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*' that the Conveyance from the Duke 
of Westminster and Sir Walter Gilbey, 
Bart., to the Society, of Harewood 
House and an additional strip of land 
six feet wide on the north, for the 
sum of Thirty-seven Thousand 
Pounds (37,000/.), be approved, and 
that the Society’s Seal be affixed 
thereto.” The Society’s Seal was 
accordingly affixed to two copies of 
the Conveyance, and attested by the 
signatures of the President, Sir John 
Bennet Lawes, Bart., as Trustee, and 
the Secretary. 
On the motion of the Hon. Cecil 
T. Parker, seconded by Lord 
Brougham and Vaux, it was further 
resolved: “That the Trust Deed be- 
tween the Society of the one part, and 
the Duke of Westminster, K.G., Sir 
Walter Gilbey, Bart., and Col. Sir Nigel 
Kingscote, K.C.B., as Trustees for the 
Stockholders of the Harewood House 
Debenture Stock, of the other part, 
be approved, and that the Society’s 
Seal be affixed thereto.” In pursuance 
of the above resolution, the Society’s 
Seal was affixed to two copies of the 
Trust Deed, and attested by the 
signatures of the President, Sir John 
Bennet Lawes, as Trustee, and the 
Secretary. 
On the motion of the Hon. Cecil 
T. Parker, seconded by Lord 
Brougham and Vaux, it was re- 
solved : “ (a) That the total amount of 
Harewood House Debenture Stock to 
be created be limited to 5O,O0OZ. and 
that the sum to be now raised be 
limited to 40,000/. ; (b) That the 
40.000Z. Harewood House Debenture 
Stock above mentioned be issued at 
par, the amount due in respect there- 
of being payable in two instalments 
of 60 per cent, each, on the 15th 
August and 1st October next respec- 
tively ; (c) That the President, the 
Chairman of the Finance Committee, 
and the Secretary, be authorised to 
apply the moneys paid in respect of 
such Stock towards the payment of 
the purchase-money for Harewood 
House, as and when such moneys may 
be paid into the Society's account ; 
(d) That 15,000Z. of the Society’s 
Consols be sold out, and applied, 
either temporarily or otherwise as 
may be hereafter determined, in part 
payment of such purchase-money, and 
that the Society’s Seal be affixed to 
the necessary Power of Attorney.” 
In pursuance of the last-named re- 
solution, the Society’s Seal was affixed 
to a Letter of Attorney to the Bank 
of England to sell out 15.000Z. of 
the Society’s Consols, the Seal being 
attested by the President, Sir Nigel 
Kingscote, K.C.B., as Trustee, and the 
Secretary. 
On the motion of the Hon. Cecil 
T. Parker, seconded by Mr. James 
Hornsby, it was resolved : “ That 
during the recess the House Com- 
mittee be empowered to take such 
further action arising out of the above 
resolutions as they may deem neces- 
sary towards preparing Harewood 
House for the Society’s accommoda- 
tion.” 
Trials of Sheaf-Binders at Chester. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker re- 
ported formally, as Honorary Direc- 
tor, that the Trials of Sheaf-Binders 
competing for the Society’s prizes had 
been held on the 26th to the 29th 
July, and announced that the follow- 
ing awards had been made by the 
Judges (Dr. Anderson, F.R.S., Mr. 
Mason Cooke, and Mr. James Ed- 
wards) : — 
Messrs. R. Hornsby & Sons, Limited, 
Grantham, were awarded the first 
prize of 50Z., for theirimproved Sheaf- 
binding Harvester, No. B (price 45Z.), 
numbered 5,172 in the catalogue. 
The Sheaf-binding Harvester, open 
end (price 45Z.), numbered 4,031 in 
the catalogue, exhibited by the Mas- 
sey-Harris Co., Limited, 54 and 55 
Bunhill Row, E.C., and 
The Improved Sheaf-binding Har- 
vester, No. A (price 45 Z.), numbered 
5,171 in the catalogue, exhibited by 
Messrs. R. Hornsby & Sons, Limited, 
Grantham, 
Were bracketed equal by the 
Judges, and the second prize of 30/. 
and the third prize of 20/. were, there- 
fore, divisible between them. 
Certain payments in respect of 
these trials and the Chester Meeting 
having been authorised, the Council ad- 
journed until the next ordinary meet- 
ing on Wednesday, November 1, 1893. 
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