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Clonbrock, Lord Crewe, Lord Tweedmouth, Sir G. D. Fitzgerald, 
Bart., Mr. James Atkinson, of Winderwath, Penrith, Mr. Hugh 
Aylmer, of West Dereham Abbey (a Member of the Council from 
1875 to 1889), Mr. George Burt, of Swanage, Mr. J. S. Corbett, of 
Cogan Pill, Cardiff, Gen. A. Fytche, C.S.I., Mr. William Greaves, of 
Bakewell (a Foundation Life Governor), Mr. John Hick, of Mytton 
Hall, Mr. J. D. Morton, of Tunbridge Wells (a member since 1842), 
Col. W. F. Newdigate, Mr. George Rea, of Wooler, Mr. G. M. 
Sexton, of Ipswich, the Rt. Hon. E. Stanhope, M.P., and Mr. James 
Theobald, M.P. 
5 . To fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Allender’s decease, the 
Earl of J ersey, of Middleton Park, Bicester, has been re-elected to 
the seat upon the Council which he vacated during his tenure of 
the Governorship of New South Wales. 
6. The Council have elected Professor G. D. Liveing, M.A., 
F.R.S., of Cambridge, an Honorary Member of the Society, in 
recognition of his distinguished services to agriculture. 
7 . These and other changes bring the total number of Governors 
and Members now on the Register to 11,218, divided as follows : 
21 Foundation Life Governors (Members elected before the 
granting of the Charter on March 26, 1840) ; 
73 Governors paying an annual subscription of 51. ; 
92 Life Governors ; 
7,212 Members paying an annual subscription of \l. ; 
3,705 Life Members ; 
93 Life Members by Examination ; 
22 Honorary Members. 
11,218 Total number of Governors and Members ; 
or a net increase of 92 Members during the year. 
8. The accounts for the year 1893 have been examined and certi- 
fied by the Auditors and Accountants of the Society, and are 
published in the current number of the Journal. The final results 
of the working of the year are that, after writing off the customary 
percentages for depreciation, and discharging all the preliminary 
expenses connected with the acquisition of Harewood House, the 
Society’s assets amounted at December 31, 1893, to 38,2 7 9^. 14s. 7 d., 
as against 36,S58£. 18s. 3 d. at the end of 1892. 
9 . The structural alterations to Harewood House are now prac- 
tically completed, and it is hoped that the Society will be able to 
enter upon the occupation of its new premises shortly after the 
Cambridge Meeting. Meanwhile, the internal fittings and the fur- 
nishing of the house are being proceeded with. An underlease of 
the Society’s present house, 12 Hanover Square, has been granted 
to the Shire Horse Society, who will sublet portions of the house 
to other kindred agricultural organisations. 
10 . The Council have the pleasure to report that a number of 
