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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
lProcee^^nG0 of tbe Council. 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1892. 
THE EARL OF FEVERSHAM (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
Present : — J. W. Mann), the Mayor of Leaming- 
Tfustces.—^zx\ Cathcart, Lord ton (Mr. John D. Barbour), the Town 
Egerton of Tatton, Colonel Sir Nigel t!lerk of Warwick (Mr. Brabazon 
Kingscote, K.C.B., Sir A. K. Mac- ' Campbell), Mr. J. W. Margetts, and 
donald, Bart., Sir M. W. Ridley, Mr. Frederick H. Moore (Secretary of 
Bart. M.P. the Local Committee). 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr. H. Chandos- 
Pole-Gell, Mr. Walter Gilbey, Earl of 
Lathom, Lord Morel on, Sir J. H. 
Thorold, Bart. 
Other Members of Council. — Mr. G. 
M. Allender, Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, 
Mr. Charles Clay, Earl of Coventry, 
Mr. Percy E. Crutchley, Mr. Alfred 
Darby, Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, 
Mr. William Frankish, Mr. Anthony 
Hamond, Mr. James Hornsby, Mr. 
Charles Howard, Mr. C. S. Main- 
waring, Mr. Joseph Martin, Mr. T. H. 
Miller, Mr. Dan. Pidgeon, Mr. J. E. 
Ransome, Mr. S. Rowlandson, Mr. 
' G. H. Sanday, Mr. A. J. Smith, Mr. 
Henry Smith, Sir J. L. E. Spearman, 
Bart., Marquis of Stafford, Mr. E. W. 
Stanyforth, Mr. Martin J. Sutton, 
Mr. Garrett Taylor, Mr. Joseph P. 
Terry, Mr. John Tremayne, Mr. R. A. 
Warren, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, Mr. C. 
W. Wilson, Sir Jacob Wilson. .. 
Officers. — Mr. Ernest Clarke, Secre- 
tary and -Editor; Dr. J. Augustus 
Voelcker, Consulting Chemist; Mr. 
• Wilson Bennison, Surveyor.' 
' Mr. A. C. Cope, of the Board of 
Agriculture. 
The following members of the War- 
wick Local Committee were also pre- 
sent: — The Mayor of Warwick (Mr. 
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Apologies for Non-attendance. 
■ Apologies for non-attendance were 
received from H.R.H. Prince Christian, 
K.G., the Duke of Richmond and 
Gordon, K.G.,’ the Earl of Ravens- 
worth. General Viscount 'Bridport, 
G.C.B., Hon. Cecil T. Parker, Mr. 
Ashworth, Mr. James A. Caird, 
Lieut.-Col. J. F. Curtis-Hayward, 
Professor Simonds, and Mr. White- 
head. 
The late Duke of Clarence. 
The minutes of the last meeting of 
Council held on March 2 having 
been approved, a letter, was read 
from the Home Secretary stating 
that the Address to Her Majesty the 
Queen of the President and Council 
of the Society, on the occasion of the 
death of His Royal Highness the 
Duke of Clarence and Avondale, had 
been laid before Her Majesty, who 
had been pleased to receive the Ad- 
dress very graciously. This letter 
(for the text of which see page xxxv.) 
was ordered to be entered upon the 
minutes. 
Election of H.R.H. Prince George of 
Wales as a Governor. 
The President said it afforded 
him great pleasure to propose that 
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