ftopal agricultural ^>octetj> of (England 
GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanover Square, Thursday, December 7th, 1876. 
EEPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
DURING the year 1876 the number of Governors and Mem- 
bers of the Society has been increased by the election of 
4 Governors and 464 Members, and diminished by the death 
of 6 Governors and 185 Members, as well as by the resigna- 
tion of 144 Members, and the removal of 24 names from the 
list by order of the Council. 
The Society now consists of: — 
82 Life Governors, 
77 Annual Governors, 
2191 Life Members, 
4149 Annual Members, 
11 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 6510, showing an increase of 109 Members 
since this time last year. 
Since the last General Meeting in May the Council have lost, 
by the death of Mr. C. Barnett, of Stratton Park, Biggles- 
wade, Beds., the services of an old and valued colleague. The 
vacancy thus caused has been filled up by the election of 
Mr. Charles Howard, of Biddenham, Bedford. 
The half-yearly statement of accounts to the 30th June, 1876, 
has been examined and approved by the Society's Auditors and 
Accountants, and has been published for the information of the 
Members in the last number of the ' Journal.' The funded capital 
has since then been increased by the investment of 4000/. in 
New Three per Cents. — chiefly the surplus receipts of the Bir- 
mingham Meeting. The funded property of the Society is now 
22,334/. 0s. 5d. New Three per Cents., and the balance in the 
hands of the bankers, on the 1st instant, was 1023/. 85. Id. 
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