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not an empty case in the yard. This was due to the admirable way in which 
the North-Eastern Railway had carried out their work. 
Mr. John Rowell (Steward of Horses) seconded, and the resolution was 
carried. 
Remarks of Members. 
The President having, in accordance with the usual custom, asked if any 
Governor or Member had any remark to make or suggestion to offer for the 
consideration of the Council, 
A Member caused considerable laughter by expressing the hope that the 
Society would come oftener — say once in ten years — to Northumberland, 
instead of “ pottering about Derby and those places.” 
Thanks to the Chairman. 
Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis said before they parted that day there was one 
resolution which he had the honour to propose, and which he was confident 
would meet with universal acceptance. It was a vote of thanks to the Presi- 
dent for his services in the chair. They all knew that the office of President 
was no sinecure, and that it entailed a large amount of work on the holder. 
They were extremely grateful to his Grace for the way in which he had dis- 
charged the duties of that office. He was the third of his name who had 
occupied the post of President of that great Society. He hoped that the 
interest which he and his predecessors had shown in the Society would be 
maintained, and they all wished him long life, health, and happiness to dis- 
charge the high office and important duties which fell upon him. 
Mr. James Hornsby having seconded the motion, it was put to the meet- 
ing and carried amidst cheers. 
The Duke of Devonshire, in responding, thanked them sincerely for the 
kind resolution which they had passed. He differed with Mr. Cornwallis when 
he said that the duties of the President were of an extremely onerous character. 
Mr. Cornwallis might have been looking back to the time when he occupied 
that distinguished position ; for he took the Presidency at a critical period in 
the history of the Society, and it was largely due to the work he had rendered 
that they were now in such a fortunate position. (Hear, hear.) The work he 
did then was still felt and appreciated by those who had followed him in the 
Presidency. The work of the President now was extremely easy, as everything 
was so well arranged and managed by the Honorary Director and the per- 
manent staff. His Grace was very glad to occupy the position. It had been 
one of his greatest ambitions that he should succeed where his predecessors lmd 
succeeded so well. He had only one more observation to make, and that was 
that it would be a matter of satisfaction to them to learn that the Duke of 
Northumberland had accepted the office of Vice-President of the Society, to 
which the Council had elected him on the previous day. That was a mark of 
their appreciation of the work he had rendered to the Society. He hoped it 
would be taken also as a compliment, and as an expression of their good feeling 
and thanks for what had been done by the Duke of Northumberland and by 
the Committee he represented. 
The meeting then terminated. 
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1908. 
At a Special Meeting of the Council, held in the Showyard, at Newcastle- 
on-Tyne, the Duke of Devonshire (President) in the Chair : — 
On the motion of Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart. (Honorary Director), 
seconded by Sir Richard P. Cooper, Bart. (Steward of Finance), it was 
unanimously resolved : “ That the best thanks of the Society arc due, and are 
hereby tendered to : 
(n) The Freemen of Newcastle for their kindness in placing at the Society’s disposal 
a portion of the Town Moor as a site for the Show. 
