7.15 
liejmi io the (JenemJ Meetrivj. 
4 . The Council have elected, as an Honorary iMember of the 
Society, Pi’ofessor M. Maercker, of the Versuchs-Station, Halle, 
Germany, in recognitioir of his distinguished services to European 
Agriculture. 
5. These and other changes bring the total number of Governors 
and Members now on the Register to 11,059, divided as follows : 
25 Foundation Life Governors (Members elected before the 
granting of the Charter on March 26, 1840) ; 
72 Governors paying an annual subscription of 5^. ; 
84 Life Governors who have compounded for their annual 
subscriptions ; 
21 Honorary [Members ; 
7,084 Members paying an annual subscription of H. ; 
17 Members who, having paid annual subscriptions for 50 
Years, have become Life Members ; 
3,676 Life Members who have compounded for their annual sub- 
scriptions j 
80 Life Members by Examination ; 
11,059 Total number of Governors and Members ; 
or a net increase of 86 Members since the same period last year. 
6. The Society’s Annual Country Meeting held last June in the 
beautiful Castle Park at Warwick proved highly successful. Fine 
weather prevailed throughout the week with the exception of Thurs- 
day, the first shilling day, which unfortunately was exceedingly wet. 
The local authorities of Warwick and Leamington heartily co-ope- 
I'ated with the Society in endeavours to make the Meeting a success, 
and the result was a very representative exhibition in the [Midlands 
of our national bi’eeds of live.stock, and of the implements and appli- 
ances of English husbandry. The total receipts were in round 
figures 800?. less than at the previous Meeting at Doncaster in 1891, 
mainly arising from the shrinkage in the takings at the turnstiles, 
and in one or two minor items the expenses were greater ; but, on 
the other hand, there were substantial reductions in the cost of build- 
ing the showyard (owing partly to the number of entries of horses being 
considerably smaller), in advertising, and in management generally, 
whilst the amount spent in prizes was 1,000?. less than in 1891. 
The financial result, therefore, is an excess of receipts over expendi- 
ture amounting to 2,055?., as against 100?. last year.j 
7. The Council have to report with great regret that since the 
Warwick Meeting, Sir Jacob Wilson has expressed his desire to be 
relieved of the duties in connection with the honorary direction of 
the Society’s Country Meetings, which he has fulfilled with so much 
advantage to the Society dui'ing the last eighteen years. Acting 
upon what they felt would be the universal wish of the general body 
of Members, the Council have expressed to Sir Jacob Wilson by a 
special resolution their high appreciation of the conspicuous services 
rendered by him during his period of office, and they have also 
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