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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO THE 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF GOVERNORS 
AND MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, 
Held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, 
On WEDNESDA F, December 11, 1907, at 2 p.m. 
Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis (Trustee) in the Chair. 
1. The Council have to report that the list of Governors 
and Members has undergone the following changes during the 
year which has elapsed since the Anniaal General Meeting in 
December, 1906 : 21 new Governors (of which number 15 
were previously Members) and 616 new Members have joined 
the Society, and 7 Members have been re-instated under By- 
law 14 ; whilst the deaths of 3 Governors, 92 Life Members, 
154 Annual Members, and 1 Honorary Member have been 
reported. A total of 31 Members have been struck off the 
books under By-law 12, owing to absence of addresses ; 61 
under By-law 13, for arrears of subscription ; and 1 Governor 
and 216 Annual Members have resigned. 
2. The Council regret to have to record the death, in April 
last, of Mr. Albert Pell, of Hazelbeach, Northampton, who for 
many years was an active Member of their body. Mr. Pell 
became a Member in the year 1843, and served on the Council 
from 1886 until 1905. During that period he rendered 
valuable services on several Committees, including the Journal, 
Chemical, Botanical, Veterinary, and Education Committees, 
and he was a constant contributor to the Society’s Journal. 
3. Amongst other Governors and Members, whose loss by 
death during the present year the Society has to deplore, are : 
The Marquis of Bristol, the Earl of Dunmore, Earl Sondes, 
Earl Wintefton, Viscount Goschen, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, 
Lord Aldenham, Lord Allendale, Lord Chesham, Lord Penrhyn, 
Lord Thring, Lord A. G. Russell, K.C.B., Lord Percy St. Maur, 
the Hon. G. H. Allsopp, Capt. the Hon. J. C. Best, the Hon. Mark 
Rolle, the Right Hon. Evelyn Ashley, the Right Hon. G. H. ’ 
Finch, M.P., Sir Francis Tress Barry, Bart., Sir J. Colquhoun, 
Bart., General Sir H. P. De Bathe, Bart., Sir David Gamble, 
Bart., K.C.B., Sir John D. Milburn, Bart., Sir C. M. Palmer, 
Bart., Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Sir Alfred Billson, M.P., 
