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Report  to  the  General  Meeting. 
and  as  Chairman  of  important  Committees,  Lord  Vernon 
has  long  taken  a leading  part  in  the  administration  of  the 
Society’s  affairs.  His  great  and  practical  philanthropy  were 
signally  illustrated  by  his  untiring  exertions  as  Chairman  of 
the  French  Peasant-Farmers’  Seed  Fund  after  the  Franco- 
German  War. 
The  vacancies  in  the  Council  caused  by  the  death  of  Mr. 
Shuttleworth  and  Mr.  Amos,  the  latter  of  which  was  reported 
at  the  last  General  Meeting,  have  been  filled  up  by  the  elec- 
tion of  Mr.  Martin  J.  Sutton,  of  Reading,  and  Mr.  C.  Clay,  of 
Wakefield. 
The  accounts  for  the  year  1882  have  been  examined  and 
certified  by  the  auditors  and  accountants  of  the  Society,  and 
have  been  published  in  the  current  number  of  the  ‘ Journal,’ 
together  with  the  statement  of  Receipts  and  Expenditure  re- 
lating to  the  Reading  Meeting.  The  funded  property  of  the 
Society  has  been  increased  by  the  investment  of  1500/.,  and  now 
stands  at  19,910/.  Is.  3c?.  New  Three  per  Cents.  The  balance 
of  the  current  account  in  the  hands  of  the  Society’s  bankers 
on  the  1st  instant  was  5960/.  17s.  6c?.,  and  2000/.  remained  on 
deposit.  ‘ 
The  York  Meeting  will  commence  on  Monday,  July  16th, 
and  will  close  on  Friday,  July  20th  ; but  the  Implement  Yard 
will  be  open  to  the  public  on  Saturday,  the  14th. 
The  Council  have  accepted  the  invitation  which  they  received 
from  the  Mayor  and  Corporation  of  Shrewsbury  to  hold  the 
Country  Meeting  of  1884  on  the  Race-course  close  to  that  town. 
The  Country  Meeting  for  the  year  1885  will  be  held  in 
the  district  which  includes  North  Wales,  Cheshire,  and  Lan- 
cashire. 
The  Council  regret  that  the  competition  for  the  Prize  of  20/. 
offered  for  the  best  system  of  keeping  Farm  Accounts  failed  to 
bring  forth  any  plan  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Judges,  was 
good  enough  to  be  efficient,  and,  at  the  same  time,  simple  enough 
to  be  adopted  by  ordinary  farmers.  The  Judges  have  therefore 
