tiepofts of Gomnlittees. 
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by the Education CJotntnittee on the 
results of the recent Senior Exami- 
nation, from which it appeared that 
twenty- eight candidates entered, and 
twenty actually competed, at the 
examination which took place from 
May 10 to 14 last, and that of these 
twenty competitors ten satisfied the 
examiners. Communications had 
been received from the Charity 
Commissioners in respect of the 
administration of Bead’s Charity, 
Drax (Yorkshire), and Wye College 
(Kent) Foundations, together with 
copies of the draft schemes. The 
Committee would be prepared to 
nominate representative governors 
upon the foundations when the 
schemes had been finally settled. 
The Secretary had been authorised 
to make the usual arrangements for 
the holding of the Society’s junior 
examinations on November 8 and 9 
next. 
Dairy. 
Hon. Cecil T. Paekee (Chair- 
man) reported the entries in the 
butter-making competitions. The 
Committee recommended that on 
Frid^, June 24, a competition be 
held between the whole of the prize- 
winners in the four classes, and that 
a prize of 51., with the Society’s 
silver medal, be awarded to the 
successful competitor. Copies were 
laid upon the table of a new and 
revised edition of the pamphlet on 
Cheshire cheese-making. 
Steward of Forage for Chester 
Meeting of 1893. 
Sir Jacob Wilson moved, Mr. 
Sanday seconded, and it was unani- 
mously resolved, that Mr. Alfred 
Ashworth, of Tabley Grange, Knuts- 
ford, be elected Steward of Forage for 
the Chester Meeting of 1893. 
Suggestion at General Meeting. 
The Council then considered the 
suggestion made by Mr. George 
Barham at the General Meeting on 
May 23 — viz. “ That the Society 
should subscribe to the Mansion 
House Association on Railway and 
Canal Traffic.” 
After remarks by Earl Cathcaet, 
the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, 
Mr. Dent, and the Earl of Ravens- 
WOETH, it was resolved that the 
answer of the Council should be : 
“ That the Council, having fully con- 
sidered the matter at their meeting 
on March 2 last, were unable to 
reopen the question.” 
Country Meeting of 1894. 
The Secretary reported the 
receipt of various letters from the 
Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely Agri- 
cultural Society, the St. Albans 
Farmers’ Club, See., in reference to 
proposals to invite the Society to 
hold its Country Meeting for 1894 at 
Cambridge and St. Albans. 
Dates of future Meetings. 
Various other matters having been 
dealt with, the Council adjourned till 
Wednesday, June 22, at 1 p.m., in 
the Showyard at Warwick, and it was 
at the same time arranged to have a 
daily meeting of the Council during 
the Show at 1 P.M. 
