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every year to take tlie place of those who die or retire. The Council 
desire, therefore, particularly to invite each Member to interest him- 
self in obtaining new subscribers to the Society, and to suggest the 
names of any farmers, or others interested in agriculture in his 
district or of his acquaintance, who would be likely to become 
Members. The Secretary will, upon receipt of instructions, either 
write direct to the gentleman named, or will forward a supply of 
application forms to the nominating Member. A form of nomination 
is printed in each number of the Journal. 
8 . The Society’s Fifty-fifth annual Country Meeting was held 
last June at Cambridge. Many circumstances combined to render it 
memorable. The rare event of the Society’s Meeting taking place 
at a university town, coupled with the fact that the previous Cam- 
bridge Meeting of 1840 took place in the year of the Society’s incor- 
poration by Royal Charter, gave exceptional interest to the occasion. 
Nothing could have surpassed the cordiality with which the Society 
was welcomed by both the municipal and the university authorities. 
Owing to the comparatively small and scattered population of East 
Anglia, it was. feared that the attendance would fall below the 
average. Fortunately this was not the case. Favoured by superb 
weather throughout the Show week, the number of paying visitors 
reached a total of 111,658, and the financial result was a profit of 
the satisfactory amount of 1,096/. Is. Id. To this gratifying result 
the active exertions of the Local Committee very materially contri- 
buted. Besides dispensing its traditional hospitalities during the 
Meeting, the University of Cambridge paid a graceful compliment 
to the Society by conferring Honorary Degrees upon selected repre- 
sentatives of Agriculture, including H.R.H. the Duke of York, a 
Governor of the Society, and Members of the Council and 
Executive. The ceremony, at which the Chancellor of the Univer- 
sity conferred these degrees in person, took place in the Senate 
House on the Wednesday of the Meeting. 
9 . The Council have decided that the Darlington Meeting shall 
open on Monday, June 24, 1895, and close on the following Friday 
evening. The Implement Yard and the Dairy will be open to 
Members of the Society and the public on the previous Saturday, 
J une 22. The last day for making entries in the Implement Depart- 
ment will be Monday, April 1 j but post-entries of agricultural 
implements only will be received up to Monday, April 8. For Stock, 
Poultry, and Produce the entries will close on Wednesday, May 1, 
with post-entries at extra fees up to Saturday, May 1 1 ; but pro- 
vision will be made for enabling exhibitors who have entered 
animals in due time to substitute for them entries of other animals 
in the same class up to Friday, May 31. 
10 . The Council have already reported their decision to offer in 
connection with the Darlington Meeting prizes amounting to 
60/. for Hay- and Clover-making Machines. The detailed regula- 
tions for the trials have now been issued. The entries will close on 
Monday, April 1, 1895. Each competitor will be required to deposit 
