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REPORT  OF  THE  COUNCIL 
TO  THK 
HALF-YRARLY  GENERAL  MEETING  OF  GOVERNORS 
AND  MEMBERS  OF  THE  SOCIETY, 
Held  at  2o  Hanover  Square,  W., 
ON  THURSDAY,  DECEMBER  8,  1904,  AT  11  A.M. 
Lord  Middleton  (President)  in  the  Chair. 
1.  The  Council  have  to  report  that  the  list  of  Governors 
and  Members  has  undergone  the  following  changes  during  the 
half  year  which  has  elapsed  since  the  Anniversary  General 
Meeting  in  May  last  : 2 new  Governors  and  278  new  Members 
have  joined  the  Society,  and  10  Members  have  been  reinstated 
under  Bye-law  12  ; whilst  the  deaths  of  4 Governors,  48  Life 
Members,  and  79  Annual  Members  have  been  reported.  A 
total  of  10  Members  have  been  struck  off  the  books  under 
Bye-law  10,  owing  to  absence  of  addresses ; 50  under  Bye-law 
11,  for  arrears  of  subscription  ; and  12  Life  Members  and  277 
Annual  Members  have  resigned. 
2.  The  Council  regret  to  have  to  record  the  deaths,  since 
the  Anniversary  General  Meeting  in  May  last,  of  no  less  than 
three  of  their  number  : Viscount  Bridport,  G.C.B.  (died 
June  4),  Mr.  J.  P.  Terry  (died  July  24),  and  Viscount  Ridley 
(died  November  28).  Lord  Bridport,  who  was  at  the  time  of 
his  death  Senior  Trustee  of  the  Society,  joined  it  as  a Member 
so  long  ago  as  1842.  He  became  a Member  of  the  Council  in 
1858,  a Trustee  in  1871,  and  was  President  in  1875.  In  his 
day  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  the  Society,  and 
served  upon  some  of  its  more  important  Committees,  including 
the  Finance  Committee,  of  which  he  was  a Member  from  1859 
to  1902,  and  Chairman  from  18(51  to  1875.  Lord  Ridley  had 
been  a Member  of  the  Society  since  18G9,  and  was  elected  a 
Member  of  the  Council  at  the  Anniversary  General  Meeting  of 
that  year.  He  was  appointed  a Vice-President  in  188G,  and  a 
Trustee  in  1889  ; and  he  was  President  of  the  Society  in  1888, 
when  the  Show  was  held  at  Nottingham.  Mr.  Terry  had  been 
a Member  of  the  Council  since  1890,  and  had  rendered  valuable 
practical  assistance  in  the  management  of  the  Woburn  Experi- 
mental Farm. 
3.  The  death  has  also  to  be  recorded  of  Professor  James 
Beart  Simonds,  Senior  Consulting  Veterinary  Surgeon,  a 
Foundation  Life  Governor  and  an  Honorary  Member  since 
