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remuneration.  As  the  Finance  Com- 
mittee had  already  reported,  the 
Council  were  all  impressed  with  the 
necessity  of  economy  and  of  the  curtail- 
ment of  expenses,  whatever  might  be 
the  decision  as  to  the  future  : but  the 
particular  directions  in  which  these 
were  to  be  effected  must  necessarily 
depend  upon  what  might  be  decided 
as  to  the  spheres  of  usefulness  of  the 
Society  after  the  present  year. 
After  some  further  discussion  on  this 
subject,  in  which  Loi  d Moreton,  Mr. 
Pell,  Mr.  Ryland,  Mr.  Stanyforth, 
Sir  Walter  Gilbey,  Mr.  Ransome, 
Mr.  Crutchley  and  Mr.  Monte- 
FIORE  took  part,  and  in  the  course  of 
which  the  Secretary  made  a state- 
ment as  to  his  personal  position  as 
regards  the  Sub-committee’s  recom- 
mendations, 
Mr.  Harrison  said  he  would  not 
press  his  motion  on  that  occasion  on 
the  understanding  that  the  matter 
would  receive  the  attention  of  the 
Committees  concerned. 
The  President  said  he  thought  the 
different  Committees  of  the  Society 
were  trying  in  every  way  to  reduce 
expenses,  but  at  this  particular  moment 
he  did  not  think  it  would  be  wise  to 
restrict  their  expenses  in  such  a way 
as  would  injure  their  work  in  preparing 
for  the  Show. 
Mr.  Cornwallis  gave  notice  that 
at  a future  meeting  he  would  move  ; 
That  the  Annual  Members  be  asked  to 
increase  their  subscriptions, and  that  Life 
Members  be  asked  to  give  an  annual  sub- 
scription. stating  in  each  case  whether 
they  wish  such  increased  subscription 
to  be  applied  to  the  Show,  or  to  the 
general  work  of  the  Society. 
WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  2,  1904. 
LORD  MIDDLETON  (PRESIDENT)  IN  THE  CHAIR. 
Present ; 
Trustee.^. — Earl  Cawdor,  the  Earl  of 
Coventry,  Earl  Egerton  of  Tatton,  Sir 
Walter  Gilbey,  Bart.,  Colonel  Sir  Nigel 
Kingseote,  G.C.V.O.,  K.C.B.,  Viscount 
Ridley,  Sir  John  H.  Thorold,  Bart. 
Vice-PreHidents.  — H.R.H.  Prince 
Christian,  K.G.,  the  Earl  of  Feversham, 
the  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  Massey  Lopes,  Bart., 
Lord  Moreton,  the  Hon.  C.  T.  Parker, 
Mr.  G.  H.  Sanday,  Sir  Jacob  Wilson. 
Other  J/embers  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  E.  W.  Darby,  Mr.  J.  Marshall 
Dugdale,  Mr.  W.  Frankish,  the  Mar- 
quis of  Granby,  Mr.  R.  M.  Greaves, 
Sir  Gilbert  Greenall,  Bart.,  Mr.  R. 
Neville  Grenville,  Mr.  W.  Harrison, 
Mr.  R.  W.  Hobbs.  Mr.  James  Hornsby, 
Mr.  R.  M.  Knowles,  Capt.  W.  S. 
B.  Levett,  Mr.  H.  D.  Marshall, 
Mr.  Joseph  Martin,  Mr.  Christopher 
Middleton,  Mr.  T.  H.  Miller,  the  Rev. 
D.  B.  Montefiore,  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. 
Howard  P.  Ryland,  Mr.  E.  W.  Shackle, 
Mr.  A.  J.  Smith,  Mr.  E.  W.  Stanyforth, 
Mr.  R.  Stratton,  Mr.  Garrett  Taylor, 
Lord  Wenlock,  G.C.S.I.,  and  Mr.  C. 
W.  Wilson. 
Election  of  New  Members. 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  of 
the  Council,  held  on  October  G,  1904, 
having  been  taken  as  read  and 
approved,  the  election  of  twenty-four 
new  members  was  proceeded  with. 
Financial  Position  of  the  Society. 
The  President  stated  that,  in 
accordance  with  the  instructions  given 
at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Council  on 
October  6,  the  Charter  and  Appeal 
Committee  had  lirawn  up  and  circu- 
lated an  appeal  to  the  Members  asking 
for  subscriptions  to  the  Fund  of 
10,000/.,  the  raising  of  which  it  had 
been  agreed  was  a condition  prelimi- 
nary to  the  organisation  of  a Show  by 
the  Society  next  year.  So  far  the 
Council  had  received  promises  of  sup- 
port from  some  495  Members  of  the 
Society  to  the  total  amount  of  3,434/. 
Fresh  contributions  were,  however, 
being  received  daily,  and  in  view  of 
the  fact  that  only  a fortnight  had 
elapsed  since  the  issue  of  the  appeal, 
it  was  for  the  Council  to  consider 
whether  they  would  come  to  a decision 
