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ROYAL AGRIGULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND, 
proceedings of tbe Council* 
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1894. 
(IS THE SHOWYARD AT CAMBRIDGE.) 
EkRL CATHCART (TRUSTEE) IN TEE CHAIR. 
Present : 
Members of Council . — Earl Cathcart 
(Trustee), Mr. Alfied Ashworth, Mr. 
Joseph Beach, Lord Brougham and 
Vaux, Mr. Charles Clay, Mr. Percy E. 
CrutchlejL Lieut.-Col. J. F. Curtis- 
Hayward, Mr. Alfred Darby, Mr. J. 
Marshall Dugdale, Mr. W. Frank- 
ish, Mr. Joseph Martin, Hon. C. T. 
Parker, Mr. Albert Pell, Mr. J. E. Ran- 
some, Mr. S. Rowlandson, Mr. G. H. 
Sanday, Mr. W. T. Scartli, Mr. A. .T. 
Smith, Mr. Henry Smith, Sir J. L. E. 
Spearman, Bart., Mr. E. W. Stany- 
forth, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, Mr. C. W. 
Wilson. 
Officers. — Mr. Ernest Clarke, Secre- 
tary ; Dr. Fream, Editor of the 
Journal; Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, 
Consulting Chemist ; Professor Brown, 
C.B., Consulting Veterinary Surgeon ; 
Mr. R. Peters, Secretary of the Local 
Committee. 
In the unavoidable absence of the 
President, the Chair was taken by Earl 
Cathcart, Trustee. 
The Minutes of the last monthly 
meeting of tbe Council, held on 
June 6, 1894, were taken as read and 
approved. 
The Secretary reported that in 
view of the presence in the Showyard 
of H.R.H. the Duke of York on the 
previous day (Wednesday), for which 
the Council meeting had been sum- 
moned, the President had, in the 
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absence of a quorum at the appointed 
hour, adjourned the Council until 
1 P.M on that day (Thursday). 
The Birth of a Prince, 
The Secretary then read the fol- 
lowingtelegram from H.R H. the Duke 
of York, received by the President in 
reply to the message of congratulation 
telegraphed from the General Meet- 
ing, held on the previous Tuesday (see 
page xc) : — 
To the Duke or Devonshire, Showyard, 
Cambridge.— We thank the General Meeting 
of the Royal Agricultural Society of England 
very warmly for their most kill'd congi at il- 
lations on the birth of our sou.— George. 
On the motion of the Chairman, 
it was resolved that this telegram be 
entered upon the Minutes. 
Election of New Members. 
The election of the following forty- 
three new members was then pro- 
ceeded with : — 
Allison, H.. .Parkend, Lockerbie. 
Appleby, J. ..East Benridge, Morpeth. 
Berry, T. . .Walkden, Bolton-le* Moors. 
Blackburne, R. I. . .Hale Hall, Liverpool. 
Booth, J. G.. -Shady Nook, Kuutsford. 
Brown, A. . . Mobberlev, Knutsford. 
Bchkitt, \V„ Jnr... Chesterfield. 
Ca Junes, F. E...Worsley, Manchester. 
Carmichael, G. H. G...Callan«s, Mountain 
Cross, N.B. 
Clarke, G. T. F.. .Cohvorth, Bedford. 
Crocker, T. E ..Draxmont, Wimbledor. 
Dacombe. W. H... Little Pan Farm, Newport. 
Isle of Wight. 
Dunn, B...Kelfield Lodge. York. 
Ellis, C. H. B. Keatoa..Eur.tingford. 
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