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in December, 1907, and the remaining Group at the Annual 
General Meeting in December, 1908. The Council have accord- 
ingly determined by ballot that the representatives of the 
various Divisions shall retire in the following order : — 
In 1906 : — Group “ C,” comprising the Divisions of Cumberland, 
Westmorland, Yorks. (East Riding), North Wales, Lincoln, Huntingdon, 
Cambridge, Oxford, Kent, Warwick, Gloucester, Glamorgan, Somerset, 
Berkshire, Sussex, and Ireland. 
In 1907 : — Group “ B,” comprising the Divisions of Durham, Yorks. 
(West Riding), Nottingham, Leicester, Rutland, Suffolk, Buckingham, 
Essex, London, Shropshire, Hereford, South Wales, Devon, Wiltshire, 
and Surrey. 
In 1908: — Group “A,” comprising the Divisions of Northumberland, 
Yorks. (North Riding), Lancashire (and Isle of Man), Cheshire, Derby, 
Northampton, Norfolk, Bedford, Hertford, Middlesex, Stafford, Worcester, 
Monmouth, Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire and Channel Islands, and 
Scotland. 
The results of the Election of Members to represent the 
Divisions in Group “ C ” will be announced by the President, 
in accordance with Bye-law 86, to the Annual General Meeting 
on December 12. 
13 . At the first meeting of the newly-elected Council, held 
on August 1, 1905, the following Resolution was passed : — 
“ That a Special Committee be appointed, with power to call for any 
information from officials, and to employ professional assistance, if they 
consider it necessary, from accountants, solicitors, and valuers, to 
thoroughly investigate the entire position of the Society, and to make 
a report to the Council after the recess as to what reforms and economies 
they consider desirable to put the Society on a sound footing.” 
This Committee was constituted as follows : — The President 
(Mr. Cornwallis), Mr. T. L. Aveling, Mr. Richardson Carr, Sir 
R. P. Cooper, Bart., Mr. R. Forrest, Sir John Gilmour, Bart., 
Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., Mr. W. Harrison, the Earl of Jersey, 
Mr. Christopher Middleton, Mr. T. S. Minton, Mr. F. Reynard, 
Mr. John Rowell, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, Mr. Richard Stratton, 
Mr. George Taylor, Mr. John Thornton, and Mr. C. W. Wilson. 
14 . The Special Committee met on September 20 and 21, 
1905, and prepared the following Report, 1 which was submitted 
to the Council on October 4, 1905 : — 
1. In accordance with the Resolution of the Council of August 1, 1905, 
your Committee met on September 20 and 21, and beg to report on the 
reforms and economies they consider desirable to place the Society on 
a sound footing. 
2. The Committee desire to express their recognition of the services 
of the Staff in the past ; but in view of the financial position of the Society 
they are unable to recommend a continuance of so large an expenditure 
as is at present incurred under this head, and regret that they see no 
other course open to them but to request the Council to ask for the 
resignation of the whole Staff as at present engaged at Hanover Square 
and Park Royal. 
1 The Earl of Jersey and Mr. E. W. Stanyforth were unable to be present 
at the Meetings of the Committee and did not sign the Report. 
