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Monthly Council, December , 10.1890 
commended that the Committee for 
the ensuing year be the same as before, 
with the addition of Mr. Beach. 
General Doncaster. 
Lord Bkidport reported that the 
Committee had further considered the 
list of prizes proposed to be offered by 
the Local Committee, and they recom- 
mended it, with a small modification, 
for approval. The Surveyor had sub- 
mitted a plan of the Doncaster show- 
yard, and the Local Committee had 
undertaken to lay the road across the 
racecourse to the entrance for visitors 
and implements, and would endea- 
vour to make an additional road across 
the course by the grand stand. The 
Committee recommended that a band 
be provided at the Doncaster Show. 
Showyard Works. 
Sir Jacob Wilson (Chairman) re- 
port edthat the Surveyor had submitted 
a plan for the Doncaster showyard, 
and also a plan for the erection of the 
Dairy, which the Committee recom- 
mended for approval. The Committee 
had met nine times, and made nine 
reports. They recommended that the 
Committee for the ensuing year be 
constituted as before, except that the 
name of the Hon. Cecil T. Parker be 
added to rill a vacancy. 
Selection. 
The recommendations of this Com- 
mittee having been read, 
Earl Catiicart said that at the 
last meeting of the Council a general 
wish was expressed that His Royal 
Highness Prince Christian should be 
requested to accept the post of one of 
the "Vice-Presidents of the Society. 
Accordingly, the President placed 
himself in communication with Prince 
Christian on the subject, and the 
Committee had the gratification of 
announcing that His Royal Highness 
had expressed his willingness to 
accept office. He, therefore, had great 
pleasure in proposing for their accept- 
ance the necessary formal resolution : 
" That His Royal Highness Prince 
Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G., 
be elected a Vice-President of the 
Society." 
Sir Jacob Wilson seconded the mo- 
tion, which was carried unanimously. 
Karl Catiicart reported the recom- 
mendation of the Committee that Mr, 
Wheeler be appointed a Steward of 
Stock, and Mr. Pidgeon a Steward of 
Implements, and that to fill the places 
of Mr. Stratton, Mr. Mainwaring, and 
Sir Jacob Wilson, who retired from 
the Committee by rotation, Sir John 
Thorold, Mr. Neville- Grenville, and 
Mr. Crutchley be appointed. The 
Committee also presented their re- 
commendation of a new member of 
Council in the room of H.R.H. Prince 
Christian, elected a Vice-President. 
The Committee had met six times, 
and made six reports during the year. 
Education. 
Mr. Mainwaring reported that of 
the forty-two candidates from the 
fourteen schools entered for the 
Society*s Junior Examinations on the 
11th and 12th ult., forty actually pre- 
sented themselves. Of these, sixteen 
had obtained the number of marks 
necessary to qualify them for the 
Society's scholarships and certificates, 
in the event of their complying 
during the forthcoming year with 
the conditions of the examination. 
The Committee presented a report 
upon the results of the examinations, 
which they recommended should be 
published in the next number of the 
Journal [see page 854]. The addition 
of the subject of fruit-farming to the 
syllabus of the Senior Examination had 
been suggested by Mr. Whitehead : and 
the Commit teeproposed to give further 
consideration to the desirableness of 
adding to this syllabus a group of 
special subjects, to comprise dairying, 
forestry, fruit-farming, &c. 
Various letters on the subject of tech- 
nical agricultural education were sub- 
mitted, and directions given thereon. 
Of the 500Z. granted to the Committee 
for the current year, 3551. 9«. had been 
expended — viz. 125Z. 19s. M. fpr the 
Senior Examination, and 224Z. 14.*. 2d. 
for the Junior Examination. The 
Committee moved for a renewal of 
their grant of 500/. for the year 1891. 
The Committee had met five times 
and made live reports, and they recom- 
mended that they be reconstituted for 
next year as before, with the addition 
of the names of Messrs. Arkwright, 
Pidgeon, and Sutton, and Major Craigie 
Dairy. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker (Chair- 
man) reported that the letter from 
