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Education Life Memberships. 
No. 41 of the Implement Regulations, 
governing the issue of handbills by 
exhibitors, and the Committee had 
decided that, in view of the great 
annoyance caused to visitors in the 
Showyard, and the consequent trouble 
entailed upon the Stewards, the regu- 
lation in question be retained, and 
that any exhibitor wilfully contraven- 
ing the rule be debarred from ex- 
hibiting at future Meetings of the 
Society. Letters from a number of 
exhibitors expressing regret for in- 
fringing this regulation at Cambridge 
had been laid upon the table. 
General Darlington. 
Mr. Dent reported that at the 
meeting of Council held in the Show- 
yard on June 28, the General Darling- 
ton Committee had been constituted 
of the whole Council, together with 
six representatives of the Local 
Committee. The Mayor having 
nominated the following gentlemen, 
they had been duly elected members 
of the Committee : — Lord Barnard, 
the Mayor of Darlington for the time 
being, Captain Gerald Walker, Mr. 
Robert Bruce, the Borough Surveyor, 
and Mr. F. Raymond Steavenson as 
Local Secretary. After discussion it 
had been agreed to recommend that the 
date of the Darlington Meeting be 
fixed for Monday, June 24, to Friday, 
June 28, 1895, the implement yard 
only being opened on the previous 
Saturday, June 22. A memorial from 
the High Gosforth Park Company, 
asking that the date of the Darlington 
Meeting might not be fixed during 
the race meeting held in that week, 
had been carefully considered, but it 
had been found impracticable to 
change the dates on which the 
Society’s Meeting was usually held. 
The dates for the closing of the entries 
for implements and stock had been 
fixed as usual— April 1 (implements) 
and May 1 (stock), with post entries 
for stock up to Saturday, May 11. 
After discussion, it was resolved, 
on the motion of the Hon. Cecil T. 
Pakkek, seconded by Mr. Rowland- 
son, that the Darlington Meeting be 
held in the week commencing Mon- 
day, June 24, 1895. 
Showyard Works. 
Sir Jacob Wilson (Chairman) re- 
ported that the greater portion of the 
shedding at Cambridge had been 
taken down, and the permanent 
plant had been removed to Darlington 
and stored away. He also reported 
that two sales of materials had been 
held, which realised fair prices. The 
concluding sales would take place on 
August 7 and 8, by which time all the 
permanent plant would have been 
removed to Darlington. The arrange- 
ments for prevention of fire at the 
Darlington Meeting had been dis- 
cussed, and instructions given thereon. 
The Committee had received an inti- 
mation that Messrs. Kent & Bry- 
don, seedsmen, of Darlington, would 
be willing to provide the floral deco- 
rations for the pavilions in the Dar- 
lington Showyard free of charge, and 
they recommended that this offer be 
accepted with thanks. 
Education Life Memberships. 
Mr. Ransome then moved the fol- 
lowing resolution, of which he had 
given notice : — “ That the resolution 
of the Council of March 7, 1894, by 
which the granting of Life Member- 
ships to successful candidates at the 
Society’s Senior Examination was 
abolished, be rescinded.” He said 
that this matter was brought pro- 
minently forward at their Annual 
Meeting, held on May 22 last, by 
Mr. T. A. Dickson (himself an Educa- 
tion Life Member), who was strongly 
supported by Professor Wallace, and 
the President promised that the mat- 
ter should be reconsidered by the 
Council. This resolution to discon- 
tinue the granting of Life Member- 
ships to successful candidates was 
brought forward independently by 
Mr. Pell, and was not based upon the 
recommendation of the Education 
Committee. It was carried at the 
latter end of the Council Meeting, 
when, comparatively, there was only 
a small number of members present, 
and he ventured to say that the sub- 
ject did not have that full and 
thorough consideration which its 
importance deserved. He felt that 
if the Council had had the facts 
before them at that time they would 
not have accepted Mr. Pell’s motion, 
or they would have referred the 
whole question back to the Education 
