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strongly indeed the difficulty in which 
the Council were placed by the two 
rival invitations. 
The following letter was then read 
by the Seceetaky 
Eawlings’ Hotel, 
Jermyn Street, S.W. 
February 2nd, 1892. 
Deae Sib,— As the Society’s 
Show of 1893 will conclude the 
second series of Country Meetings 
which have been held in different 
parts of the country under the 
scheme for the division of England 
and Wales into seven districts, 
which was adopted by the Council 
in February, 1877, it appears desir- 
able that, before another series is 
entered upon, an inquiry should be 
made by the Council as to the 
working of the present system. 
As the Member of Council who 
in February, 1877, presented the 
recommendation of the Special 
Committee appointed to consider 
the rotation of districts, it was my 
intention to call attention to this 
matter at the meeting of the Coun- 
cil to be held next Wednesday. 
I greatly regret that the state of 
my health will not permit of my 
personal attendance at to-morrow's 
meeting, as I had hoped, and I 
have, therefore, to request that you 
will be good enough to inform the 
Council on my behalf of my inten- 
tion to move at the March meeting 
for the appointment of a Special 
Committee to inquire into the work- 
ing of the present rotation of dis- 
tricts, and to report whether any 
modifications in the existing ar- 
rangements appear necessary or 
desirable. — Yours faithfully, 
(Signed) Jacob Wilson. 
The Secretary, 
Eoyal Agricultural Society of England. 
The reports of the Standing Com- 
mittees were then received and 
adopted, as below : — 
Finance. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote reported his 
election as Chairman of the year. 
The accounts for the month ended 
December 31, 1891, as certified by 
the Society’s Accountants, showed 
total receipts for that period amount- 
ing to 522^. 1G«. llrf.,and expenditure 
2,0147. 14s. \\d. The actual balance 
at the bankers on December 31, 1891, 
allowing for cheques outstanding, 
was 1,9567. 9s. l\d. The accounts 
for the month of January, 1892, 
showed receipts amounting to 4,8097. 
13s. 9(7., and expenditure to 1457. Is. 
10(7. The balance at the bankers on 
January .30, 1892, allowing for cheques 
outstanding, was 6,6217. Is. 10(7. Ac- 
counts amounting in all to 1,0717. 12s. 
3(7. were recommended for payment. 
The quarterly statement of arrears 
and property at December 31, 1891, 
was laid upon the table. The legacy 
of 1007. bequeathed to the Society by 
the late Mr. J. P. Stocker had been 
paid, less 107. legacy duty, and 10s. 
legal expenses. 
On the motion of Sir Nigel Kings- 
cote, seconded by Lord Beidpokt, 
it was unanimously resolved : — 
That the Secretary be authorised 
to issue to any candidate for elec- 
tion as a new Member, who may 
make application on or before Satur- 
day, February 27, a ticket of ad- 
mission to the forthcoming Horse 
Show at the Eoyal Agricultural 
Hall, provided that the usual form 
of undertaking has been previously 
signed by the candidate, and that 
his subscription for the current 
year has been paid. 
House. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote reported his 
election as Chairman of the j-ear, and 
the recommendations of the Commit- 
tee as to various matters connected 
with the house. 
Journal. 
Earl Cathcaet reported his elec- 
tion as Chairman of the year. Part 
IV. of Vol. n. of the Journal had 
been published in due course on 
January 1 ; and the Committee pre- 
sented their recommendations as to 
the payments to contributors. The 
Secretary had reported the publica- 
tion of the Society’s Text Book on 
Agriculture on January 1 last, and 
that two editions had been already 
exhausted. The arrangements for 
the issue of the third edition were 
left for settlement by the Education 
Committee. Various applications for 
