards, 
drawing attention to his agreement 
with the Society, and requesting 
prompt payment. A list had been 
submitted of 251 life members who 
had not yet sent a receipt for the 
Journal, and the Secretary had been 
instructed to send a registered letter 
to each of these members, drawing 
his attention to the provisions of By- 
law 6. The Committee recommended 
that the names of four foundation 
life governors, eighteen life and 
twenty-one annual members, deceased, 
seven members resigned, two whose 
addresses could not be found, and 
twenty-nine who were in arrears, be 
struck off the register ; also that the 
names of two members be restored to 
the list under By-law 12. At the 
ordinary meeting held that morning 
the accounts for the period ended 
October 31, as certified by the 
Society's accountants, had been laid 
upon the table and approved. The 
1 Re-lnet&ted under By-law 12. 
total receipts for this period were 
11,372?. 9s. 2d., and the expenditure 
was 12.804Z. 18s. Id. The balance at 
the bankers on October 31, allowing 
for cheques outstanding, was 
2,558/. 7s. Accounts amounting in all 
to 2,317/. lis. Id. had been passed, 
and were recommended for payment. 
The quarterly statement of property 
and arrears had been laid upon the 
table. 
Deaths of Foundation Life Governors. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote said the 
Council would observe with regret 
from the Finance Committee's report 
that four of the original subscribers 
to the Society (Mr. W. Aldam, of 
Frickley Hall, Doncaster ; Mr. F. H. 
Dickinson, of King's Weston, Somer- 
ton ; Mr. Joseph Druce, of Eynsham, 
Oxford, a Member of the Council 
from 1860 to 1888 ; and Mr. Isaac P. 
Evans, of Griff, Nuneaton) had died 
in the interval which had elapsed 
since their last meeting. 
Premiums to Thoroughbred Stallions. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote said that he 
must ask permission to bring before 
the Council at this stage a matter 
which had been strongly pressed 
upon his personal attention by some 
very influential members of the Royal 
Commission on Horse Breeding, viz., 
the continuance by the Society of the 
three premiums for thoroughbred 
stallions which they had heretofore 
given for the district in which their 
show was held. The Council decided 
this time last year, after full debate, 
that they would give the premiums 
for the present season, but it was at 
the same time generally understood 
that a continuance of the grant was 
not contemplated by the Society. No 
formal letter on the subject was 
addressed to the Royal Commission 
on Horse Breeding, but the feeling of 
the Council was expressed in the 
words used by the Commissioners in 
their third report to Her Majesty, 
dated May 5, 1890, that " the Royal 
Agricultural Society consider the 
time has now arrived when all the 
districts in the country should - be 
provided for out of the funds of the 
Commission." The Commissioners 
based on this and on the evidence 
