XXVI 
Monthly Council , February 1 , 1893 . 
Lord Grimston said he followed 
most unworthily the speakers who 
had gone before him in advocating 
the claims of his home — of the city 
near to which he lived, and in which 
he took great interest. He thought 
that the best way in which he could 
advocate those claims would be to 
call attention to one fact which had 
not been mentioned up to that lime, 
viz. the proximity of the great experi- 
mental farm at Rothamsted. It must 
encourage those interested in agri- 
culture to have the opportunity of 
visiting it, and thus spread a know- 
ledge of those invaluable experi- 
ments amongst agriculturists. 
Sir John Evans, F.R.S., said he 
happened to be the Chairman of the 
Lawes Agricultural Trust, which had 
been so patriotically founded by Sir 
John Bennet Lawes. This year was 
the Jubilee of those experiments, and 
he thought that it would be proper 
and a happy compliment to pay to 
Sir John Lawes if they accepted the 
invitation from St. Albans for the 
Country Meeting of 1S94. 
Sir John Lawes said as a resident 
in the County of Hertford he felt he 
ought to say a few words to induce 
them to come next year to St. Albans. 
In the first place, Cambridge had 
already had the pleasure of a visit 
from the Society. It was true that 
this was many years ago, but they had 
enjoyed the advantages derived from 
such a visit. Hertfordshire, on the 
other hand, had not, although it had 
been hoping to see the Society some 
day. He had taken the trouble to 
look into the statistics of the members 
of the Royal Agricultural Society. 
There was a group of eight or nine 
counties in the Society’s District A. 
He took the agricultural acreage of 
each county and divided that by the 
number of members, and he found 
that, taking the whole group of eight 
or nine counties— beginning with 
Norfolk and ending with Hertford- 
shire — Hertfordshire supplied a much 
larger number of members per acre 
than any of the others. They had, 
therefore, a claim upon the Society 
superior to any of the other counties 
in the group. He did not think they 
should ignore the county which had 
subscribed so liberally towards their 
funds. 
The Mayor of St. Albans 
(Mr. James Fisk) said he did not 
think he could add to the arguments 
placed before them ; but he would 
assure the Council that if they 
selected Hertfordshire, the Mayor 
and Corporation of St. Albans would 
give the Society the most hearty 
welcome, and do all in their power 
to make the Show a success. He 
would not himself be Mayor of St. 
Albans next year ; but he could 
assure them that the Mayor and Cor- 
poration would show them all proper 
hospitality. The City cordially sup- 
ported the invitation. 
The deputation then retired. 
Selection of Cambruhje. 
Mr. Dent said he had but one 
hesitation in moving that the Royal 
Agricultural Society should meet at 
Cambridge in 1894. His only feeling 
of regret was that in doing so they 
could not pay the compliment to their 
old friend Sir John Lawes by visiting 
St. Albans. In all other respects 
Cambridge possessed greater advan- 
tages. In the first place, it was the 
centre of a most important group of 
agricultural counties — counties which 
had no doubt suffered considerably 
the past year or so — but this was all 
the more reason why the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society should hold its Show 
among them. The accommodation 
which was afforded by Cambridge 
was confessedly far more than that 
at St. Albans. All those who had 
had the happiness of being educated 
at Cambridge were aware of the great, 
hospitality, and of the accommoda- 
tion which could be provided for 
those who were present at any great 
function that took place there. He 
had, therefore, great pleasure in 
moving : “ That Cambridge be 
selected for the place of Country- 
Meeting for 1894.” 
Mr. Martin, in seconding the 
resolution, said that, with regard to 
the paths across the common, when 
they held their local shows, there was 
no difficulty whatever. The under- 
graduates and all the other inhabi- 
tants complied with the orders laid 
down. With regard to the St. Albans 
invitation, he had no hesitation what- 
ever in saying that their experience 
