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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1894. 
SIR JOHN H. THOROLD, BART. (PRESIDENT), IN THE CHAIR. 
Present : — 
Trustees . — Earl Cat heart, Col. Sir 
Nigel Kingscote, K.C.B., Rt. Hon. Sir 
M. W. Ridley, Bart., M.P. 
Vice-Presidents. — H.R.H. Prince 
Christian, K.G., Mr. H. Chandos-Pole- 
Gell, Viscount Emlyn, Rt. Hon. Sir 
Massey Lopes, Bart., Lord Moreton, 
Mr. Charles Whitehead. 
Other Members of Council. — Mr. J. 
H. Arkwright, Mr Alfred Ashworth, 
Mr. Joseph Beach, Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, 
Lord Brougham and Yaux, Mr. 
Charles Clay, Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, 
M.P., Earl of Coventry, Mr. Percy 
Crutchley, Lieut.-Col. J. F. Curtis- 
Ha.yward, Mr. Alfred Darby, Mr. J. 
Marshall Dugdale, Mr. W. Fraukish, 
Mr. Anthony Hamond, Mr. James 
Hornsby, Mr. C. S. Mainwaring, Mr. 
T. H. Miller, Mr. J. E. Ransome, Mr. 
S. Rowlandson, Mr. Howard P. Ryland, 
Mr. G. H. Sanday, Mr. W. T. Scarth, 
Mr. A. J. Smith, Mr. Henry Smith, 
Sir J. L. E. Spearman, Bart., Mr. E. 
W. Stanyforth, Mr. Richard Stratton, 
Mr. Martin J. Sutton, Mr. R. A. 
Warren, Mr. C. W. Wilson, Sir Jacob 
Wilson. 
Officers . — Mr. Ernest Clarke, Secre- 
tary ; Dr. Fream, Editor of the 
Journal ; Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, 
Consulting Chemist ; Mr. Wilson 
Bennison, Surveyor ; Professor 
Brown, C.B. 
The following members of the Dar- 
lington 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 West- 
minster, K.G., the Earl of Feversham, 
the Hon. Cecil T. Parker, Sir A. K. 
Macdonald, Bart., Mr. J. A. Caird, Mr. 
John Dent Dent, Mr. S. P. Foster, Mr. 
Charles Howard, Mr. Albert Pell, 
Mr. J. P. Terry, and Professor 
Simonds. 
The minutes of the last monthly 
meeting of Council, held on November 
7, having been taken as read and 
approved, the election of two Gover- 
nors and thirty-one Members was 
proceeded with as follows : — 
Governors. 
Stubs, P. . .Blaisdon Hall, Newnliam, Glos. 
W right, W. . . Wollatou, Nottingham. 
Members. 
Angus, W. G. . . Bear], Stocksfield-on-Tyne. 
Austen , R. A. G. . . Nore, Hascomb, Godaiming. 
Banner, T. . .Bast Cowton, Northallerton. 
Benton, C. H. . .Chelford Road, Knutsford. 
Brown, T. . . Littleton Farm, Reigate. 
Bruce, R. Knight . . Ledburn Manor House, 
Leighton Buzzard. 
Buckham, J. . . Alderdene House, Lanchester, 
Durham. 
Dawson, G-. . .Haughton, Darlington. 
Ellerington, R.. .Ashiugton Colliery Farm, 
Morpeth. 
Elliott, A. E. . . Estate Office, Elveden, Thetford. 
Gregson, W.. F.G.S., F.S.l. . . Bahlersby, Yorks. 
Gurney, R. H. J. . .Northrepps Hall, Norwich. 
Hinde, H.. .14 East View, South Shields. 
Littledale, J. B.. .Sandiway Bank, Hartford, 
Cheshire. 
Marlborough, Duke or.. Blenheim Palace, 
Woodstock. 
Maudsley, G. . . The Arcade, Lancaster. 
Mitchell, G. S. . .Upper Adhurst, Petersfield. 
Morn, J.. .Brereton Hall, Sandbacli. 
Mulholland, A. J.. .Woodrising Hall, Hing- 
ham, Norfolk. 
Pietermaritzburg Agricultural Society . . 
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. 
Pryse, Capt. E. J.W.. .Parry, Noyadd-Trefawr, 
Boncatli, Cardigan. 
Richards, J. C. A.. .Blaby Hall, Leicester. 
Richardson, W. J. . . Kirklevington Hall, 
Yarm, Yorks. 
Skirven, J. ..Grange Farm, Wingate, Ferry 
Hill. 
Trafford, H. R.. .The Court, Michaelchurcb, 
Hereford. 
