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Monthly  Council,  December  8,  1909. 
the  provisions  of  the  Development  Bill — should  it  become  an  Act — in  so  far  as 
they  relate  to  Agriculture.” 
Mr.  Fellowes  was  added  to  the  Special  Committee. 
A letter  was  read  from  the  Sociedad  Rural  Argentina,  inviting  the  Society 
to  take  part  in  the  International  Agricultural  Exhibition,  to  be  held  by  the 
Sociedad  at  Buenos  Ayres  in  1910,  “in  celebration  of  the  Centennial  of  the 
Argentine  Emancipation,”  and  expressing  the  hope  that  the  Society  would 
make  the  event  known  as  widely  as  possible  in  this  country.  The  President 
suggested  that  publicity  might  be  given  to  the  letter  in  the  printed  proceedings 
of  the  meeting  that  day. 
The  Report  of  the  Council  to  the  Annual  General  Meeting  of  Governors 
and  Members,  to  be  held  at  the  Royal  Agricultural  Hall,  Islington,  at  3 p.m., 
on  Wednesday,  December  8,  was  prepared  and  ordered  to  be  issued. 
The  Right  Hon.  Ailwtn  E.  Fellowes  introduced  an  important  and 
influential  deputation  from  the  City  of  Norwich  and  County  of  Norfolk  in 
support  of  an  invitation  to  the  Council  to  hold  the  Annual  Show  of  1911  in 
Norwich,  consisting  of  the  High  Sheriff  of  the  County  (Sir  Edward  Mann), 
the  Sheriff  of  the  City  of  Norwich  (Mr.  Arthur  G.  Hewlett),  Sir  William 
flfolkes  (Chairman  of  the  County  Council),  Mr.  R.  Harvey  Mason  (Norfolk 
Agricultural  Association),  Mr.  George  Chamberlin  (representing  the  traders 
and  manufacturers  of  Norwich),  Mr.  Henry  Overman  (representing  the  tenant- 
farmers  of  Norfolk),  Mr.  Louis  Tillett,  M.P.,  Mr.  J.  F.  S.  Gooday  (General 
Manager  of  the  Great  Eastern  Railway),  and  Mr.  E.  W.  Beck. 
After  speeches  -by  various  members  of  the  Deputation,  it  was,  on  the 
motion  of  Sir  Gilbert  Grbenall  (Honorary  Director),  seconded  by  the 
Duke  of  Devonshire,  unanimously  decided  to  accept  the  very  cordial  invita- 
tion of  the  County  of  Norfolk  and  the  City  of  Norwich  to  hold  the  Show  of 
1911  in  Norwich. 
Other  business  having  been  transacted,  the  Council ' adjourned  until 
Wednesday,  December  8,  1909. 
WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  8,  1909. 
At  a Monthly  Council,  held  at  16  Bedford  Square,  W.C.,  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire  (Trustee)  in  the  Chair  : — 
Present : — Trustees. — Mr.  F.  S.  W.  Cornwallis,  the  Earl  of  Coventry,  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.,  the  Hon.  C.  T.  Parker. 
Other  Memhers  of  the  Council. — Mr.  T.  L.  Aveling,  Mr.  H.  Dent  Brockle- 
hurst,  Major-General  J.  F'.  Brocklehurst,  C.V.O.,  C.B.,  Mr.  Thomas  A.  Buttar, 
Sir  Richard  P.  Cooper,  Bart.,  the  Hon.  J.  E.  Cross,  Mr.  Henry  Dudding,  Mr. 
J.  T.  C.  Eadie,  Mr.  James  Falconer,  Mr.  Robert  Forrest,  Mr.  Howard  Frank, 
Mr.  W.  T.  Game,  Mr.  James  W.  Glover,  Mr.  E.  A.  Hamlyn,  Mr.  Joseph  Harris, 
Sir  Arthur  G.  Hazlerigg,  Bart.,  Mr.  J.  H.  Hine,  Mr.  R.  W.  Hobbs,  Mr.  Walter 
F.  Ingram,  Sir  Charles  V.  Knightley,  Bart.,  Mr.  J.  L.  Luddington,  Mr.  Alfred 
Mansell,  Mr.  Ernest  Mathews,  Mr.  W.  A.  May,  Mr.  William  Nocton,  Mr.  R.  G. 
Patterson,  Mr.  C.  M.  S.  Pilkington,  Mr.  H.  Fitzwalter  Plumptre,  Mr.  F. 
Reynard,  the  Duke  of  Richmond  and  Gordon,  K.G.,  Mr.  C.  C.  Rogers,  Mr.  John 
Rowell,  Mr.  William  Scoby,  Mr.  Fred  Smith,  Mr.  George  Taylor,  Mr.  A.  P. 
Turner,  Mr.  C.  W.  Wilson,  and  Mr.  Louis  C.  Wrigley. 
The  following  Members  of  the  Liverpool  Local  Committee  were  also 
present : — Sir  Charles  Petrie,  Alderman  W.  Oulton,  Mr.  G.  Norris  Midwood, 
Mr.  R.  B.  Neilson,  Mr.  Edward  R.  Pickmere,  Mr.  Edward  Bohane,  and 
Mr.  Percy  CorkhiU. 
In  the  absence,  through  ill-health,  of  the  Earl  of  Jersey  (President),  the 
Duke  of  Devonshire  was  called  to  the  Chair. 
