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Monthly Council , July 29, 1908. 
Sir Gilbert Greenall (Honorary Director) and Mr. Adeane (Chairman of the 
Finance Committee) were unable to be present at the meeting, as they were 
keeping an appointment with the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, with reference to 
an invitation to be extended to the Society to hold the Show at Liverpool in 
the year 1910. 
The minutes of the meetings of the Council held in the Showyard at 
Newcastle-on-Tyne on July 1 and 4, 1908, were taken as read and approved. 
Mr. John Henry Maden, of Rockcliffe House, Bacup, Lancs. ; Mr. Almeric 
Paget, of Brandon Park, Brandon, Suffolk ; and Mr. Herbert Straker, of 
Hartforth Grange, Richmond, Yorks, were elected as Governors, and sixty-six 
duly nominated candidates were admitted into the Society as Members under 
By-law 2. 
Before the presentation of the several Committees’ reports, the President 
expressed the great pleasure he thought they would all feel at the unprecedented 
results of the recent Show at Newcastle. It was not possible at that early 
stage to give actual figures, but he thought he might safely say that the profit 
on the Newcastle Meeting would be larger than at any previous Show of the 
Society. He understood that two representatives of the Newcastle Local 
Committee were present — Mr. Johnstone Wallace and Mr. Gillespie (Treasurer 
of the Local Fund) — and, without any formal resolution, he hoped they would 
convey to their colleagues at Newcastle the sincere thanks of the Council, as it 
was largely due to the efforts of the Local Committee that they had achieved 
such excellent results. 
The Report of the Finance Committee was received and adopted, and, on 
the motion of Sir John Thorold, seconded by Mr. Percy Crutchley, it was 
resolved : “ That, in order to facilitate the winding up of the accounts for the 
Newcastle Show as early as possible, authority be given for the issue, during 
the recess, of orders upon the Society’s bankers for the payment of accounts 
connected with the Show.” 
The Report of the Veterinary Committee was received and adopted, and, on 
the motion of the Earl of Northbrook, seconded by Mr. Cornwallis, the 
following resolution was unanimously passed and ordered to be sent to the 
Board of Agriculture : — 
"That in view of the renewed agitation for the removal of the restrictions upon 
the importation into this country of live animals from abroad, the Council desire to 
express their appreciation of the attitude adopted by the Board of Agriculture, and 
to impress upon that Board the grave risk to the flocks and herds of this country 
that would be incurred should the restrictions at present in force be removed.” 
The Report of the Stock Prizes Committee having been received and 
adopted, Mr. Cornwallis moved, Sir Richard Cooper seconded, and it was 
unanimously resolved : — “That the best thanks of the Society are due and are 
hereby tendered to Mr. Frederick Reynard for the valuable services he has 
rendered to the Society in acting as one of the Judges in the Competition for 
Plans of Farm Buildings.” 
Authority was given for the affixing of the Society’s seal to the agreement 
with regard to the holding of the Society’s Show of next year at Gloucester, on 
portions of the meadows known as Castle Meads, Oxlease, and Portham, 
situated partly in the City and partly in the County of Gloucester. 
Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned, over the 
autumn recess, until Wednesday, November 4, 1908, at 11 a.m. 
