ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
lI^roccc^^no6 of tbc Council, 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1891. 
THE EARL OF KAVENSWORTH (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR, 
Present : — 
Trustees. — H.R.H. the Prince of 
Wales, K.G., Earl Cathcart, Mi. John 
Dent Dent, Col. Sir Nigel Kingscote, 
K.C.B., Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart., 
Earl of Powis, the Duke of Richmond 
and Gordon, K.G. 
V>ce-Preside7its. — H.R.H. Prince 
Christian, K.G., Mr. Walter Gilbey, 
Earl of Lathora, Lord Moreton, Sir 
John Thorold, Bart., Mr. C. White- 
head. 
Other Mcmhers of Council. — Mr. G. 
M. Allender, Mr. J. H. Arkwright, 
Mr. Alfred Ashworth, Mr. Joseph 
Beach, Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, Mr. J. 
A. Caird, Mr. Chandos- Pole- G ell, Mr. 
Charles Clay, Earl of Coventry, Mr. 
Percy E. Crutchley, Mr. Alfred Darby, 
Mr. "C. De L. F. De Laune, Viscount 
Emlyn, Mr. William Prankish, Mr. R. 
Neville Grenville, Mr. James Hornsby, 
Mr. C. S. Mainwaring, Mr. J. Martin, 
Mr. T. H. Miller. Mr. P. A. Muntz, M.P., 
Hon. Cecil T. Parker, Mr. Albert Pell, 
Mr. Daniel Pidgeon, Mr. J. E. Ran- 
some, Mr. J. Rawlence, Mr. S. Row- 
landson, Mr. G. H. Sanday, Mr. Alfred 
J. Smith, Mr. Henry Smith, Sir Joseph 
Spearman, Bart., the Marquis of 
Stafford, Mr. R. Stratton, Mr. Martin 
J. Sutton, Mr. Garrett Taylor, Mr. J. 
P. Terry, Mr. R. A. Warren. Mr. E. V. 
V. Wheeler, Mr. C. W, Wilson, Sir 
Jacob Wilson. 
Professor Brown, C.B., Mr. E. W. 
Voelcker. 
Officerg.—lllr. Ernest Clarke, Secre- 
tary and Editor ; Dr. J. Augustus 
Voelcker, Consulting Chemist ; Mr. 
Wilson Bennison, Surveyor. 
The following representatives of the 
Doncaster Local Committee were also 
present: — Mr. Joseph Firth Clark, Mr. 
F. Bacon Frank, Mr. John White, Mr. 
G T. Wood, Mr. G. B. C. Yarborough, 
and Mr. George Chafer (Secretary of 
the Local Committee). 
Minutes of Special Ooancil of 
December 18, 1890. 
The Secretary having read the 
minutes of the last ordinary meeting 
of the Council held on December 10, 
and also of the Special Council (con- 
vened by requisition) held on 
December 18, 
The Hon. CECIL T. PARKER 
said he must enter a protest 
against the action taken at the 
Special Council in ordering the prizes 
for two-shear rams, which had been 
struck out at the last ordinary meet- 
ing of the Council, to be restored to 
the prize sheet, and in issuing the 
prize sheet with those classes included. 
He contended that they had exceeded 
their powers in doing this, as under 
Bye-law 27 all decisions at a Special 
Council were subject to confirmation 
or abrogation at the next ordinary 
meeting. 
The Duke of Richmond and 
Gordon agreed that the course 
adopted was not one that should be 
regarded as a precedent, but main- 
tained that the circumstances were 
exceptional, the prizes in question — 
which had been given by the Society 
