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C. Middleton, Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. H. F. Plumptre, Mr. F. Reynard, 
Mr. W. Scoby, Mr. E. W. Shackle, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, Mr. R. Stratton, Mr. 
Herbert Tallent, Mr. John Thornton, and Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler. 
The following Members of the Lincoln Local Committee were also present ; — 
Mr. A. H. Clark, Mr. W. Frankish, Mr. C. W. Tindall, and Mr. E. E. Tweed 
(Local Secretary). 
In opening the proceedings, the President made sympathetic reference to 
the death, on April 7 last, of Mr. Albert Pell, of Hazelbeach, Northampton. 
Mr. Pell was elected a Member of the Society in 1843, and was a Member 
of Council from 1886 to 1905. He rendered important services on several 
Committees, including the Journal, Chemical, Botanical, and Veterinary 
Committees, and contributed to the Society’s Journal many articles of interest 
and value to agriculturists. 
The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on March 27, 1907, 
were taken as read and approved. 
Mr. John Cator, of Woodbastwick Hall, Norwich, was elected a Governor of 
the Society ; and the names of the following four Members were transferred to 
the list of Governors under By-law 9 : The Earl of Shaftesbury, K.C.V.O., 
Sir George A. Cooper, Bart., Mr. C. Lee Evans, and Mr. H. H. Vivian. 
The Report of the Finance Committee having been received and adopted, 
it was explained that in view of the fact that the Conveyance of Harewood 
House would be made to Sir Edward Tennant (the Chairman of the Central 
London Property Syndicate) instead of to the Syndicate, it would be necessary 
for the Council to pass a new resolution. The following resolution was there- 
upon moved from the Chair and carried unanimously : — “ That the Seal of the 
Society be affixed to the Conveyance of Harewood House, 13 Hanover Square, 
to Sir Edward Tennant, Bart.” 
Sir John Thorold, having moved that the Report of the Journal 
Committee be received and adopted, submitted the following resolution, which 
was seconded by the Earl of Jersey, and carried unanimously: — “That 
Major P. G. Craigie, C.B., be appointed Editor of the Society’s Journal for the 
ensuing year.” 
The Report of the Chemical and Woburn Committee was received and 
adopted, and the Annual Visit of Inspection of the Woburn Experimental Farm 
by Members of the Council was fixed for Thursday, June 6 next. 
On the motion of Sir John Thorold, seconded by Mr. Cornwallis, it 
was resolved unanimously that the name of the Right Hon. Victor Cavendish 
be suggested to the Annual General Meeting of Governors and Members in 
December as President of the Society for the year 1908. 
In response to an invitation from the Board of Agriculture, Mr. J. Marshall 
Dugdale was appointed to give evidence on behalf of the Society before the 
Departmental Committee on Agricultural Education. 
Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 
Wetlnesday, June 5 (Derby Day), 1907, at 10.30 a.m. 
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1907. 
At a Monthly Council, held at 16 Bedford Square, W.C., the Earl of 
Yarborough (President) in the Chair : — 
Present: — -Trustees. — Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, the Earl of Coventry, 
Lord Middleton, Lord Moreton, Sir J. H. Thorold, Bart. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr. J. Bowen- Jones, Mr. Percy Crutchley, the Rt. Hon. 
A. E. Fellowcs, the Earl of Jersey, G.C.B., the Earl of Northbrook, the Hon. 
C. T. Parker. 
Other Members of the Council. — Mr. Charles R. W. Atleane, Mr. T, L. 
Avehng, Mr. S. N. Bankart, Mr. H. D. Brocklehurst, Sir Richard P. Cooper, 
Bart., Sir H. F. de Trafford, Bart., Mr. J. Falconer, Mr. R. M. Greaves, 
