notation of Districts for Country Meetings. 
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member, had been appointed last 
month at his suggestion, had done 
him the honour of electing him 
Chairman, and had already had two 
sittings, one on Monday last and the 
other that morning. As they had 
agreed upon their report, they had 
decided to present it that day. (For 
text of report see page 363.) He 
regretted that he had been unable to 
be present at the last meeting, as he 
might possibly have removed the 
anxieties and doubts expressed by 
his noble friend Lord Kavensworth 
and others as to some revolutionary 
intention of his in upsetting the pre- 
sent rotation of districts. Nothing 
had been further from his thoughts. 
In fact, he believed the districts into 
which the Society had divided the 
country had worked very satisfac- 
torily. His feeling in the matter 
was that, inasmuch as after the 
Chester Meeting of 1893 the Society 
would have finished the second rota- 
tion of the districts in their present 
form, it was only following a prece- 
dent which had been set on as many 
as five previous occasions to appoint 
a Committee to consider the situation 
and determine whether they should 
go on as before, or, if any alteration 
was thought desirable, to indicate 
what that alteration should be. The 
Committee had now sat and had 
agreed upon the report just read. 
He might say at once that the unani- 
mous opinion of the Committee was 
that the districts as at present con- 
stituted did not require alteration. 
All that they now proposed was to 
give territorial importance to a few 
of the largest and most populous towns 
in the countr}', and therefore they 
selected towns like Birmingham, 
Liverpool, and Manchester to come 
into the rotation every third or fourth 
year. They would thereby have a 
reasonable prospect of replenishing 
their coffers once in three years at 
any rate, whilst giving a better chance 
for ordinary towns in the districts to 
send invitations with some probability 
of success, without bringing the more 
important and populous towns into 
competition. 
Earl Cathcaet, as a surviving 
member of the Committee upon the 
same subject appointed in 1867, 
wished to be allowed to second the 
report, chiefly in order to exjS-ess 
the general feeling of satisfaction 
that Sir Jacob Wilson was amongst 
them again. (Cheers.) 
After a short discussion, the report 
was formally adopted. 
The reports of the several Standing 
Committees were next presented and 
adopted as below : — 
Finance. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote (Chairman) 
reported that the accounts for the 
month ended March 31, 1892, as 
certified by the Society’s accountants, 
showed total receipts amounting to 
3,229Z. 17s. 4(7., and expenditure 
1,5937. 12s. \ \(l. The balance at the 
bankers’ on March 31, allowing for 
cheques outstanding, was 8,3027. Os. 
lid. Accounts amounting in all to 
4,6967. 3s. 10(7. had been passed, and 
were recommended for payment. 
The quarterly statement of arrears 
and iiroperty as at March 31, 1892, 
was laid upon the table. 
House. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote (Chairman) 
presented the report of this Committee, 
which dealt with various matters 
connected with the Society’s house. 
Journal. 
Earl Cathcart (Chairman) re- 
ported that Vol. HI., Part I., of the 
Journal had been published on March 
31, and the copies were in course of 
distribution to the members. The 
Committee recommended for pay- 
ment various accounts for printing 
and literary contributions in respect 
of this number. The arrangements 
for the next number of the Journal 
had been discussed, and directions 
given thereon. 
Earl Cathcart, in presenting this 
report, made sympathetic allusion to 
the death of the Society’s publisher, 
Mr. John Murray, and referred to the 
fact that Mr. Murray had been asso- 
ciated v(ith the Society from its very 
beginning, and had arranged with 
Mr. Philip Pusey fifty-three years 
ago the terms upon which their 
Journal was originally published. In 
answer to a letter of sympathy by 
their Secretary, Mr. Murray’s son and 
successor had written a very cordial 
note of thanks, in which he echoed 
