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and 259 Members liave been elected, so that the Society now 
consists of — 
83 Life Governors, 
97 Annual Governors, 
1151 Life Members, 
3475 Annual Members, and 
17 Honorary Members, 
making; a total of 4823, being an increase of 104 names on 
the list. 
The Council have elected the Right Hon. Lord Portman 
President of the Society ; Mr. Fisher Hobbs a Vice-President, 
in the room of the late Earl of 1 arborough ; and the Right Hon. 
the Earl of Stradbroke a Member of Council, in the room of the 
Earl of Powis, elected a Trustee. 
The half-yearly statement of accounts, to the 31st December, 
1861, has been examined and approved by the auditors and 
accountants of the Society. The funded capital stands at 
17,488/. 175. lOfZ. stock in the New Three per Cents. ; and the 
current cash balance in the hands of the bankers on the 1st 
instant was 4298/. 19^. 
Papers have been read, at the Weekly Meetings, of much 
interest to the agricultural community — First, on the Agricul- 
ture of Russia, communicated by the Imperial Society of 
Agriculture of Moscow ; second, on Cattle Condiments, by 
Mr. Beale BroAvne ; third, on Steam Boiler Explosions, by 
Mr. Holland, M.P. ; fourth, on the Growth of Mangold Wurzel ; 
fifth, on Preparing, Mixing, and Cooking Food for Cattle, by 
Mr. Frere ; and sixth, on the Present State of Agriculture in 
Algeria, by Mr. Caird, M.P. A lecture has been delivered by 
Professor Voelcker on Milk. 
The dissemination of the information thus given, by means of 
the public press, has been attended with much benefit. 
Professor Simonds' Report on Rot in Sheep has been pub- 
lished in the form of a pamphlet, and may now be purchased of 
Mr. Murray. It will be inserted in the next number of the 
' Journal.' 
The space applied for by the exhibitors of implements having 
much exceeded the area allotted to that department, it has been 
found necessary to exclude many articles which have of late 
