Deputation to Railway Companies. 
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— Mr. T. H. Hutchinson, of Manor House, Catterick, and Mr. Arthur Stretton, 
of Manor House, Sibthorpe, Newark. Classes II. and IV. (_Small Farmii ) — 
Mr. R. B. Burrows, of Leadenham, Lincoln, and Mr. Robert Fisher, of 
Leconfield, Beverley. The Judges would commence their duties on Monday, 
March 4. 
Mr. PiLKiNGTON reported that an agenda had been prepared for the 
Conference of Agricultural and Breed Societies to take place that afternoon, 
and that copies had been sent to the delegates appointed by the several 
Societies. 
Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 
Wednesday, March 27, 1907. 
(Tonferencc of IRcpreeentativee of 
Boilcultural anb ©recb Societice, 
HELD AT THE HOTEL RUSSELL, 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1907. 
THE EARL OF YARBOROUGH IN THE CHAIR. 
In accordance with a recommendation of the Special Committee which sat 
in September, 1905, the Council invited representatives of aU the Agricultural 
and Breed Societies in the country to attend a Conference, which was held at 
the Hotel Russell on February 27 last, and was attended by 139 delegates, 
representing 68 Societies. 
Discussions took place with regard to the arrangements and dates for the 
several Shows, fraudulent practices by exhibitors, and the question of uniform 
colours for prize cards and rosettes. 
On the motion of the late Earl Winterton, it was resolved to send a 
Deputation to the Railway Clearing House with the view of obtaining increased 
facilities for the Public and Officials travelling by rail to Agricultural Shows. 
[The Deputation was received by the General Managers of the various 
Railway Companies at the Clearing House on May 7, 1907. The requests 
of the Conference having been submitted by the Earl of Yarborough, 
the Chairman of the Meeting promised tlie careful consideration of the 
Companies to the requests which had been submitted to them. The reply 
of the Companies will be found in the letter received from tlie Secretary 
of the Railway Clearing House, page xli.] 
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1907. 
At a Monthly Council, held at 16 Bedford S(iuare, W.C., Mr. F. S. W. 
Cornwallis (Trustee) in the Chair : — 
Present: — Vice-Presideitts . — The Rt. Hon. Victor C. W. Cavendish, M.P., 
Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, the Rt. Hon. A. E. Fellowes. 
Other Members of the Council. — Mr. Charles R. W. Adeane, Mr. T. L. 
Aveling, Mr. S. N. Bankart, Mr. John Barker, M.P., Mr. H. D. Brocklehurst, 
Sir Richard P. Cooper, Bart., Mr. J. Falconer, Mr. R. Forrest, Mr. J. W. Glover, 
Mr. R. M. Greaves. Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. R. J. 
Bayntun Hippisley, Mr. R. VV. Hobbs, Mr. W. F. Ingram, Mr. Ernest Mathews, 
Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. Middleton, Mr. Ralph Palmer, Mr. H. F. Plumptre, 
Mr. G. G. Rea, Mr. F. Reynard, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G., 
Mr. John Rowell, Mr. H. Tallent, Mr. G. Taylor, and Mr. John Thornton. 
