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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
IProcccbinas of tbc CoimciL 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1892. 
THE EARL OF FEVEESHAM (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
Present : — 
Irvstees . — General Viscount Brid- 
port, G.C.B., Earl Cathcart, Mr. John 
Gent Dent, Lord Egerton of Tatton, 
Colonel Sir Nigel Kingscote, K.C.B., 
Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart., Duke of 
Richmond and Gordon, K.G., Sir M. 
W. Ridley, Bart., M.P. 
Vice-Presidents. — H.R.H. Prince 
Christian, K.G., Mr. H. Chandos-Pole- 
Gell, Lord Moreton, Sir J. H. Thorold, 
Bart. 
Other Members of Council. — Mr. G. 
M. Allender, Mr. Alfred Ashworth, 
Mr. Joseph Beach, Mr. J. Bowen- 
Jones, Mr. J. A. Caird, Mr. Charles 
Clay, Earl of Coventry, Mr. Percy 
E. Crutchley, Lieut. -Col. J. F. Curtis- 
Hayward, Mr. Alfred Darby, Mr. J. 
Marshall Dugdale, Mr. S. P. Foster, 
Mr. William Franki.sh, Mr. R. Neville 
Grenville, Mr. Anthony Hamond, Mr. 
James Hornsby, Mr. C. S. Mainwaring, 
Mr. Joseph Martin, Mr. T. H. Miller, 
Hon. Ceeil T. Parker, Mr. Albert Pell, 
Mr. Dan. Pidgeon, Duke of Portland, 
Mr. J. E. Ransome, Mr. W. T. Scarth, 
Mr. A. J. Smith, Mr. Henry Smith, 
Sir Joseph Spearman, Bart, Mr. E. 
W. Stanyforth, Mr. R. Stratton, 
Mr. Martin J. Sutton, Mr. Garrett 
Taylor, Mr. C. W. Wilson. 
Professor Brown, C.B. 
Officers. — Mr. Ernest Clarke, Secre- 
tary and Editor ; Dr. J. Augustus 
Voelcker, Consulting Chemist; Mr. 
Wilson Bennison, Surveyor. 
The following members of the War- 
wick Local ComipiUee were also pre- 
sent ; — Lord E. J. Seymour, the Mayor 
of Warwick (Mr. J. W. Mann), the 
Mayor of Leamington (Mr. John. D. 
Barbour), the Town Clerk of Warwick 
(Mr. Brabazon Campbell), -and Mr. 
Frederick H. Moore (Secretary of the 
Local Committee). 
Apologies for Non-attendance. 
Apologies for non-attendance were 
received from Lord Brougham and 
Vaux, in consequence of absence 
abroad ; from Sir Jacob Wilson, Mr. 
Walter Gilbey, Mr. Sanday, Professor 
Simonds, Mr. Tremayne, Mr. Warren, 
and Mr. Whitehead, in consequence 
of ill-health ; from the Earl of Lathom 
and Mr. Arkwright, in consequence of 
other engagements ; and from Lord 
Leigh and Lord Brooke, M.P. (Mem- 
bers of the Local Committee). 
Address of Condolence to Her Majesty 
the Queen. 
Immediately after the confirmation 
of the minutes of the last meeting, 
held on December 9, 1891, the Presi- 
dent rose and said: — Your Royal 
Highness, my Lords, and gentlemen, 
I rise at the earliest opportunity to 
perform one of the saddest duties 
which ever devolved upon a President 
of the Royal Agricultural Society, to 
propose a vote of condolence with Her 
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen in 
the great and irreparable loss which 
Her Majesty and the Royal Family 
have sustained in the death of His 
Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. 
In ordinary circumstances the death 
