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Iteporl of ike Council, 
in 1869 a Vice-President, which office ho held to the time of his 
death. In 1869-70 he served the office of President, retiring after 
the second Oxford Meeting. His Grace was a scientific man of great 
distinction and remarkable gifts ; but to English agriculturists he 
w’as best known for his successes as a breeder and improver of 
Shorthorn cattle. 
4 . The Council have also to deplore the deaths of two of the 
Honorary Members of the Society, the Right Honourable Sir 
James Caird, K.C.B., who had been associated with the Society for 
over forty years, and Professor Hofmann, of Berlin, who was, with 
the exception of Sir Lyon Playfair, the oldest Honorary Member 
of the Society, having been elected so long ago as March 4, 
1846. 
5. Amongst the Governors and Members of the Society who have 
died since the last report are the Earl of Charlemont, K.P., the Earl of 
Denbigh, Viscount Hampden, G.C.B., the Earl of Leitrim, Sir A. 
Acland Hood, Bart., Sir George Jenkinson, Bart., Sir William 
Russell, Bart., General Sir G. H. Walker, Bart., Sir T. Whichcote, 
Bart., Mr. W. .J. Beadel, M.P., Mr. E. A. Hankey, M.P., Mr. Robert 
S. Holford (Foundation Life-Governor), Col. Windsor Parker (a 
Member since 1843), Mr. W. H. Punchard, Mr. Francis Sherborn, 
Mr. James Smyth and Mr. John Tench (Members since 1842), Mr. 
Henry Wardle, M.P., and Mr. R, E. E, Warburton and Mr. James 
Weston (Members since 1841). 
6. These and other changes bring the total number of Governors 
and Members now on the Register to 11,050, divided as follows : 
27 Foundation Life Governors (Members elected before the 
granting of the Charter on March 26, 1840) ; 
69 Governors paying an annual subscription of 51. ; 
84 Life Governors who have compounded for their annual 
subscriptions ; 
7,066 Members paying an annual subscription of \l. ) 
1 9 Members who, having paid annual subscriptions for 50 years, 
have become Life Members ; 
3,693 Life Members who have compounded for their annual sub- 
scriptions ] 
72 Life Members by Examination ; 
20 Honorary Members. 
11,050 Total number of Governors and Members ; 
or a net increase of 122 Members during the year. 
7. To fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Duke of 
Devonshire, Viscount Emlyn has been appointed a Vice-President, 
and the Duke of Westminster, K.G., has been elected to the vacant 
seat upon the Council. 
8. The accounts for the year 1891 have been examined and 
certified by the Auditors and Accountants of the Society, and were 
