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2ilO).)aI ^aisiicultural Society of CnglanU. 
GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanover Square, Tuesday, May 22, 1855. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
SrxCE the last Half-yearly Meeting in December, the Society has 
lost, by death and otherwise, 227 of its members, and has gained 
by election 132 new members. The Comicil, on the recom- 
mendation of the Finance Committee, have also removed from the 
list of the Society the names of 285 members who have made no 
payment during the last seven years. They have unanimously 
elected Dr. Edward Hartstein, Professor of Agriculture in the 
Royal Academy of Poppelsdorf, an honorary member of the 
Society. The Society accordingly now consists of 
89 Life Governors, 
141 Annual Governors, 
795 Life Members, 
3838 Annual Members, and 
19 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 4882 names on its list at the present date. 
The funded property of the Society stands at 9264/. Ss. lid. 
in the Stock which has now become the New Three per Cents. ; 
the current cash-balance in the hands of the bankers being 3225Z., 
which includes 1400/. as a contribution from the authorities of 
Carlisle towards the expenses of the country meeting of this year. 
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