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GENERAL MEETING, 
12, Hanover Square, Thursday, May 22, 1845. 
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
The attention of the Council during the last half-year has been 
directed principally to the following points : — 
I. The revision of the List of Members, and a scrutiny into the 
several cases of Members who claim exemption from the lia- 
bilities of their election on the ground of the peculiar circum- 
stances under which their election took place. 
I I . The consideration of the arrears of subscription, and of the 
mode by which their collection may be facilitated. 
III. The adoption of a more general plan for the nomination 
and selection of the Judges of Stock and Implements. 
IV. An extension of the trial of implements beyond the place 
and period of the Country meetings. And lastly, 
V. A chemical analysis of the ashes of plants grown on different 
soils and in different localities throughout the kingdom. 
1. The Finance Committee have reported the details, of which 
a statement is now laid on the table, connected with the numbers of 
Members, the amount of arrears, and the investment of capital. 
At the last General Meeting in December, the Society consisted 
of 6827 Members: since that date, 314 Members have been 
elected, while 161 have been struck off the list, and 47 have died ; 
so that the Society at present consists of — 
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