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Uo^ai agricultural ^ocietg ot d^nslantr. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
12, Hanoves Squark, Monday, May 23rd, 1887. 
KEPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The Council regret to announce that the numbers of the Society 
have been diminished by the resignation of 301 Members, by 
the death of 1 Governor and 117 Members, and by the removal 
of 96 Members from the books by order of the Council ; but 
these losses have been in a measure repaired by the election of 
214 Members. 
The Society now consists of : — 
71 Life Governors, 
64 Annual Governors, 
3440 Life Members, 
5387 Annual Members, 
20 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 8982, and showing a decrease of 301 Members 
since the last Meeting in December. 
The Council deplore the loss of the Secretary and Editor of 
the Society, Mr. Henry Michael Jenkins, who died on the 
24th of December last. In Agriculture he created for himself a 
great reputation, and a name that will be gratefully remem- 
bered, not only by the Members of the Society and at home, 
but by instructed Agriculturists in the Colonies and on the 
Continent. Of remarkable ability, grasp and tenacity, combined 
with proportionate powers of expression, his unflagging zeal 
was as conspicuous as his world-wide sympathies. Mr. Jenkins 
was indeed a typical Secretary. The eminent services he- 
