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iProceefcmos at General Meeting of Governors 
ant) Members, 
HELD IN THE LARGE TENT IN THE 
SHOWYARD AT CHESTER. 
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1893. 
THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, K.G. (PRESIDENT), IN THE CHAIR. 
Present on the Platform : 
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., 
H.R.H. Prince Christian, K.G., the 
Duke of Devonshire, K.G. (President- 
elect), the Duke of Richmond and 
Gordon, K.G., Earl Cathcart, the 
Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Fever- 
sham, the Earl of Ravensworth, Vis- 
count Bridport, G.C.B., Lord Barnard, 
Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord 
Egerton of Tatton, Viscount Emlyn, 
Lord Moreton, the Right Hon. Sir 
Massey Lopes, Bart., the Right Hon. 
Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., M.P., the 
Hon. C. T. Parker (Hon. Director), the 
Hon. Atholl Liddell, Sir Walter Gil- 
bey, Bart., Sir Joseph Spearman, Bart., 
Sir Mark Stewart, Bart., M.P., Sir 
John Thorold, Bart., Colonel Sir 
Nigel Kingscote, K.C.B., Sir Jacob 
Wilson, Messrs. G. Mander Allender, 
J. H. Arkwright, Alfred Ashworth, J. 
Bowen- Jones, Professor Brown, C.B., 
Messrs. James A. Caird, H. Chandos- 
Pole Gell, Charles Clay, Percy E. 
Crutchley, John Dent Dent, J. Mar- 
shall Dugdale, S. P. Foster, W. 
Frankish, A. B. Freeman-Mitford, 
C.B., M.P., H. Gorringe, James 
Hornsby, Joseph Martin, T. H. Miller, 
P. Albert Muntz, M.P., Albert Pell, 
S. Rowlandson, W. T. Scartli, A. J. 
Smith, Henry Smith, E. W. Stany- 
forth, R. Stratton, Martin J. Sutton, 
R. A. Warren, E. V. V. Wheeler, and 
Charles Whitehead. 
There were also present, as repre- 
sentatives of the Local Committee, the 
Mayor of Chester (Mr. Charles Brown), 
Mr. R. A. Yerburgh, M.P., and Mr. 
George A. Dickson, Local Secretary. 
The officers of the Society present 
included Mr. Ernest Clarke, Secre- 
tary ; Dr. Fream, Editor of the Jour- 
nal ; Dr. Voelcker, Consulting Chemist ; 
and Mr. Cecil Warburton, Zoologist. 
In the body of the tent there was 
a crowded attendance of members. 
Vote of Thanks to the Mayor and Cor- 
poration of Chester. 
The President, in opening the 
proceedings, said he had the honour 
of calling upon His Royal Highness 
the Prince of Wales to be kind 
enough to propose the first resolution 
on the agenda paper. 
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales then 
rose and said Your Grace, my 
Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, — You 
have paid me the compliment of ask- 
ing me to move the first resolution, 
which I have great pleasure in doing. 
It is, “That the best thanks of the 
Society are due, and are hereby ten- 
dered, to the Mayor and Corporation 
of Chester, for their cordial reception 
of the Society.” As a very old mem- 
