Bicentenary of the University of Halle. 
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New Member of Council, 
Earl Cathcart, Chairman of the 
Committee of Selection, formally in- 
troduced Mr. Howard P. Ryland, who 
attended as a member of Council for 
the first time. 
Bicentenary of the University 
of Halle. 
The President said that before 
commencing the ordinary business of 
the reception of the reports of Com- 
mittees, there was a matter of some 
importance to bring under the notice 
of the Council. The University of 
Halle, which was perhaps the most 
famous in the world for its teaching 
of agriculture, and at which agricul- 
ture was one of the faculties, would 
celebrate its bicentenary next week. 
The Senate had issued invitations to 
foreign universities and other lead- 
ing educational institutions to send 
delegates to the official celebration 
of the bicentenary; and Cambridge, 
Dublin, London, Oxford, and others of 
their own universities had recognised 
the importance of the occasion by 
sending representatives and addresses 
of congratulation. Their Society had 
had the high compliment paid it of 
being included in the list of educa- 
tional institutions invited ; but the 
original invitation having been un- 
fortunately lost in the post, it had 
not been possible to take the opinion 
of the Council at an earlier date. He 
was serry that his own personal 
engagements forbade the hope that 
he could attend himself as President, 
as had been suggested ; and he 
regretted to learn that his noble 
friend, the Chairman of the Educa- 
tion Committee — who would be the 
most appropriate person to represent 
the Society — would also be unable to 
go. At the same time, the Council 
would doubtless agree that, in view 
of the specially agricultural character 
of the University of Halle, it was not 
desirable that the bicentenary about 
to be celebrated should be allowed to 
pass without notice by the Society. 
Earl Cathcart said that this was 
a matter which had been considered 
on the previous day by the Committee 
of Selection. He was excessively 
sorry that the President would be 
unable to go himself, but, as that 
could not be, perhaps some other 
members of Council would attend as 
representing the Society. Halle was 
an important educational establish- 
ment, and it was a compliment to the 
Society to be asked to send there a 
delegation upon such a very interest- 
ing occasion. Germany had a Royal 
Agricultural Society of its own, 
founded upon the model of that 
Society, imitation being the sincerest 
form of flattery. The feeling of the 
Committee, who had considered the 
whole matter, was that the Society 
should be represented by the Secre- 
tary, and, perhaps, two or three 
members of the Council might consent 
to go also. He (Lord Cathcart) was 
decidedly of opinion that the Secre- 
tary ought to be delegated to attend 
the bicentenary of the Halle 
University on behalf of the Society, 
and he moved a formal resolution to 
that effect. 
The Earl of Coventry seconded 
the motion, which was carried 
unanimously. 
The reports of the various Standing 
Committees were then presented and 
adopted as below 
