276  Report  to  the  Annual  General  Meeting , 
The  first  visit  of  the  Judges  commenced  on  the  morning  of 
Tuesday,  the  8th  November,  and  a second  inspection  of  Farms 
will  be  held  in  the  Spring.  The  final  inspection  of  selected 
Farms  will  take  place  in  the  month  of  June. 
15.  It  has  been  decided  to  hold  a trial  of  Potato  Diggers  and 
Sorters  in  1911.  The  conditions  of  Trial  are  now  under  considera- 
tion by  the  Council. 
16.  Invitations  to  hold  the  Show  of  1912  were  received  from 
the  authorities  of  the  City  of  York  and  the  town  of  Doncaster*. 
After  the  sites  offered  had  been  inspected  by  a Committee  and 
Deputations  from  both  places  had  been  received  by  the  Council, 
it  was  decided  to  accept  the  invitaton  tendered  by  the  Corpora- 
tion of  Doncaster.  The  Yorkshire  Agricultural  Society  have 
agreed  to  for'ego  their  Annual  Show  on  the  occasion  of  the 
Society’s  visit  to  Yorkshire  in  the  year  1912. 
17.  An  invitation  to  hold  the  show  of  1913  in  the  City  of 
Bristol  has  been  extended  to  the  Society  by  the  citizens  through 
the  Lord  Mayor  of  Bristol,  and  unanimously  accepted  by  the 
Council  at  their  Meeting  on  the  2nd  November  last.  The  pro- 
posed site  of  the  showyard  is  on  the  Clifton  and  Durdham 
Downs,  and  is  the  same  ground  as  that  occupied  by  the  Society 
on  the  occasion  of  the  Show  in  1878. 
18.  In  November1,  1909,  the  Council  passed  a resolution 
requesting  a Special  Committee  “to  consider  the  provisions  of 
the  Development  Bill— should  it  become  an  Act — in  so  far  as 
they  related  to  Agriculture.”  This  Committee  have  held  a 
number  of  meetings  during  the  year,  at  two  of  which  they  have 
had  the  opportunity  of  conferring  with  Sir  Thomas  Elliott, 
Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture.  The  Committee  have 
also  been  favoured  with  the  views  of  a number  of  scientific 
experts  with  regard  to  the  needs  of  Agricultural  Research  work 
in  this  country.  After  full  consideration,  the  Committee  made 
certain  recommendations,  embracing  general  principles,  for  the 
assistance  of  Stock  Breeding  and  Agricultural  Research.  These 
recommendations  have  been  approved  by  the  Council  and  trans- 
mitted to  the  Board  of  Agriculture.  A specific  application  for 
an  annual  grant  from  the  Development  Fund  in  aid  of  the 
Society’s  Experimental  Station  at  Woburn  has  been  made  to 
the  Commissioners. 
19.  An  intimation  having  been  received  from  the  German 
Agricultural  Society  to  the  effect  that  a party  of  their  Members 
were  proposing  to  visit  this  country  in  the  month  of  August  last, 
arrangements  were  made  for  the  party  to  inspect  the  Society’s 
Experimental  Station,  and  various  farms  and  estates  in  different 
parts  of  England  and  Scotland.  On  their  arrival  in  London  the 
party — numbering  about  thirty — were  received  in  the  afternoon 
by  the  President  and  Council  at  the  Society’s  House,  and  in  the 
