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Monthly Council, Fehntary 27 , 1907 . 
In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee of Selection, the 
following gentlemen were appointed as Stewards for the Lincoln Show : — 
Horses, Mr. Reynard and Mr. RoweU ; Cattle, Mr. Ingram ; Sheep, Mr. Wheeler ; 
Pigs, Mr. llugdale ; Pairying and Punltry, Mr. Mathews ; Veterinary Examina- 
tion, Mr. Cyril Greenall ; Imgilements, Mr. Greaves and Mr. Pilkington ; 
Befreshments, Mr. Harrison. 
Mr. Pilkington reported the recommendation of the Committee appointed 
on August 1 last, that the Conference with representatives of Agricultural and 
Breed Societies should take place at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, at 
the Hotel Russell. 
The various suggestions made by Members at the Annual General Meeting 
held on Wednesday, December 12, 1906, were considered, and replies thereto 
settled in accordance with the recommendations made by the Botanical, Show- 
yard Works, Dairy and General Lincoln Committees. 
Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 
Wednesday, February 27, 1907, at 11 a.m. 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1907. 
At a Monthly Council, held at the Hotel Russell, the Earl of Yarborough 
(President) in the Chair : — 
Present : — Trustees. — Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, the Earl of Derby, K.G., 
Lord Middleton, Lord Moreton, Sir J. H. Thorold. Bart. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, the Rt. Hon. Victor C. W. Cavendish, 
M.P., Mr. Percy Crutchley, Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, the Rt. Hon. A. E. 
Fellowes, the Earl of Northbrook, the Hon. C. T. Parker. 
Other Members of the Council. — Mr. George Adams, Mr. Charles R. W. 
Adeane, Mr. T. L. Aveling, Mr. S. N. Bankart, Mr. John Barker, M.P., Mr. 
H. D. Brocklehurst, Mr. R. G. Carden, Sir Richard P. Cooper, Bart., Sir H. F. 
de Trafford, Bart., Mr. H. Dudding, Mr. R. Forrest, Mr. J. W. Glover, Mr. R. M. 
Greaves, Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. J. H. Hine, Sir. R. 
W. Hobbs, Mr. J. Howard Howard, Sir. W. F. Ingram, Sir Charles S". Knightley, 
Bart., Sir. Ernest Slathews, Sir. SV. A. Slay, Sir. C. Sliddleton, Sir. T. H. 
Miller, Sir. T. S. Slinton, Mr. C. SI. S. Pilkington, Sir. F. Reynard, the Duke of 
Richmond and Gordon, K.G., Sir. E. SV. Shackle, Sir. H. H. Smith, Sir. R. 
Stratton, Sir. George Taylor, Sir. John Thornton, Sir. A. P. Turner, and Mr. 
C. W. Wilson. 
The following Slembers of the Lincoln Local Committee were also present : — 
Sir. A. H. Clark, Sir. W. Frankish, Sir. C. SV. Tindall, and Sir. E. E. Tweed 
(Local Secretary). 
The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on SVednesday, 
January 30, 1907, were taken as read and approved. 
The name of the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., was transferred from 
from the List of Slembers to the List of Governors under By-law 9. 
Eighty-five duly nominated candidates were admitted into the Society as 
Members, and the name of one Sleinber (Sir Charles SIorrison-Bell, Bart.) was 
restored to the Registers under By-law 14. 
The Report of the Finance Committee having been received and adopted, 
Mr. Adeane (Chairman) explained the various items of the Balance-sheet for 
the year 1906, and presented the Committee’s Estimates of Receipts and 
Expenditure for the ensuing year, 1907. 
Lord SlORETON, in presenting the Report of the Education Committee, 
explained that he had been requested by the Board of Agi-iculture to represent 
the Society on a Departmental Committee which had been appointed to go into 
the question of Agricultural Education ; and he hoped that the Council would 
approve of his action in consenting to act as the Society’s representative. 
Sir Gilbert Greenall reported that the following Judges had been 
selected for the Farm Prize Competition : — Classes I. and III. {Large Farms') 
