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the settlement of various matters connected 
with the Society's acquisition of Harewood 
House. 
2. It will be in the recollection of the 
Council that at the meeting on July 26 the 
Committee recommended that an issue of 
40.0001. of the Harewood House Debenture 
Stock should be made, 37,0001. of which was 
to be devotee! to paying the purchase money 
of Harewood House, and 3,0001. for “ other 
incidental capital expenditure.” 
3. As it appears likely that the expenses 
in connection with the acquisition of the 
site will be less than was anticipated, and 
that the Society will be able to discharge 
these expenses out of its current balance, 
the Committee have decided, upon recon- 
sideration, that it will be sufficient to raise 
37.0001. on security of Harewood House, 
being the sum which its purchase has actu- 
ally cost the Society. They accordingly 
recommend that for tiie present, at all events, 
no more than 37,0001. Stock be issued. 
4. They have the pleasure to report that 
applications for this amount of Stock have 
been already received, and that practically 
all the payments due in respect thereof have 
been made. They recommend, therefore, 
that the list of applications be now closed. 
5. Out of the receipts on the Harewood 
House account the Committee have been 
enabled to pay the whole of the purchase 
money for the property, and to repurchase 
all the Consols borrowed temporarily for the 
purpose from the General Reserve Fund, 
which is now, therefore, restored to its full 
amount of 30,0001. 
6. In addition to the amounts already 
announced as donations for the acquisition 
of Harewood House, Mr. diaries Whitehead 
has made a gift of 1001. to the fund. The 
thanks of the Society are duo to Mr. White- 
head for his generosity in this matter. 
7. The alterations to Harewood House 
have now been for some time in hand, and 
are progressing satisfactorily. 
(Signed) Nigel Kingscote, Chairman. 
October 31, 1893. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote added that, 
as the Council were aware, the Duke 
of Westminster and Sir Walter Gilbey 
had generously taken upon themselves 
the responsibility of adapting the 
existing fabric of Harewood House 
so as to meet the Society’s require- 
ments ; and the alterations were now 
in progress under their direction. 
There were, however, several matters 
connected with the fittings, electric 
lighting, and the like, which the 
Society itself would have to consider, 
and it would probably be convenient 
that a small Sub-Committee should 
be appointed to confer with the Duke 
and Sir Walter, so that the Society’s 
works in connection with the internal 
arrangements should be proceeded 
with, as far as possible, contempo- 
raneously with the structural altera- 
tions, and any necessary action taken 
in the intervals, when the Council 
could not be formally consulted. He 
had reason to believe that this course 
met with the entire concurrence of 
the Duke and Sir Walter, and it 
would have the double advantage of 
saving both time and expense. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Darker said 
he was sure that the Duke of West- 
minster (who greatly regretted his 
inability to be present that day) 
would willingly assent to the course 
proposed, and he suggested that the 
Sub-Committee should consist of Sir 
Nigel Kingscote and Sir Matthew 
Ridley. Mr. Dent seconded the 
motion, which was unanimously' 
adopted, and Sir Walter Gilbey 
expressed the great pleasure that it 
would give him to co-operate with 
the Sub-Committee. 
Harewood House Debenture Stock. 
Upon the motion of Sir Nigel 
Kingscote, seconded by the Hon. 
Cecil T. Parker, the Society’s Seal 
was authorised to be affixed to cer- 
tificates of the Harewood House 
Debenture Stock in the names of 122 
proprietors ; and the affixing of the 
Seal in accordance with the bye-laws 
was attested on each certificate by 
the signatures of Sir Matthew Ridley 
as Chairman, of Sir Nigel Kingscote 
as Trustee, and of Mr. Ernest Clarke 
as Secretary. 
Journal. 
Earl Cathcart (Chairman) re- 
ported that Part III. of Vol. IV. of 
the Journal was published on Sep- 
tember 30, and duly issued to the 
members of the Society. The Com- 
mittee recommended the payment of 
various accounts for literary contri- 
butions, printing, &c. The fifth edi- 
tion of the Society’s Text-book on 
Agriculture had now been publisher!, 
and a reprint in pamphlet form of 
Mr. Whitehead’s article on Hop Cul- 
tivation, appearing in Vol. IV., Part 
II., of the Society’s Journal had also 
been issued. Various presentations 
to the Library had been reported, and 
the thanks of the Council were or- 
dered to be sent to the donors. A 
number of suggestions for articles 
and notes in the Journal had been 
considered, and directions given to 
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