xlviii  General  Meetimj  of  Governors  and  Members, 
Memljers  of  Council  whose  period  of 
office  would  not,  under  the  Charter, 
commence  until  after  the  Show,  be 
invited  to  accept  the  privileges  of 
Members  of  the  Council  at  the  Show, 
and  to  attend  the  special  meetings  in 
the  showyai'd. 
Resignation  of  a Member  of  Council. 
The  Secretary  read  a letter, 
dated  May  6,  1904,  received  from 
Mr.  Martin  .1.  Sutton,  formally  resign- 
ing the  seat  on  the  Council  which  he 
had  held  since  1883. 
The  President  said  that  a similar 
letter  had  also  been  addressed  to  him 
as  President  of  the  Society.  He  was 
sure  that  they  would  all  feel  the  same 
regret  that  he  himself  felt,  that  Mr. 
Sutton  hail  deemed  it  necessary  to 
sever  his  connection  with  their  body. 
He  (the  President)  felt  that  though 
there  might  be  differences  of  opinion 
on  vital  points,  public  men  might  go 
apart  without  any  breach  of  private 
friendships,  and  possibly  in  the  hope 
of  being  re-united.  Meanwhile,  the 
Council  would  always  remember  the 
very  valuable  services  which  Mr. 
Sutton  had  rendered  to  the  Society  as 
a Member  of  the  Council. 
Education. 
Lord  Moreton  (Chairman)  reported 
that  the  Fifth  Examination  for  the 
National  Diplorfta  in  Agriculture  had 
been  held  by  the  National  Agri- 
cultural Examination  Board  at  the 
Yorkshire  College,  Leeds,  from  May 
9 to  12,  when  seventy-two  out  of 
seventy-five  candidates  who  entered 
presented  themselves.  As  the  result 
of  the  examination,  thirty-five  candi- 
dates had  passed  in  Part  L,  thus 
qualifying  to  sit  for  Part  II.  in  either 
1905  or  1906  ; and  twenty  candidates 
who  had  previously  passed  Part  I. 
had  succeeded  in  passing  Part  II., 
and  would,  therefore,  receive  the 
National  Diploma  in  Agi-iculture. 
Dairy. 
Mr.  Ashworth  reported  the  com- 
pletion of  the  arrangements  for  the 
Butter-making  Competitions  at  the 
Show.  The  number  of  competitors  in 
each  class  was  as  follows  : — Class  I., 
22;  Class  1I.,U;  Class  III.,  31. 
Iprocccbinos  at  (Bcneral  fIDcctino  of  (Bovernore 
anb  HDcmbcra, 
HELD  IN  THE  LARGE  TENT  IN  THE  SHOWYARD  AT 
PARK  ROYAL. 
WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  22,  1904. 
THE  EARL  OF  DERBY,  K.G.  (PRESIDENT),  IN  THE  CHAIR. 
Present  on  the  Platform. 
Trustees. — Earl  Cawdor,  Sir  Walter 
Gilbey,  Bart.,  Colonel  Sir  Nigel  Kings- 
cote,  G.C.V.O.,  K.C.B.,  Sir  John  H. 
Thorold,  Bart. 
Vice-Presidents.  — H. R.  H.  Prince 
Christian,  K.G.,  the  Earl  of  Fever- 
sham,  the  Earl  of  Jersey,  G.C.B.,  Lord 
Moreton,  the  Hon.  Cecil  T.  Parker,  Mr. 
G.  H.  Sunday,  Sir  Jacob  Wilson. 
Other  Jlemhers  of  Council. — Vis- 
count Baring,  Mr.  J.  Bowen-Jones, 
Lord  Brougham  and  Vaux,  Mr.  F.  S. 
W.  Cornwallis,  Mr.  Percy  Crutchley, 
Lt.-Col.  J.  F.  Curtis-Hayward,  Mr. 
Alfred  Darby,  Mr.  J.  Marshall  Dugdale, 
Mr.  W.  Frankish,  Mr.  R.  M.  Greaves, 
Mr.  W.  Harrison,  Mr.  John  Howartl 
Howard,  Mr.  R.  Millington  Knowles, 
Mr.  Joseph  Martin,  Lord  Middleton, 
Mr.  T.  Horrocks  Miller,  Sir  P.  Albert 
Muntz,  Bart.,  M.P.,  Mr.  Ralph  Palmer, 
Mr.  Albert  Pell,  Mr.  W.  A.  Prout,  Mr. 
J.  E.  Ransome,  Mr.  F.  Reynard,  Mr. 
H.  P.  Ryland,  Mr.  AV.  Scoby,  Mr.  E. 
W.  Stanyforth,  Mr.  R.  Stratton,  Mr.  J. 
P.  Terry,  Blr.  C.  W.  Wilson. 
Honoranj  Members. — The  Right 
Hon.  Sir  Horace  C.  Plunkett,  K.C.B., 
F.R.S.,  Sir  Thomas  H.  Elliott,  K.C.B., 
Mr.  James  Macdonald,  F.R.S.E. 
