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Monthly Council, November 1, 1893. 
Showyard Works. 
The Hon. C. T. Pabkek reported 
that since the last meeting the 
Surveyor had cleared away the whole 
of the Society’s plant from Chester, 
and erected the entrances and stored 
the whole of the plant at Cambridge. 
Pie presented his cash account, show- 
ing an expenditure since the last 
meeting of 162/. 7s. 3d. on account 
of Chester, and 141/. 6s. 3d. on 
account of Cambridge. Mr. Benni- 
son had presented a detailed state- 
ment of the cost of the various works 
in the showyard at Chester, from 
which it appeared that, after deduct- 
ing the amount realised by sales of 
materials and received from ex- 
hibitors and purveyors, the total cost 
was 5,630/. Is. 1 d. The Committee 
recommended the acceptance of the 
tender of Messrs. English Bros., of 
Wisbech, for the supply of timber at 
Cambridge ; and of Messrs. Walter 
Hill and Co.’s tender for advertising 
and placarding. 
Selection. 
Earl Cathcakt (Chairman) re- 
ported that a letter having been re- 
ceived from Mr. Muntz, expressing 
his desire to retire from the office of 
Steward of Stock, in view of his Par- 
liamentary and other engagements, 
the Committee recommended that 
Lord Brougham and Yaux be ap- 
pointed a Steward of Stock, in the 
room of Mr. Muntz, that Mr. Garrett 
Taylor be appointed a Steward of 
Stock, that Mr. Stanyforth be ap- 
pointed a Steward of Implements, 
and that Mr. Dugdale be nominated 
as Steward of Dairying, to succeed 
Mr. Darby after the conclusion of 
the Cambridge Meeting. The Com- 
mittee reported with regret the death 
on the 24th October last of Monsieur 
Edouard Lecouteux, Editor of the 
Journal d' Agriculture Pratique , who 
had been an Honorary Member of the 
Society since 1869. 
Death of an Honorary Member. 
Earl Catiicabt greatly regretted 
to have to announce to the Council 
the death of one of the oldest of 
their honorary members, M. Edouard 
Michel Lecouteux, Chief Editor of 
tbe Journal Agriculture Pratique , 
who died at his residence at Cergay, 
in France, on October 24, at the age 
of seventy- three. M. Lecouteux was 
elected to the honorary membership 
of the Royal Agricultural Society in 
April, 1869, on the occasion of the 
establishment — on the model of that 
Society — of the Societe des Agri- 
culteurs de France, of which he was 
one of the chief founders and the 
first Secretary. He was one of the 
best-known and most distinguished 
of French agriculturists, and was a 
great authority on ensilage, on which 
he had written a standard book. 
Education. 
Lord Moketon (Chairman) re- 
ported that thirty-two candidates 
from eleven schools had entered for 
the Society’s forthcoming Junior 
Examination, to be held on Novem- 
ber 7 and 8, and that the necessary 
arrangements for the examination 
were in progress. 
The ten successful candidates at 
last year’s examination having duly 
complied with the regulations, the 
Committee recommended the payment 
of the Scholarships and the despatch 
of the certificates forthwith. A letter 
had been read from the Head Master 
of the Wincanton (Pine House) 
School, stating that his pupil who 
gained the fifth scholarship at the 
Society’s last examination had been 
granted a scholarship of 40/. per 
annum for three years, awarded to 
him, upon the result of the Society’s 
examination, by the Devon County 
Council. The Committee recom- 
mended that the date for the next 
Senior Examination be fixed for 
May 8 to May 12, 1894. They also 
recommended that Mr. Alfred Ash- 
worth, of Tabley Grange, Knutsford, 
a Member of the Council, be ap- 
pointed as the Society’s representa- 
tive Governor upon the Sandbach 
School Foundation, in accordance 
with the provisions of the scheme 
for its administration. The Com- 
mittee gave notice that at their next 
meeting they would move for a re- 
newal of their annual grant of 500/. 
County Council Scholarships. 
Lord Moketon drew special atten- 
tion to the award by the Devon 
County Council of Scholarships to 
