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Chamber, now in course of erection at the rear of the House, 
will be sufficiently commodious for any meetings the Society 
may have to hold. 
20 . The recommendation of the Special Committee with 
regard to the Society’s Journal (paragraph 6) has already been 
carried out in connection with Volume 66, issued at the 
beginning of the present year. As the Members of the Society 
will be aware, it was found necessary, in order that the Journal 
might be produced at a cost of 600/., to reduce the number of 
pages and to revert to the use of the blue paper covers. 
The Council have engaged Mr. Ernest H. Godfrey to undertake 
the work of editing Volume 67 of the Journal, now in course 
of preparation. 
21 . In view of the recommendation of the Special Com- 
mittee (paragraph 7) that the Board of Agriculture should be 
approached with the object of obtaining a grant in aid of the 
scientific operations of the Society, the matter was considered 
by the various Committees concerned, and, subsequently, the 
President and the Chairmen of those Committees held a con- 
ference, when it was agreed to suggest to the Council that a 
Deputation should be appointed to wait upon the President of 
the Board of Agriculture in support of a strong appeal from the 
Society for a Government Grant in aid of the Education and 
Scientific Branches of the Society’s work. This course was 
agreed to by the Council, and on December 6, 1905, the Depu- 
tation was received by Sir Thomas Elliott, Secretary of the 
Board ; but the Government did not see their way to give 
the assistance asked for. 
22 . A proposal was made by the Board of Agriculture to 
form a National Council of Agricultural Research, with the 
object of co-ordinating the work of agricultural experiment 
throughout the country. In this scheme the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society, with other bodies, were asked to co-operate, 
but, while giving a general approval to the objects of the 
scheme, the Society, as regards their own work, felt that for its 
proper conduct and support in the future, a more definite 
promise of financial support was needed than the scheme 
foreshadowed. The matter therefore remains in abeyance. 
23 . Arrangements have been made by the Council to call a 
Conference of Secretaries of the principal Agricultural and 
Breed Societies in the country, as suggested in paragraph 9 of 
the Special Committee’s Report, for the purpose of discussing 
matters of mutual interest. 
24 . With regard to the paragraph in their Report, “ that 
immediate steps be taken for the disposal of the Society’s 
interest in the Park Royal Estate,” the Special Committee, 
after further considering the matter, adhered to their previous 
