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Monthly Council , November 4, 1908. 
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The Town Hall, Liverpool, W. 
July 31, 1908. 
Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure to inform you that at a meeting of the City 
Council, held on Wednesday last, the following resolution was unanimously 
carried, viz. : — 
“ That the Eight Honourable the Lord Mayor be respectfully requested to 
invite the Royal Agricultural Society of England to hold their Annual Show 
for 1910 at Liverpool, and that the Parks and Gardens Committee be 
authorised to place Wavertree Playground at the disposal of the Society for 
the purpose, and to make such arrangements in connection therewith as 
may be necessary.” 
I hope the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society will do Liverpool the 
honour of accepting this invitation. 
Believe me, yours faithfully. 
(Signed) R. CATON, Lord Mayor. 
The President. Royal Agricultural Society, 
16 Bedford Square. London. 
On the motion of the President, seconded by Lord Middleton, it was 
unanimously resolved by the Council : “ That the invitation from the City 
Council of Liverpool, to hold the Show in that city in 1910, be accepted, and 
that the usual agreement be entered into with the Corporation.” 
The Report of the General Gloucester Committee was received and adopted, 
and the date of the Show at Gloucester was fixed as follows : — Tuesday, 
June 22, to Saturday, June 20, 1909. 
The Report of the Journal and Education Committee was received and 
adopted, and, on the Committee’s recommendation, Mr. H. Dent Brocklehurst 
was appointed as the Society’s representative Governor of the Royal Agricul- 
tural College, Cirencester, and Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale was re-elected on the 
Governing Body of the Harper- Adams Foundation. 
The Report of the Chemical and Woburn Committee was received and 
adopted, including a recommendation that the Report of the Consulting Chemist 
should be published in the Agricultural Press with the names of the vendors of 
'a material sold as pig meal, which, on examination, had been found to contain 
sawdust and sulphate of lime (gypsum). 
[NOTE.— The printers having declined to furnish copies of the usual pamphlet contain- 
ing the Council “Proceedings,” on the ground that certain statements in the 
Chemical Committee s Report appeared to render them liable to an action at law if 
such Report were printed by them, it was decided to issue the “Proceedings” 
omitting the entire Report of the Consulting Chemist.] 
The Reports of the Botanical and Zoological, Veterinary, and Stock 
Prizes Committees were received and adopted, and permission was given to 
Mr. Reynard (Chairman of the Stock Prizes Committee) to accept further 
offers of prizes that might be received before the next meeting. 
A discussion then ensued with regard to a suggestion made by Lord 
Moreton that the Society should communicate to other Societies the names of 
exhibitors disqualified for fraudulent practices in connection with animals 
exhibited at the Royal Agricultural Society’s Show ; and, at the suggestion of 
the President, it was decided to refer the matter to the Stock Prizes Com- 
mittee for consideration at their next meeting. 
Sir Gilbert Greenall was unanimously re-appointed Honorary Director of 
the Society’s Show, and Mr. William Priday, of Gloucester, was appointed 
Steward of Forage for the Show of 1 909. 
The following were appointed a Committee to confer with representatives 
of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society on Monday, December 7, with 
regard to the terms upon which the County Society should forego their Annual 
Show of 1910 when the Royal Agricultural Society visited Liverpool : The Duke 
of Devonshire (President), the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Northbrook, the 
Right Hon. Ailwyn Fellowes, Sir Richard Cooper, Bart., Sir Gilbert Greenall, 
Bart., Mr. Adeane, Mr. Cornwallis, Mr. Crutchley, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Miller. 
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 9. was prepared and ordered to be issued. 
Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 
Wednesday, December 9, at 11 a.m. 
