xxxiv  Monthly  Council , December  1,  1910. 
The  report  of  the  Council  to  the  Annual  General  Meeting  of  Governors  and 
Members,  to  be  held  at  the  Royal  Agricultuial  Hall,  Islington,  at  3 p.m.,  on 
Wednesday,.  December  7,  was  prepared  and  ordered  to  be  issued. 
Other  business  having  been  transacted,  the  Council  adjourned  until 
Wednesday,  December  7,  at  11  a.m. 
WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  7,  1910. 
At  a Monthly  Council,  held  at  16  Bedford  Square,  W.C.,  Sir  Gilbert 
Greenall,  Bart.  (President),  in  the  Chair. 
Present  : — Trustees. — Mr.  F.  S.  W.  Cornwallis,  the  Earl  of  Coventry,  Lord 
Moreton. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr.  C.  R.  W.  Adeane,  Sir  Richard  P.  Cooper,  Bait.,  Mr. 
Percy  Crutchley,  Mr.  J.  Marshall  Dugdale,  the  Right  Hon.  A.  E.  Fellowes,  the 
Earl  of  Northbrook. 
Other  Members  of  the  Council. — Mr.  D.  T.  Alexander,  Mr.  H.  Dent  Brockle- 
hurst,  Mr.  Davis  Brown,  Mr.  T.  A Buttar,  Mr.  Howard  Frank,  Mr.  W.  T. 
Game,  Mr.  E.  A.  Hamlyn,  Lord  Harlech,  Sir  A.  G.  Hazlerigg,  Bart,,  Mr.  J.  H. 
Hine,  Mr.  Bayntun  Hippisley,  Mr.  R.  W.  Hobbs,  Mr.  W.  J.  Hosken,  Mr.  W.  F. 
Ingram,  Sir  Charles  V.  Knightley,  Bart.,  Mr.  Allred  Mansell,  Mr.  Ernest 
Mathews,  Mr.  G.  Norris  Midwood,  Mr.  T.  H.  Miller,  Mr.  T.  S.  Minton,  Mr.  W. 
Nocton,  Mr.  Henry  Overman,  Mr.  C.  M.  S.  Pilkington,  Mr.  H.  F.  Plumptre, 
Mr.  W.  A.  Prout,  Mr.  G.  G.  Rea,  Mr.  F.  Reynard,  the  Duke  of  Richmond  and 
Gordon,  K G.,  Mr.  Fred  Smith,  Mr.  George  Taylor,  Mr.  C.  W.  Tindall,  Mr. 
E.  V.  V.  Wheeler,  and  Mr.  L.  C.  Wrigley. 
The  following  members  of  the  Norwich  Local  Committee  were  also  present  : 
—The  Lord  Mayor  of  Norwich,  Mr.  H.  P.  Blofield,  Mr.  A.  H.  Miller,  and  Mr. 
E.  W.  Beck  (Local  Secretary). 
The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  of  the  Council,  held  cn  November  2,  1910. 
were  taken  as  read  and  approved. 
Lord  Egerton  of  Tatton  and  Mr.  E.  G.  Wilmot-Sitwell  were  elected  as 
Governors,  and  193  duly  nominated  candidates  were  admitted  into  the  Society 
as  Members. 
The  Report  of  the  Finance  Committee  was  received  and  adopted,  together 
with  the  accounts  of  the  Liverpool  Show,  respecting  which  an  explanation  was 
made  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Committee.  They  must  make  some  acknow- 
ledgment, Mr.  Adeane  said,  to  those  to  whom  the  success  was  principally 
due,  and  he  knew  they  would  all  like  to  compliment  very  much  their  President 
(Sir  Gilbert  Greenall).  He  had  carried  out  with  the  greatest  ease  the  two 
very  onerous  positions  of  President  and  Honorary  Director,  and  to  the  extreme 
satisfaction  of  eveiy  Member  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society. 
Sir  Gilbert  Greenall  acknowledged  the  kind  words  that  had  fallen 
from  Mr.  Adeane,  and  the  very  kind  way  in  which  they  had  been  received  by 
the  Council.  He  could  only  tell  them  that  it  had  been  a very  great  pleasure 
to  him  to  hold  the  position  of  President  at  the  same  time  as  the  office  of 
Honorary  Director,  and  if  he  had  met  with  the  approval  of  the  Council  and 
Members  it  was  a matter  of  satisfaction  to  himself.  He  was  grateful  for  the 
support  which  the  Council  had  given  him,  and  as  long  as  he  held  the  position 
of  Honorary  Director  he  would  always  do  his  best  to  make  every  Show  a 
success. 
On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Adeane,  seconded  by  Mr.  Fellowes,  it  was  resolved 
that  the  sum  of  8,500/.  be  invested  in  Consols. 
The  Chairman  said  they  had  the  pleasure  to  see  among  them  that  day 
Lord  Harlech,  Mr.  Davis  Brown,  Mr.  G.  Norris  Midwood,  and  Mr.  Henry 
Overman,  new  members  of  the  Council,  and  he  was  sure  they  would  ail 
receive  a very  hearty  welcome  to  the  deliberations  of  the  Society. 
