XXI 
Monthly  Council,  May  5,  1909. 
WEDNESDAY,  MAY  5,  1909. 
At  a Monthly  Council  held  at  16  Bedford  Square,  W.C.,  the  Earl  of  Jersey, 
G.C.B.  (President),  in  the  Chair  ; — 
Present; — Trustees. — Mr.  F.  S.  W.  Cornwallis,  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  Lord 
Middleton,  Lord  Moreton,  Sir  John  H.  Thorold,  Bart. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr.  C.  R.  W.  Adeane,  Mr.  J.  Marshall  Dugdale,  the  Right 
Hon.  A.  E.  Fellowes,  Sir  Gilbert  Greenall,  Bart. 
Other  Members  of  the  Council. — Mr.  T.  L.  Aveling,  Mr.  H.  Dent  Brockle- 
hurst,  Mr.  R.  G.  Carden,  Mr.  Richardson  Carr,  Sir  R.  P.  Cooper,  Bart.,  the 
Hon.  J.  E.  Cross,  Mr.  Howard  Frank,  Mr.  J.  W.  Glover,  Mr.  R.  M.  Greaves, 
Mr.  E.  A.  Hamlyn,  Mr.  Joseph  Harris,  Mr.  W.  Harrison,  Mr.  A.  Hiscock,  Mr. 
R.  W.  Hobbs,  Mr.  W.  J.  Hosken,  Mr.  J.  Howard  Howard,  Mr.  Ernest  Mathews, 
Mr.  W.  A.  May,  Mr.  C.  Middleton,  Mr.  T.  H.  Miller,  Mr.  T.  S.  Minton,  Mr.  W. 
Nocton,  Mr.  C.  M.  S.  Pilkington,  Mr.  W.  A.  Prout,  Mr.  F.  Reynard,  Mr.  C.  C. 
Rogers,  Mr.  Fred  Smith,  Mr.  E.  W.  Stanyfortb,  Mr.  George  Taylor,  and 
Mr.  C.  W.  Wilson. 
The  following  Members  of  the  Gloucester  Local  Committee  were  also 
present : — Lieut.-Col.  J.  F.  Curtis-Hayward  and  Mr.  R.  Anderson  (Local 
Secretary). 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  of  the  Council,  held  on  April  7,  1909,  were 
taken  as  read  and  approved. 
Mr.  Henry  Bubb,  of  Ullenwood,  near  Cheltenham,  was  elected  a Governor, 
and  71  duly  nominated  candidates  were  admitted  in  the  Society  as  Members 
under  By-law  2. 
The  Secretary  announced  that  the  Trustees  of  the  “Queen  Victoria 
Gifts”  Fund  had  decided  to  make  a grant  to  the  Royal  Agricultural  Benevolent 
Institution  of  140Z.  for  the  year  1909,  to  be  distributed  as  fourteen  grants  of 
10k  each  to  the  five  male  candidates,  five  married  couples,  and  four  female 
candidates  who  polled  the  largest  number  of  votes  in  their  class,  and  who 
would  not  this  year  receive  grants  from  any  other  fund  in  connection 
with  the  Royal  Agricultural  Benevolent  Institution. 
On  the  motion  of  the  President,  seconded  by  Lord  Middleton,  it  was 
unanimously  resolved  : “ That  the  seal  of  the  Society  be  affixed  to  the  Deed 
of  Appointment  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  as  a Trustee  of  the  ‘ Queen 
Victoria  Gifts  ’ Fund.” 
Other  business  having  been  transacted,  the  Council  adjourned  until 
Wednesday,  June  2,  1909,  at  11  a.m. 
WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  2,  1909. 
At  a Monthly  Council,  held  at  16  Bedford  Square,  W.C.,  the  Earl  of  Jersey, 
G.C.B.  (President),  in  the  Chair  : — 
Present : — Trustee. — Mr.  J.  Bowen-Jones. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr.  C.  R.  W.  Adeane,  Mr.  Percy  Crutchley,  Mr.  J. 
Marshall  Dugdale,  the  Right  Hon.  A.  E.  Fellowes,  Sir  Gilbert  Greenall,  Bart., 
the  Earl  of  Northbrook. 
Other  Members  of  the  Council. — Mr.  T.  L.  Aveling,  Mr.  H.  Dent  Brockle- 
hurst,  Mr.  Richardson  Carr,  Sir  R.  P.  Cooper,  Bart.,  the  Hon.  J.  E.  Cross,  Mr. 
J.  Falconer,  Mr.  Howard  Frank,  Mr.  Joseph  Harris,  Mr.  Bayntun  Hippisley, 
Mr.  J.  Howard  Howard,  Mr.  W.  F.  Ingram,  Mr.  J.  L.  Luddington,  Mr.  Ernest 
Mathews,  Mr.  W.  A.  May,  Mr.  W.  Nocton,  Mr.  W.  A.  Prout,  Mr.  G.  G.  Rea, 
Mr.  H.  H.  Smith,  Mr.  E.  W.  Stanyforth,  Mr.  George  Taylor,  Mr.  C.  W.  Tindall, 
and  Mr.  L.  C.  Wrigley. 
The  following  Members  of  the  Gloucester  Local  Committee  were  also 
present : — The  Mayor  of  Gloucester  (Mr.  James  Bruton),  Mr.  S.  Aitken,  Mr. 
H.  W.  Bruton,  Mr.  C.  G.  Clark,  and  Mr.  Robert  Anderson  (Local  Secretary). 
