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3^o^nl 9lsn'cultuial ^ocieti) of ^nslanli* 
GENERAL MEETING. 
; 12, Hanover Squake, jMokday, May 22, 1871. 
KEPORT OF THE COUXCIL. 
The Council of the Royal Agricultural Society of England in 
presenting tlieir half-yearly Report, have to state that since the 
last General Meeting in December, 3 Governors and 37 Members 
have died, and the names of 132 Members have been removed 
from the list ; on the other hand, 1 Governor and 210 Members 
have been elected, so that the Society now consists of 
72 Life Governors, 
74 Annual Governors, 
1589 Life Members, 
3896 Annual Members, 
17 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 5648. 
The accounts for the year 1870 have been examined and 
certified by the auditors and accountants of the Society, and 
have been published, together with the Oxford Country Meeting 
account, in the last number of the Journal. The Council refer 
with satisfaction to these documents as showing the prosperous 
condition of the finances, notwithstanding the large and increasing 
sum annually spent in furthering the objects for which the 
Society was founded. 
The ordinary income of the Society for the year 1870 exceeded 
the expenditure by 1501/. 19^. 7d. ; but the show-yard receipts 
at Oxford fell short of the expenses by 2504Z. 4s. 8d., leaving a 
net deficiency on the year of 1002/. 5s. Id. 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 4612/. 7s. 8c?. New Three per 
