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GENERAL MEETING. 
12, Hanover Square, Thursday, May 22, 1862. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
Since the last General Meeting in December, the Council have 
had to deplore the loss of their President, His Royal Highness 
the Prince Consort ; and, in order to mark their sense of this 
calamity, they thought it right to present, through the Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, an address of condolence to 
Her Majesty the Queen, who has been graciously pleased to 
accept the same, and to present the Society with a portrait of 
His Royal Highness, for which the humble and grateful 
acknowledgments of the Council have been tendered through 
the President. 
The Council have thought it a fitting mark of respect to the 
memory of their late President to contribute the sum of lOOZ. 
towards the National Memorial Fund, now in collection, in 
testimony of the invaluable services rendered by His Royal 
Highness to the cause of agriculture. 
The place named in the last half-yearly Report as fixed for 
the Country Meeting, to be held in accordance with the pro- 
visions of the Royal Charter, has been changed from Windsor 
to Richmond, in Surrey, and will be held on Saturday, 5th 
July, at 12 o'clock. 
During the past five months 3 Governors and 54 Members 
have died ; and the names of 102 Members have been removed 
from the list by retirement, or otherwise ; while 4 Governors 
