Reports  of  Committees. 
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laid  before  the  Committee,  and  in- 
structions given  thereon. 
Selection. 
Sir  John  Thoeold  (Chairman) 
pre.sented  the  recommendations  of  the 
Committee  with  regard  to  the  filling 
up  of  two  vacancies  on  the  Council  in 
accordance  with  the  terms  of  Clause  fi 
of  the  Charter.  They  recommended 
that  for  the  ensuing  year  they  be 
constituted  of  the  President,  the 
Chairmen  of  each  of  tlie  Standing 
Committees,  Sir  Walter  Gilbey,  Sir 
Jacob  Wilson,  and  Mr.  Stratton,  and 
the  three  following  new  Members  to 
replace  those  retiring  by  rotation  : 
Lord  Wenlock,  Mr.  Assheton,  and 
Mr.  Harrison. 
On  the  motion  of  Sir  J OHN  Thoeold, 
seconded  by  Sir  Nigel  Kingscote, 
Mr.  Ernest  Mathews,  of  Little  Shar- 
deloes,  Amersham,  Bucks,  was  elected 
a Member  of  the  Council  in  the  room 
of  the  late  Mr.  Terry  ; and  on  the 
motion  of  Mr.  Wheelee,  seconded  by 
Mr.  Sanday,  Mr.  A.  P.  Turner,  of  The 
Leen,  Pembridge,  Herefordshire,  was 
elected  a Member  of  the  Council  in 
the  room  of  Lord  Middleton,  appointed 
a Trustee. 
Education. 
Lord  Moeeton  (Chairman)  re- 
ported that  the  Kegulations  and 
Syllabus  for  the  Examinations  in 
Agriculture  and  Dairying  for  the 
year  1905  had  been  revised  by  the 
National  Agricultural  Examination 
Board,  and  the  Committee  recom- 
mended that  they  be  now  issued. 
On  the  motion  of  Lord  Moeeton, 
seconded  by  Mr.  Wheelee,  Mr. 
Bowen-Jones  and  Sir  Ernest  Clarke 
were  re-elected  as  the  Society’s 
representatives  upon  the  National 
Agricultural  Examination  Board  for 
a period  of  three  years  from  January 
1,  1905. 
Dairy  and  Produce. 
Mr.  Dugdale  (Chairman)  pre- 
sented a provisional  recommendation 
as  to  prizes  for  Butter,  Cheese,  Cider 
and  Perry,  and  Wool  at  the  Show  of 
next  year. 
Supplemental  Charter. 
The  Peesident  reported  that  the 
Society’s  Solicitors  had  been  instructed 
to  draw  up  a draft  Petition  and  Supple- 
mental Charter  in  accordance  with  the 
terms  of  the  following  resolution  of  the 
Committee : — 
“That  the  Petition  for  the  revision  of 
the  Charter  be  directed  mainly  to  ob- 
taining authority  to  alter  the  method 
of  election  of  the  Council,  and  for  Gov- 
ernors and  Members  to  vote  by  proxy  or 
ballot  or  voting  papers,  and  to  hold  re- 
presentative meetings,  and  to  limit  the 
compulsory  General  Meetings  to  one 
Annual  Meeting.” 
It  was  arranged  that  the  Council 
should  adjourn,  after  the  conclusion  of 
the  remainijig  formal  business,  until 
the  following  morning,  Thursday, 
December  8,  1904,  for  the  purpose  of 
considering  and,  if  approved,  of  pass- 
ing for  submission  to  the  General 
Meeting,  the  Petition  and  Charter 
drawn  up  in  accordance  with  the  pre- 
ceding resolution. 
Standing  Committees  for  1905. 
The  following  Standing  Committees 
were  appointed  for  1905:  Finance, 
House,  Journal,  Chemical  and  Woburn, 
Botanical  and  Zoological,  Veterinary, 
Stock  Prizes,  Judges  Selection,  Imple- 
ment, General  Show,  Showyard  Works, 
Selection,  Education,  and  Dairy  and 
Produce.  The  present  Members  of  the 
various  Standing  Committees  were 
(with  some  exceptions)  re-appointed 
to  those  Committees.  Mr.  A.  P.  Turner 
was  added  to  the  Chemical  and  Stock 
Prizes  Committees ; Mr.  Christopher 
Middleton  to  the  Botanical  and  Imple- 
ment Committees ; the  Kev.  D.  B. 
Montefiore  to  the  Botanical  Committee ; 
Mr.  Ernest  Mathews  to  the  Stock 
Prizes  and  Education  Committees, 
and  Mr.  Cornwallis  to  the  Showyard 
Works  Committee. 
Miscellaneous. 
A letter  was  received  from  the  Royal 
Commission  for  the  St.  Louis  Ex- 
hibition stating  that  a Gold  Medal  had 
been  awarded  to  the  Society  for  its 
exhibit  in  Class  83. 
