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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2S, 1894. 
SIB JOHN H. THOKOLD, BART. (PRESIDENT), IN THE CHAIR. 
Present : 
Trustees . — Earl Cat heart, Mr. John 
Bent Dent, Lord Egerton of Tatton, 
Col. Sir Nigel Kingscote, K.C.B., 
Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart. 
Vice-Presidents. — ltight Hon. 
Henry ChapliD, M.P., Viscount 
Kmlyn, Lord Moreton, Mr. Charles 
Whitehead. 
Other Members of Council. — Mr. 
Alfred Ashworth, Mr. J. Bowen- 
Jones, Lord Brougham and Vaux, 
Mr. J. A. Caird, Earl of Coventry, 
Mr. Percy E. Crutchley, Lieut.- Col. 
J. F. Curtis- Playward, Mr. J. Marshall 
Dugdale, Mr. C. S. Mainwaring, 
Mr. Joseph Martin, Mr. T. H. Miller, 
Hon. Cecil T. Parker, Mr. Dan. Pid- 
geon, Mr. J. E. Kansome, Mr. James 
Rawlence, Mr. S. Rowlandson, Mr. 
Howard P. Ryland, Mr. G. H. Sanday, 
Mr. W. T. Scarth, Mr. A. J. Smith, 
Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. E. W. Stany- 
forth, Mr. Martin J. SuttoD, Mr J. 
P. Terry, Mr. John Tremayne, Mr. 
R. A. Warren, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, 
Sir Jacob 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. 
The following members of the 
Darlington Local Committee were also 
present : — Captain Gerald Walker, 
the Borough Surveyor (Mr. Thomas 
Smith), and Mr. F. Raymond Steaven- 
son (Secretary of the Local Com- 
mittee). 
Apologies for non-attendance were 
received from the Duke of Westmin- 
ster, K.G., Viscount Bridport, G.C P>., 
Sir J. L. E. Spearman, Bart., Mr. 
F. S. W. Cornwallis, M.P., Mr. W. 
Frankish, Mr. James Hornsby, Mr. 
Charles Howard, Mr. P. A. Muntz, 
M.P., Mr. Albert Pell, Mr. C. W. Wil- 
son, and Professor J. B. Simonds. 
Confirmation of Minutes, 
The Minutes of the last Ordinary 
Meeting of the Council held in the 
Showy ard at Cambridge on June 28, 
1894, were taken as read and 
approved. The Minutes of the two 
Special Council Meetings, held in the 
Showyard at Cambridge on Monday, 
June 25, and Friday, June 29, 1891, 
were read and confirmed. The Min- 
utes of the Special Council on June 
25 related to the enforcement of one 
of the Society’s regulations and to 
the Trials of Oil Engines. Those of 
June 29 included a report from Pro- 
fessor Brown and Mr. Duguid, certi- 
fying that none of the animals ex- 
hibited at Cambridge showed any in- 
dications of contagions or infectious 
disease, and that no outbreak of such 
disease had occurred during the 
Show; and votes of thanks to the 
Rev. E. H. Morgan and Professor 
Liveing for services kindly rendered 
by them in connection with the Cam- 
bridge Meeting. 
Election of New Governors and 
Members. 
The election of the following three 
Governors and forty- three Members 
was then proceeded with : — 
Governors. 
Pig by, Lord. .Cerne Abbas, Dorchester. 
Duleer Sixgh, Piince Frederick.. White’s 
Club, S.W. 
Mobrei.i., Lieut. -Col. G. H.. .Headington Hiil 
Hall, Oxou. 
Members. 
Amos, G. W. . .Lillington, Leamington. 
B.allam, E. J. C.. .The Ashes, Stowmnrket. 
Karxf.tt, W. . .Court Street, Faversham. 
Bei.l, H... Bridge House, Grantham. 
Birch, F. ,T. L...Delamere Ho., Wylye, Bath. 
Bmcn, Mrs. May. .Kirk Hammerton, York. 
Bi.akf, A. Mi. . Danesburv, Welwyn. 
Blyth, Audley..Wooi House. Stansted. 
Briggs, Robert E...Lennel Hill, Coldstream, 
N.B. 
Bbockrebaxk, J.. .Carlton-le-Moorland, New- 
ark. 
Cami-relr, Hugh. .Kingston, Halifax. 
