Ixx 
Monthly  Council,  yovemher  2,  1904. 
Cornwall  (silver  medal),  and  Mr. 
Ralph  Bennett,  of  13  Eastern  Road, 
Romford,  Essex  (bronze  medal). 
Stock  Prizes. 
Mr.  Sanday  (Chairman)  reported 
the  results  of  the  Conference  held  on 
October  5 with  representatives  of  the 
breed  societies  and  exhibitors  of  live 
stock.  Various  offers  of  champion  and 
other  prizes  from  Breed  Societies  had 
been  laid  before  the  Committee,  and 
their  consideration  had  been  deferred 
for  the  present. 
Implement. 
Mr.  Frankish  (Chairman)  reported 
the  result  of  the  Conference  with 
exhibitors  of  implements  on  October  5. 
Showyard  Works. 
Mr.  Crutchley  (Chairman)  re- 
ported that  the  accounts  in  connection 
with  the  late  Show  at  Park  Royal, 
the  construction  of  the  showyard, 
and  the  management  of  the  Show  had 
been  laid  before  the  Committee  and 
passed,  subject  to  audit  by  the  Society’s 
Auditors.  The  Superintendent  had 
submitted  a comparative  statement  of 
the  cost  of  erecting  the  Shows  for  the 
last  four  years.  The  Show  of  1904 
cost  5,867f.  13.S.  llrf.,  that  of  1903, 
9,093/.  18.?.  6rf.,  that  of  1902,  7,295/. 
4«.  10(/.,  and  that  of  1901,  8,552/. 
19.?.  6(7. 
The  Committee  had  heard  with 
regret  of  the  death,  on  October  17  last, 
of  Mr.  Wilson  Bennison,  Consulting 
Surveyor  to  the  Society. 
Death  of  Mr.  Wilson  Bennison. 
Mr.  Crutchley,  in  moving  that  a 
vote  of  condolence  be  sent  to  the 
family  of  the  late  Mr.  Wilson  Bennison, 
said  that  many  Members  of  the 
Council  knew  that  Mr.  Bennison  had 
been  a most  valuable  official  of  the 
Society.  He  took  office  as  surveyor 
in  1880,  and  resigned  owing  to  ill- 
health  in  1896. 
Sir  Jacob  Wilson,  in  seconding 
the  motion,  said  he  did  so  as  having 
been  Honorary  Director  during  the 
time  that  Mr.  Bennison  was  in  active 
employment  by  the  Society.  Mr. 
Bennison  came  in  after  the  Bristol 
Show.  He  revolutionised  the  organisa- 
tion of  their  showyard,  and  had  been 
a most  valuable  servant  of  the  Society. 
The  resolution  was  adopteil  unani- 
mously. 
Selection. 
Sir  John  Thorold  (Chairman) 
presented  the  Committee’s  recommen- 
dation as  to  the  nomination  of  two 
new  Members  of  the  Council  to  fill 
the  vacancies  caused  by  the  deaths  of 
Lord  Bridport  and  Mr.  J.  P.  Terry. 
The  Committee  recommended  that  the 
usual  meeting  of  Governors  and 
Members  of  the  Society  held  in 
December  be  convened  for  Thursday, 
December  8,  and  that  the  meeting 
be  made  special  for  the  purpose  of 
considering  the  position  of  the  Society. 
Education. 
Mr.  Dugdale  reported  that  the 
Ninth  Annual  Examination  for  the 
National  Diploma  in  Dairying  was 
held  at  Reading  from  September  19 
to  23,  and  at  Kilmarnock  from 
September  26  to  30.  Twenty-three 
candidates  had  been  examined  at 
Reading,  of  whom  sixteen  passed,  and 
eighteen  at  Kilmarnock,  of  whom 
eleven  passed. 
On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Dugdale, 
seconded  by  Mr.  Ransome,  it  was 
resolved,  ‘‘That  Mr.  E.  V.  V.  Wheeler 
be  a]ipointed  as  the  Society’s  represen- 
tative Governor  upon  Childe’s  School 
Foundation,  Cleobury  Mortimer,  for 
a period  of  five  years,  commencing 
November  2,  1904,  in  accordance  with 
Clause  4 of  the  scheme  for  the  ad- 
ministration of  that  Foundation.” 
Dairy  and  Produce. 
Mr.  Dugdale  (Chairman)  reported 
that  the  accounts  relative  to  the 
Dairy  at  the  late  Show  at  Park  Royal 
had  been  submitted  to  the  Committee, 
and  that  the  net  cost  had  been  191/. 
as  against  218/.  in  1903.  The  Com- 
mittee had  considered  the  general 
question  of  the  Dairy  and  Produce 
Department  at  the  Show,  which  had 
been  raised  at  the  recent  Conference 
with  exhibitors  of  live  stock.  The 
Committee  thought  it  right  to  point 
out  that  besides  10/.  contributed  by 
the  Society  for  the  butter  test  classes 
the  sum  of  40/.  was  offered  for  dairj' 
cows  judged  by  inspection,  as  well  as 
41/.  for  butter  and  78/.  for  cheese,  all 
of  which  might  be  regarded  as  “ prizes 
offered  in  connection  with  the  dairy- 
ing interest.” 
