XXVI 
Monthly Council, February 3 , 1892 
W li.u AMS, A. E. . . Alcester Rectory. 
WOODROOPK, R. H. . . Ballysaggartmorc, Lis- 
more, co. Waterford. 
Youxg, J. a.. .12, Victoria St., S.W. 
Country Meeting of 1893. 
The Secretary laid upon the table 
the following petitions and memorials 
received by the Society from local 
public bodies in support of the invi- 
tations received from Chester and 
Manchester respectively: — 
In support of Chester. 
From the Municipal Authorities of Aber- 
pcle and Pensarn. Beaumaris, Birkenhead, 
Crewe, Denbigh, Dolgelly, Holyhead, Llan- 
dudno, Llanfyllin, Llangefni, Menai Bridge, 
Nantwieh, Keston and Parkgate, Newtown 
and Llanllwchaiarn, Xorthwich, Towyn, 
Winsford, Wrexham and Ynyscynhaiaru ; 
the County Councils of Anglesey, Chester, 
(''arnarvon, Denbigh, Flint, and ^ferionetli ; 
the Cheshire Dairy Farmers’ Association ; 
and tlie ^\gricnltural Education Committee 
of tlic University College of Xorth Wales. 
In support of Manchester. 
From the Municipal Authorities of Ac- 
crington, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bacup, Black- 
burn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bootle, Bury, 
Chorlcy, Clitheroe, Darwen, Heywood, liiver- 
I>ool (letter from the Mayor), Lytham, 
jvfiddlcton. Nelson, Oldham, Preston, Roch- 
dale, St. Helens, Salford. Southport, Stock- 
port, Warrington, and Wigan : tlic County 
Council of Lancaster ; the Chambers of 
Commerce of Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn, 
]\Iancliester, Oldham, and lloclnlale ; the 
Local Agricultural Societies of Edgewortli 
and District, Leigh (Lancs.), Middleton 
North Lonsdale, Pa»liham, Rossendale, and 
Worsley and District. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote read the re- 
port of the Committee of Inspection 
appointed by the Council at their last 
meeting to examine and report upon 
the sites and otlier accommodation 
offered by tlic cities of Chester and 
Manchester for the Country Meeting 
of IShll. Tlie Committee, after de- 
scribing tlic various sites ex.amined by 
them, said that tlie circumstances of 
the two iuvit.ations were so different 
that they did not feel in a position 
to make a definite recommendation 
for the acceptance of cither Chester 
or Manchester, and they must leave 
the decision, therefore, in the hands 
of the full Council. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker asked 
which of the sites inspected by the 
Committee was considered the more 
eligible— that at Hoole or the one at 
Trafford Park? 
The President thought he might 
say in answer to that question, as he 
was one of the Committee of Inspec- 
tion, that there was little doubt that 
the site at Hoole was the best of the 
four inspected by the Committee. 
Invitation from Chester. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker then 
introduced a deputation from Chester, 
consisting of the Duke of Westmin- 
ster, K.G-., Lord Tollemache, Sir 
Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., Mr. 
R. A. Verburgh, M.P. for Chester, the 
Alayor of Chester, the Towm Clerk of 
Chester, Mr. D. A. Gilchrist (of the 
North Wales University College at 
Bangor) and Mr. G. A. Dickson (Local 
Secretary). 
The Duke of Westminster said 
he appeared as Chairman of the Com- 
mittee which had been formed for 
the purpose of inducing the Royal 
Agricultural Society to come to 
Chester. Chester was the centre of 
a strictly agricultural district, com- 
prising the whole of Cheshire, which 
was purely agricultural, and the six 
counties of North Wales. Though in 
two or three of these counties mineral 
industries were carried on, still the 
main industry w'as that of agriculture. 
Very considerable attention had been 
given for some years to the develop- 
ment of agricultural training in the 
county of Chester, and remarkable 
steps had been taken under tlie 
auspices of the county, in connection 
with tlie North Wales University 
College at Bangor. They had done a 
great deal in the direction of agricul- 
tural education, and would do a great 
deal more in the future ; and, as they 
were helping themselves, they looked 
for the assistance of the Royal Agri- . 
cultural Society. It was thirty-four 
years since the first ^Meeting of the 
“ Royal ” was held at Chester; and it 
would be in their recollection that 
that was the first Meeting from whicTi 
a profit accrued to the funds of the 
Society, owing to the numbers who 
attended from surrounding districts, 
and especially from the great centres 
of population in Lancashire. Al- 
though, of course, Chester was a very 
small city compared with the enor- 
mous manufacturing towns in Lanca- 
shire, it was hardly necessary to 
remind the Society that it was a very 
important centre as regards its rail- 
ways. There were railways from the 
