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Monthly Council, December 9, 1908. 
Liverpool, to invite the Society to hold its Show of 1910 in that city. He had 
been asked by Mr. White to say, on his behalf, and on behalf of other 
Members of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society, how cordially they 
would welcome the meeting in Lancashire of the “ Royal ” Society. Speeches 
in support of the invitation having been made by Sir Charles Petrie, 
Alderman Jude, and Mr. John White, the President thanked the 
deputation for the very kind invitation extended by them, which the Council 
had the greatest possible pleasure in accepting. The deputation then 
withdrew. 
The Report of the Finance Committee was received and adopted, including 
the Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of the Show at Newcastle-on- 
Tyne, which was explained in detail by Mr. Adeane (Chairman of the 
Committee). 
The Report of the Chemical and Woburn Committee having been presented, 
and an explanatory statement made by Mr. Bowen-Jones (Chairman) 
relative to the non-publication of the Consulting Chemist’s Report presented at 
the last meeting, a discussion thereon ensued. It was eventually decided by 
twenty-one votes to fourteen to omit from the Committee’s Report a recom- 
mendation that their Reports on cases of adulteration should in future be 
printed in extenso in the Society’s Journal. The Council, however, agreed to 
the suggestion that the Report on cases of adulteration adopted by them in 
November should be forthwith circulated to all Members of the Society for 
their information only, and that future Reports should be circulated as 
opportunities offered. 
The Report of the Committee of Selection was received and adopted, 
including the following recommendations : — (1) That the Earl of Jersey 
succeed Earl Spencer as a Trustee ; (2) That the vacancy thus created in the 
list of Vice-Presidents be filled by the election of the Earl of Derby ; (3) That 
Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., be elected a Vice-President in the room of the 
Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, M.P. 
The President reminded the Council that Earl Spencer, who had resigned 
his position as a Trustee, joined the Society as a Member so long ago as the 
year 1859. His Lordship was elected to the Council in the year 1874, became 
a Vice-President in 1883, and a Trustee in 1898. It would also be remembered 
that he was President of the Society in the year 1898, when the Show was 
held at Birmingham ; and the Council owed a debt of gratitude to Lord 
Spencer for all the work he had done. The President also pointed out that 
it was one of his Lordship’s predecessors who practically formed the Society. 
Mr. Chaplin, who had expressed the hope that his position might be taken by 
some one who had more leisure and time to devote to the Society’s work, 
became a Member in 1870, and first joined the Council in the year 1872, 
serving until 1874. He was again elected to the Council in 1884, and bad 
been a Vice-President since 1889. The Council had also heard with great 
regret that Mr. Richard Stratton, who retired from the Council by rotation as 
a representative of the Division of Monmouth, which was included in 
Group “ A,” did not desire to seek re-election. Mr. Stratton became a 
Member in the year 1867, and eight years later (in 1875) took his seat upon 
the Council, thus being one of its oldest Members. He had been a Member of 
the Stock Prizes Committee for upwards of thirty years, and frequently acted 
as a Steward at the Annual Shows, where he was known as a prominent 
breeder and an exhibitor of Shorthorns. The President was sure the Council 
would very much regret the loss of Mr. Stratton’s help, but he knew that 
he would always remain a good friend to the Society. 
The President then presented a Report from the Committee appointed at 
the last meeting of the Council to confer with the representatives of the Royal 
Lancashire Agricultural Society. He was glad to be in a position to state that, 
as a result of the Conference held on December 7 between the representatives 
of the two Societies, various terms had been arranged under which the Royal 
