lxxxi Monthly Council , May 31, 1893. 
subject for the consideration of the 
Council. 
The motion was seconded by the 
Hon. Cecil Parker, and carried 
unanimously. 
Mr. Walter Gilbey presented 
a numerously-signed memorial from 
residents in the counties included 
in the district of the Cambridge 
Meeting of 185)4, asking that prizes 
may be offered at that Meeting for 
various descriptions of grain and 
mustard seed. He said that as the 
Council had accepted the recommen- 
dation of the Stock Prizes Committee 
that the large sum of 5,000Z. should 
be placed at the disposal of the 
Committee for prizes at the Cam- 
bridge Meeting, he hoped that when 
the time arrived for dealing with 
the matter a small sum might be 
devoted towards the prizes for which 
the petitioners had asked. He 
suggested that the matter should be 
referred to the General Cambridge 
Committee as soon as formed. 
Mr. Martin having also sup- 
ported the object of the memorial, 
and expressed the hope that early in- 
timation would be given if the prizes 
were decided upon, the question was 
ordered to be referred to the General 
Cambridge Committee for considera- 
tion at their first meeting on July 25, 
in accordance with Mr. Gilbey’s sug- 
gestion. 
A letter from the Mayor of Cam- 
bridge, as to the date to be fixed 
for holding the Cambridge Meeting, 
was referred to the same Committee. 
Conveyance of Men in Charge cf 
Live Stock. 
The Earl of Feversham stated 
that, in the unavoidable absence of 
the Duke of Westminster, it had 
devolved upon him, as ex-President, 
to introduce the influential joint depu- 
tation to the Kailway Managers 
which, at their last meeting, the 
Council decided to organise of the 
leading Agricultural and Breed 
Societies, for the purpose of urging a 
reconsideration of the decision of the 
companies to discontinue the free 
conveyance of men travelling in 
charge of live stock to and from 
agricultural shows, and the restora- 
tion of the arrangement heretofore 
in force, under which such men were 
conveyed free. He was happy to 
inform the Council that the Chairman 
of the Managers announced on that 
occasion that he and his colleagues 
were unanimous in recommending 
that the concession asked for should 
be granted, and that the old ar- 
rangements with regard to the free 
conveyance of men travelling in 
charge of live stock to and from 
agricultural shows should be restored, 
this decision taking immediate effect. 
The following were the societies 
represented at the deputation 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
lloual Agricultural Society of England -The 
Earl of Feversham (ex-President), Sir Jacob 
Wilson, Mr. H. Chandos-Pole-Gell, Mr. F. S. 
W. Cornwallis, M.P., Mr. Walter Gilbey. Mr. 
C. W. Wilson, Mr. Ernest Clarke (Secretary). 
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland 
— Mr. James Macdonald (Secretary). 
Rath and West and Southern Counties Society — 
Sir J. F. Lennard, Bart. (Chairman of the 
Stock Prize Sheet Committee), Mr. Martin 
J. Sutton. 
Royal Counties— Mr. .Tames Dymore Brown, Sir 
Henry Simpson, Mr. Thomas Stirton, Mr. 
W. M. Harris, Mr. C. Simmons (Secretary), 
Mr. C. F. Simmons (Assistant-Secretary). 
Smithfietd Club— The Marquis of Huntly (Vice- 
President), the Earl of Coventry (Vice- 
President), Mr. Howard P. Ryiaud Steward), 
Mr. E. J. Powell (Secretary). 
Royal Manchester , Liverpool , and North Lan- 
cashire— Mr. William Scotson (Chairman of 
Showyard Committee), Mr. James Birch 
(Secretary). 
Birmingham Agricultural Exhibition Society— 
Mr. H. P. Ryland. 
Bedfordshire — Mr. H. R. J. Swaffield (Secre- 
tary). 
Cambridgeshire— Mr. R. Peters (Secretary). 
Gloucestershire — Mr. T. R. Hulbert (Secre- 
tary). 
Herefordshire— The Earl of Coventry’, Mr. 
Alfred Edwards (Secretary). 
Leicestershire — Mr. J. Glover, Mr. Henry 
Humphreys, Mr. J. T. Ardron (Secretary). 
Lincolnshire — Mr. Jonas Webb, Mr. A. H. 
Clark. 
Norfolk — Mr. Francis Taylor, M.P. 
Nottinghamshire — Mr. Philo L. Mills. 
Oxfordshire— Mr. J. Pittman King. 
Radnorshire — Mr. F. Edwards, M.P. 
Shropshire and West Midland — Mr. M. Hulton 
Harrop (Hon. Director). 
Somerset Agricultural Association — Mr. Alfred 
Peace (Vice-President). 
Suffolk — Mr. Ernest Prentice. 
Yorkshire — The Earl of Feversham, Colonel 
Gunter, M.P., Mr. Marshall Stephensou 
(Secretary). 
BREED SOCIETIES. 
Horses. 
Royal Commission on Horse Breeding — The 
Duke of Portland, General Ravenhill. 
Cleveland Bay Horse Society— Mr. George 
Scoby (President), Mr. W. Scarth Dixon 
(Secretary). 
