xxxviii  Annual  General  Meeting , December  7,  1910. 
the  Council,  he  thought  the  Members  could  cordially  support  the  Society  in 
what  they  were  doing  in  that  connection.  The  occurrence  of  the  “Jubilee” 
of  the  Uoyal  Agricultural  Benevolent  Institution  had  been  properly  chronicled 
in  the  Report,  and  he  thought  they  would  all  appreciate  the  assistance  which 
had  been  given  to  an  Institution  which  did  such  good  work.  He  would  also 
like  to  refer  to  the  unfortunate  outbreak  of  Foot-and- Mouth  Disease  in 
Yorkshire  in  the  course  of  the  past  year.  No  doubt  it  was  only  a raid  and 
not  an  invasion,  but  he  thought  the  Society  and  the  Council  were  gratified  to 
know  that  it  bad  been  promptly  grappled  with  by  the  authorities  responsible, 
and  that  they  were  saved  from  the  spreading  of  a grave  disease.  As  an  old 
Member  of  the  Society,  and  one  who  rejoiced  in  its  present  prosperity,  it  gave 
him  the  greatest  pleasure  to  move  the  adoption  of  the  Report. 
Mr.  Charles  L.  Prior  (Lincoln)  had  much  pleasure  in  seconding  the 
adoption  of  the  Report.  He  desired  to  associate  himself  with  everything 
that  had  fallen  from  the  mover  of  the  resolution. 
The  Report  of  the  Council  was  then  unanimously  adopted. 
Election  of  Acting-President. 
The  Chairman  announced  that  the  Council  had  recommended  that  the 
Right  Hon.  Ailwyn  E.  Fellowes  be  elected  Acting- President  for  the  ensuing 
year,  and,  in  confirmation  of  that  recommendation,  he  had  the  extreme 
pleasure  of  moving — 
“That  the  Right  Hon.  Ailwyn  Fellowes  he  elected  Acting-President  of  the 
Society,  to  hold  office  until  the  next  ensuing  Annual  General  Meeting.” 
Mr.  Ailwyn  Fellowes’  name  required  no  introduction  or  recommendation 
to  a gathering  of  agriculturists.  His  life  had  been  devoted  whole-heartedly 
to  the  public  service,  and  in  that  public  service  bis  chief  and  predominant 
interest  had  been  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  agricultural  industry.  A 
past-President  of  the  Board  of  Agriculture,  a successful  exhibitor  for  many 
years  at  the  Society’s  Shows,  a generous  landlord,  and  ever  a staunch  friend 
to  the  Society,  his  election  to  that  important  office  would  be  hailed  with 
delight  in  Norfolk  and  in  the  rest  of  the  country  as  one  of  advantage  to  the 
Society,  and,  as  they  hoped  he  would  regard  it,  a fitting  and  well-deserved 
compliment.  The  proposition  would,  he  felt  sure,  receive  the  unanimous 
approval  of  that  gathering. 
The  Earl  of  Leicester  said  it  was  with  the  very  greatest  pleasure  that 
he  seconded  the  resolution  proposed  by  Mr.  Cornwallis,  “that  Mr.  Fellowes 
be  appointed  as  Acting- President  to  hold  office  until  the  next  ensuing  Annual 
General  Election."  (Loud  laughter.)  His  Lordship  apologised  for  his  mistake. 
He  should  have  said  Annual  General  Meeting.  He  quite  agreed  with  every- 
thing that  had  been  said  by  Mr.  Cornwallis.  Mr.  Fellowes  was  well  known 
as  a successful  exhibitor,  and  encouraged  agriculture  in  every  possible  way. 
The  resolution,  having  been  put  to  the  meeting,  was  carried  unanimously. 
The  Right  Hon.  Ailwyn  E.  Fellowes,  in  reply,  assured  the  meeting  that 
he  took  it  as  a very  high  honour  that  the  members  had  elected  him  that 
afternoon  as  their  Acting- President,  and  an  honour  which  he  was  bound  to 
say  was  very  much  increased,  knowing  that  he  was  to  act  as  His  Majesty’s 
Deputy,  and  also  that  the  Show  was  to  be  held  in  his  native  county.  (Hear, 
hear.)  Norfolk  was  supposed  by  some  people  to  be  the  end  of  the  world  ; that 
there  was  nothing  between  them  and  the  North  Pole,  and  that  they!  grew 
nothing  but  turnips  and  reared  partridges.  (Laughter.)  However  that  might 
be,  Norfolk  was  a great  agricultural  county,  and  they  had  always  before  their 
minds  to  help  them  the  names  of  Coke  of  Norfolk  and  Clare  Sewell  Read.  He 
could  assure  the  Members  of  the  Society,  and  he  hoped  thousands  of  others 
who  would  go  to  Crown  Point,  including  a great  many,  he  hoped,  from  the 
Colonies  and  foreign  countries,  that  they  would  be  able  to  show  them  a very 
fine  and  lovely  showground,  and  Members  of  the  Society,  and  visitors  also, 
would  receive  a very  warm  and  a very  hearty  welcome,  not  only  from  the  Lord 
Lieutenant  of  Norfolk,  but  also  from  the  Lord  Mayor  and  citizens  of  Norwich. 
