Wednesday, December 11, 1907. 
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A. H. Clark, W. S. Cleverley, H. Cooch, W. A. Cox, Major P. G. Craigie, C.B., 
Messrs. G. G. B. Cresswell, J. J. Cridlan, W. Crosland, Alex. Cross, John Day, 
A. W. Dean, T. A. Dickson, W. Duthie, Douglas Ellis, F. B. Ellis, J. B. Ellis, 
John Evens, Kobert Fisher, W. Frankish, Q. Graham, E. Grasett, C. P. Hall, 
J. Hughes, Alex. lies, jun., Dunbar Kelly, John Kendrick, A. H. Kingsley, 
J. Lambshead, T. Latham, J. S. Ledbrook, C. W. Lister-Kaye, John McLaren, 
Alfred Mansell, Joseph Martin, H. C. Minchin, H. F. Moore, T. S. Morgan, W. 
J. Morton, F. E. Muntz, E. J. B. Nesbit, J. B. Ord, T. G. Owen, W. Parlour, 
C. D. Parrish, Professor J. Penberthy, Messrs. Percy Percival, T. F. Plowman, 
R. E. Porter, T. Potter, R. H. Powell, Owen Price, W. A. Prout, E. C. Ransome, 
John Richards, J. Rooke, F. F. Rootham, Rev. H. M. Rowden, Messrs. W. J. 
Sanderson, H. M. Simmons, Dr. F. B. Skalweit, Messrs. A. J. Smith, Alfred 
Stanford, F. J. Steward. Garrett Taylor, H. W. Taylor, J. Herbert Taylor, 
B. Thirlby, R. Thirlby, F. A. Tollworthy, E. Trimen, Frederick Turner, Eldred 
G. F. Walker, Lieut. -Col. F. A. Walker-Jones, Messrs. A. F. T. Westrop, J. M. 
White, E. Whitfield, A. C. Young, &c. 
Mr. Cornwallis, who was called to the Chair, in the absence of the 
President, said that his first duty was to thank the Smithfield Club and the 
Royal Agricultural Hall Company for kindly placing at their disposal the 
room in which they met that day, and he was very glad indeed to see that the 
novel departure of going there had resulted in such a large attendance. He 
was sorry to say that the serious illness which overtook their President (the 
Earl of Yarborough) had been of such long duration that he was still quite 
incapacitated from transacting public business, and they all deeply regretted 
that his lordship could not be in the chair that day at the end of his very 
successful year of office. No one could have worked more zealously and ener- 
getically for the Society than their President, and they all hoped that he 
might soon be restored to health. Lord Yarborough had written him the 
following letter from Rome : — 
December 8th, 1907. 
My dear Cornwallis,— I am indeed sorry that it is impossible for me to he in 
my place at the general meeting on Wednesday next. My unfortunate illness has 
necessitated my coming abroad for the winter, and I beg you to express to the 
members my deep regret that circumstances over which I have no control have 
permitted my carrying out in only a partial manner the duties of the high office to 
which they appointed me. It is with the greatest regret that 1 ask you to make 
my apologies to tlie meeting, expressing at the same time an assurance of the 
warm interest I shall overtake in the welfare of the “Royal.” To yourself, who 
have several times taken my place since my illness, as well as to Mr. McHow and the 
staff, I venture to express my indebtedness for the valuable assistance I have at all 
times received during my year of office, and to the members an assurance of 
appreciation for the honour they did me in appointing me President for this year. 
—Believe me, yours very truly, (Signed) YARBOROUGH. 
The first business on the agenda was to receive the Balance-sheet and Report of 
the auditors. As most of those present would be aware, the Society’s financial 
year did not close until December 31, so that the current year's accounts 
would not be ready until the Journal was published early next year ; but in 
order to comply with the By-laws, the Balance-sheet and accounts for 1906, 
as published in the last number of the Journal, were now formally presented 
to the meeting. What the majority of Members, however, would be most 
interested in were the accounts of the liincoln Show. These accounts had 
been duly audited, and cojues were now in their hands. The result of that 
most successful Show, which was honoured by a visit from H.M. The King, was 
a credit balance of 5,056L, a profit which had only been exceeded on two 
previous occasions, namely, at York in 1883 and at Manchester in 1869. 
Moreover, there was, in addition to that 5,0.56Z., the 2,000Z. set apart from the 
ordinary funds of the Society for the Show, which would make a total of 
7,066Z. to go to the Reserve Fund. It was interesting, while on the subject of 
the Show, first to note in passing that the recent experiments of combining with 
the local Agricultural Show had proved most advantageous to both parties, and 
they had received with gratification an expression to that effect from the 
