Tuesday^ June 23, 1891. 
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hard it had been comparativelj light 
because the Society was so admirably 
organised. It had been a labour of 
love to all of them, from first to last. 
He hoped that at the end of the week 
the Council and the members of the 
Society would be so well satisfied that 
they would begin to think of paying 
them another ^-isit before very long. 
Suggestions by Members. 
The Feesi'de>T having put the 
usual inquirj' as to whether any 
member had remarks to make or 
suggestions to offer for the considera- 
tion of the Council, 
Mr. C. F. Hope (York) referred to 
the railway facilities in connection 
with the Show, and complained that 
the Companies this year had refused 
to issue weekly contract tickets from 
places within two or three hours' run 
of Doncaster. 
Mr. Hexbt de Yitee (Berks) 
asked if the Council were satisfied 
with the arrangements of the railway 
companies as to the conveyance of 
cattle. Beyond putting on a vacuum 
brake, the Great Western Company 
had done nothing to improve the ac- 
commodation for cattle traffic. 
Mr. Nathakiel Bexjafield 
(Dorset) said that the South-Western 
Railway had only sis cattle vans, and 
they could therefore imagine the 
difficulty of getting one. He always 
thought the railway companies should 
be condemned instead of thanked. 
Vote of Thanks to Ketiring President. 
Sir Hexrt Siiipsox (Windsor) 
then moved that the best thanks of 
the Society be given to the Earl of 
Ravensworth for his services as Presi- 
dent during the past year. He was 
sure that his resolution would be 
received with the same unanimity 
and enthusiasm as tliose which had 
been already presented to them. Lord 
Ravensworth had worthily sustained 
the reputation which pre\-ious presi- 
dents had made for the Society in 
whatever capacity he had been called 
upon to represent it. 
Mr. Feedeiuck Ketnaed se- 
conded, and the motion having been 
put by the Secketaey, was declared 
carried unanimously amidst loud 
cheers. 
The President, in reply, returned 
his most heartfelt and grateful thanks 
for the honour they had paid him. 
He wished to tell them all that what- 
ever humble duties or services he had 
been able to perform had been most 
willingly undertaken. The real fact 
of the matter was that the post he 
had had the honour for a year to 
occupy was practically a sinecure. 
So admirable was the subdivision 
of labour between the members of 
Council, those admirable committees, 
and the eminent, practical, and busi- 
ness-like men who presided over them, 
that the duties of the President had 
been very light. No one, perhaps, 
had had a better opportunity than 
their President of knowing what the 
work of that great Society was. 
Having had a considerable experience 
of public Ufe, he knew of no society, 
no body of public men in this country, 
who did so much useful work with 
such little expenditure of time and 
talk as the '• Royal " of England. Of 
course no body of human beings could 
hope to please everybody, but what 
the Society had always attempted was 
to do its duty without favour or 
predilection. He congratulated them 
on accoimt of the present prospects 
of the Show, which promised to be a 
very great success. They had been 
met in their arrangements by the 
Mayor and Corporation with that love 
cf hard work which he believed 
characterised the North of England. 
He trusted that they would be able 
to set down the records of the old 
Town Moor of Doncaster as one of 
the most brilliant Meetings they had 
ever had. His Lordship concluded 
by renewing his expression of thanks 
for the honour that had been paid 
him, and by assuring them that any 
future services that he could render 
to the agricultural community of 
England would be most readily and 
heartily given. (Applause.) 
President for 1891-92. 
3Ir. N. L. COHEX (Surrey) moved 
" That the Earl of Feversham do take 
the chair as President after the con- 
clusion of the present Meeting." He 
thought that although some things in 
that exhibition might be the subject 
of criticism, the bulk of the members 
of the Society who attended its Shows 
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