Ixvi 
Monthly  Council,  Octoher  ti,  1904. 
Sir  Walter  Gilbey  reminded  the 
Council  that  on  a previous  occasion 
they  had  asked  for  a certain  sum  of 
money,  and  it  had  been  obtained.  If 
the  Council  were  going  to  ask  for 
money  now,  they  must  make  appli- 
cation for  a definite  amount.  He  had 
the  greatest  respect  for  the  implement 
makers,  but  any  expression  that  came 
from  the  conference  with  the  stock 
exhibitors  had  more  weight  with  him 
than  the  views  of  the  implement 
makers,  because  all  farmers  were 
either  stock-keepers  or  stock-breeders, 
and  they  represented  the  Members  of 
the  Society  throughout  the  United 
Kingdom. 
The  Rev.  D.  B.  MONTEFIORE  thought 
it  would  be  a pity  if  the  remarks  which 
had  fallen  from  Mr.  Wilson  were  left 
undiscussed.  To  his  mind,  he  did  not 
see  why  they  should  have  a 20,0007. 
Show.  If  the  Show  were  discontinued, 
it  would,  as  Lord  Derby  had  said, 
create  a blank  in  the  history  of  the 
Society.  The  Bath  and  West  Society' 
had  a very  good  10,0007.  Show ; of 
course,  the  Royal  Show  was  better, 
but  why  should  they  hold  a 20,0007. 
Show  if  they  could  not  afford  it? 
Should  the  Council  make  an  appeal 
to  the  Members,  they  might  ask  the 
question — “ Is  the  Show  the  only  jiart 
of  the  work  of  the  Society  that  requires 
a guarantee  fund?”  The  Members 
might  say  the  Society  already  had 
6,0007.  of  their  money,  and  what  part 
of  that  sum  were  they  proposing  to  set 
aside  towards  meeting  any  possible 
loss  in  connection  with  the  holding  of 
a Show  in  1905? 
After  some  further  discussion,  the 
President  put  Lord  Granby’s  amend- 
ment to  the  meeting,  when  there 
appeared  thirteen  votesfor  and  twenty'- 
eight  against  it.  The  amendment  was 
therefore  declared  to  be  lost. 
On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Stratton, 
seconded  by  Mr.  Sanday,  it  was  then 
formally  resolved  : — 
That  the  Show  of  1905  he  held  at 
Park  Royal  in  the  second  week  of  July,  i 
subject  to  a guarantee  fund  of  10.0007. 
being  raised  by  subscriptions  from  Mem- 
bers, exliibitors,  and  others  towards 
defraying  the  expenses  of  the  Show. 
1 Subsequently,  on  January  11.  1905,  it 
was  decided  that  the  Show  of  190.5  shmild 
be  held  on  the  four  days  from  Tuesday, 
June  27,  to  Friday,  June  30,  inclusive. 
This  resolution  was  remitted  to 
the  Charter  Committee  previously  ap- 
pointed on  Mr.  Stratton’s  motion,  with 
instructions  to  prepare  and  issue  a 
circular  to  Members  and  others  asking 
for  subscriptions  to  enable  the  Show 
of  1905  to  be  held. 
Mr.  Harrison,  on  the  resumption  of 
the  discussion  on  the  general  position 
of  the  Society,  said  that,  independently 
of  the  resolution  just  adopted,  he 
wished  to  suggest  that  the  Finance  or 
any  other  Committee  be  requested  to 
prepare  a report,  to  be  brought  fommrd 
at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Council, 
showing  the  probable  cost  of  next 
year’s  Show,  the  suggested  modi- 
fications in  the  administration  at 
Hanover  Square,  and  the  steps  pro- 
posed to  be  taken  with  respect  to  the 
Society’s  Charter.  If  such  a statement 
could  be  sent  out  to  their  Members, 
showing  that  the  Council  desired  to 
effect  economies  in  connection  with 
the  cost  of  the  Show  of  1905  and  the 
administration  at  Hanover  Square,  and 
indicating  what  was  intended  in  regard 
to  the  Charter  so  as  to  provide  for  a 
more  democratic  representation  on  the 
Council,  it  would  be  more  advan- 
tageous than  if  the  request  for  10,0007. 
were  not  accompanied  by  any  Report 
from  the  Council.  He  wished  to  pro- 
pose this,  because  at  the  meeting  of 
the  stock  exhibitors  on  the  previous 
day  he  gathered  that  these  were  the 
points  to  guide  them  as  to  their 
contributions  towards  a guarantee 
fund. 
Sir  Nigel  Kingscote  observed 
that  as  the  Council  were  determined 
to  try  and  hold  a Show  next  year, 
they  must  now  endeavour  to  find  out 
whether  they  could  raise  a guarantee 
fund.  It  was  impossible  to  give  any 
exact  estimate  as  to  what  the  cost  of 
the  Show  might  be.  With  regard  to 
other  economies  in  administration,  he 
would  point  that  the  recommendations 
of  the  Sub-committee  of  Finance  had 
been  referred  by  the  Council  to  the 
several  spending  Committees  con- 
cerned, who  were  now  considering  what 
could  be  done  to  give  effect  to  them. 
With  regard  to  the  staff,  there  bad 
already  been  economies  in  the  clerks  ; 
and  the  higher  officials  had  placed 
themselves  in  the  hands  of  the  Finance 
Committee  in  the  matter  of  their 
