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l\0|)al ^sn'cultural ^orutj) of Cnglanli. 
GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanover Squake, I'hursday, December 8, 1870. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England in 
presenting their half-yearly Report, have to state that since the 
last General Meeting in May, 3 Governors and 30 Members 
have died, and the names of 62 Members have been removed 
from the list ; on the other hand, 3 Governors and 172 Members 
have been elected, so that the Society now consists of 
74 Life Governors, 
74 Annual Governors, 
1547 Life Members, 
3899 Annual Members, 
15 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 5609. 
Conformably with the provisions of the Charter, the Council 
have enacted the following Bye-law : — " Members who have 
paid their annual subscriptions for twenty years or upwards, and 
Avhose subscriptions are not in arrear, may compound for future 
annual subscriptions, that of the current year inclusive, by a 
single payment of 5/." 
The half-yearly statement of accounts to the 30th June, 1870, 
has been examined and approved by the auditors and accountants 
of the Society, and has been published for the information of the 
Members in the last number of the ' Journal.' The funded, 
capital of the Society remains the same as at the last half-yearly 
Meeting, namely, the permanent fund of 20,000/, New Three 
per Cents, and the Reserve Show-fund of 4(312/. 7s. 8d. New 
Three per Cents ; but the deficiency in the Show-yard receipts 
at the Oxford Meeting entailed a cost to the Society of more 
