IxiV Monthly Council, May 6, 1891. 
Society to have the services of the 
Earl of Feversham as President for 
the ensiling year. Ho, therefore, 
moved " That the Earl of Feversliam 
be recommended to the General 
Meeting as President for the ensuing 
year." 
This was seconded by Lord Eger- 
TON OP Tatton, and carried unani- 
mously. 
On the motion of Earl Catiicart, 
seconded by Viscount Bridpokt, the 
Earl of Ravensworth was elected a 
Trustee in the room of tlie late Dake 
of Bedford. 
On the motion of Earl Cathcart, 
seconded by Sir Nigel Kingscote, 
Lieutenant-Colonel Curtis-Hay ward, 
of Quedgeley, Gloucester, was elected 
a member of Council, in the room of 
the Earl of Jersey, resigned. 
Education. 
Lord MoEETON (Chairman) re- 
ported that Dr. Fream's paper and 
-the Committee's reports on Technical 
Education in Agriculture had been 
reprinted and circulated amongst the 
County Councils, as ordered at the 
last meeting, and the Secretary had 
submitted a number of letters re- 
ceived in response to the Society's 
circular. A communication had been 
received from the Charity Commi.ssion, 
submitting copies of the scheme for 
the future administration of tlie 
Foundation of Dauntsey's School and 
Almshouses at West Lavington, as 
approved by Her Majesty in Council. 
The Committee recommended that 
their Chairman, Lord Moreton, be ap- 
pointed the Society's Representative 
Governor upon the Foundation, as 
provided by Clause .S of the scheme, 
and in accordance with the Council's 
resolution of February 5, 1890. 
Memorials had been considered from 
autliorities at the Oxford and Cam- 
bridge Universities, asking if the 
Society would support an application 
to the Board of Agriculture to grant 
a sum of 10/. or 15/. a head to a 
limited number of graduates, to 
enable them during tlic ensuing 
spring and summer to visit some of 
the best farms and agricultural in- 
stitutions of the country, under the 
guidance and witli the .assistance of 
a qualified person, to be selected by 
the Royal Agricultural Society or by 
the Board of Agriculture. It had b€etl 
resolved to recommend that the 
Secretary be instructed to state in 
reply to these memorials that, in the 
opinion of the Council, it would be 
better, before taking such action as 
was proposed, to wait until the scheme 
for scientific teaching in agriculture 
at the Universities making the appli- 
cation should have been finally 
settled. 
A formal resolution for the election 
of Lord Moreton as the Governor re- 
presenting the Society on the Found- 
ation of the Dauntsey Agricultural 
School was proposed by Mr. Dent, 
seconded by Lord Egertox of 
Tatton, and carried unanimouslj', and 
the remainder of the report was also 
adopted. 
Dairy. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker (Chair- 
man) presented the recommendations 
of this Committee as to various 
matters connected with the Dairy 
Department at the Doncaster Meet- 
ing. It was proposed to arrange for 
the giving of lectures on dairy 
matters by Dr. Voelcker and Mr. 
Rigby during the Show- week. 
Eetiring Members of CounclL 
A list (see p. Ivi.) of the 25 mem- 
bers of Council who retire by rotation 
was laid before the Council in 
.accordance with Bye-Law 23 (c). 
Country Meeting of 1893. 
On the motion of Sir Jacob Wil- 
son, seconded by Mr. S. P. Foster, it 
was resolved that the Country Meet- 
ing of 1893 be held in District G., 
which consists of the counties of 
Cliester and Lancaster, and of North 
W.ales. 
Miscellaneons. ^ 
A letter of thanks was read from 
the Organising Committee of the 
International Congress of Hygiene, 
thanking tlie Society for its grant 
of 50/. towards the expenses, and 
various other letters and documents 
were Laid upon the table. 
The report from the Council to the 
Gener.al Meeting to be held on Friday, 
the 22nd instant, having been pre- 
pared, the Council adjourned till 
Wednesday, June iird, at noon. 
