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IProcee^ina^ of the Council. 
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1892, 
THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, K.G. (PRESIDENT), IN THE CHAIR. 
Present : 
Trustees . — Earl Cathcart, Lord 
Egerton of Tatton, Col. Sir Nigel 
Kingscote, K.C.B., Sir A. K. Mac- 
donald, Bart., Duke of Richmond and 
Gordon, K.G. 
Vice-Presidents. — H.R.H. Prince 
Christian, K.G., Mr, Chandos-Pole- 
Gell, Viscount Emlyn, Earl of Fever- 
sham, Mr. Walter Gilbey, Earl of 
Lathom, G.C.B., Right Hon. Sir 
Massey Lopes, Bart., Lord Moreton, 
Sir J. H. Thorold, Bart., Mr. Charles 
Whitehead. 
Other Mevibers of Council. — Mr. G. 
M. Allender, Mr. J. H. Arkwright, 
Mr. Alfred Ashworth, Mr. Joseph 
Beach, Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, Lord 
Brougham and Vaux, Mr. J. A. Caird, 
Earl of Coventry, Mr. Percy E. 
Crutchley, Mr. Alfred Darby, Mr. J. 
Marshall Dugdale, Mr. W. Frankish, 
Mr. Hugh Gorringe, Mr. R. Neville- 
Grenville, Mr. Anthony Hamond, Mr. 
Charles Howard, Mr. C. S. Mainwar- 
ing, Mr. Joseph Martin, Mr. T. H. 
Miller, Hon. Cecil T. Parker, Mr. Dan. 
Pidgeon, Mr. J. E. Ransome, Mr. G. 
H. Sanday, Mr. W. T. Scarth, Mr. A. 
J. Smith, Mr. Henry Smith, Sir J. L. 
E. Spearman, Bart., Mr. E. W. Stan}'- 
forth, Mr. Richard Stratton, Mr. 
Martin J. Sutton, Mr. Garrett Taylor, 
Mr. R. A. Warren, Mr, E. V. V. 
Wheeler, Mr. C. W. Wilson, Sir Jacob 
Wilson. 
Mr. A. C. Cope, of the Board of 
Agriculture. 
Officers. — Mr. Ernest Clarke, Secre- 
tary ; Dr. Fream, Editor of the Jour- 
nal ; Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, Con- 
sulting Chemist ; Mr. Wilson Beuni- 
son. Surveyor. 
The following members of the 
Chester Local Committee were also 
present: — The Mayor of Chester (Mr. 
Charles Brown), the Town Clerk of 
Chester (Mr. Samuel Smith), the City 
Surveyor of Chester (Mr. J. Matthews 
Jones), Mr. William Peers, Mr. John 
Scovell, Mr. George A. Dickson 
(Honorary Secretary of the Local 
Committee). 
Apologies for non-attendance were 
received from Viscount Bridport, Mr. 
John Dent Dent, and Mr. Tremayne. 
Death of a Member of Council. 
The President said it was his 
painful duty to report officially to the 
Council the death of a member of 
their bod 3 % Mr. C. De L. P’aunce De 
Laune. Elected a member of the 
Council in 1885, Mr. De Laune had 
since that time rendered valuable 
services upon the Chemical and Seeds 
and Plant Diseases Committees, and 
more recently upon the Journal and 
Education Committees also ; and he 
(the President) was sure he was only 
representing the general feeling of 
the Council in expre.ssing their deep 
regret at the loss of so valued a col- 
league. 
Election of New Governors and 
Members. 
The minutes of the last monthly 
meeting of the Council, held on No- 
vember 2, having been approved, the 
election of the following four Gover- 
nors and 56 Members was then pro- 
ceeded with : — 
Governors^ 
Garpxer, Right Hon. Heibort, M.P...48, 
Charles Street, Berkeley Scjuare, W. 
Hesketh, R. B...Gwrycli Castle, Abergele. 
SUTHERIJ^D, Duke of.. 23, Berkeley Sq., W. 
Wilson, Sir Jacob. .Chillingham Barns, 
Belford, Northumberland. 
Memhers. 
Armitage, P,.,Edgerton Hill, Huddersfiehl. 
Boscawen, T. G.. .The Cumbers, Whitchurch, 
Salop. 
Boston, Lord. .HcJsor, Maidenhead. 
Briti'EN, Capt. R. F., R,N... Kens wick, 
Worcester. 
Brocklebank, J.,.Bassingham, Newark. 
