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(Bath and West of England Society 
and the Hereford Cattle Herd Book 
Society), Mr. E. W. Stanyforth 
(Royal Agricultural Society of England 
and the Shorthorn Society), Capt. 
J. Craig, M.P. (Ulster Agricultural 
Society), and Mr. R. G. Carden 
(Royal Dublin Society). 
Lord Carrington, in the course 
of his reply, said that his colleagues 
desired him to state that they were 
not in any way blind to the existence 
of a very strong feeling of apprehension 
in the minds of a very large portion 
of the agricultural population that a 
change in the law would be a serious 
danger to the community at large. 
He was not able to give any distinct 
announcement as to what the final 
decision of the Government might be. 
The Government was happily in 
possession of veterinary advice of the 
very highest class, and now the matter 
must go before the Cabinet for its 
final decision. He would take care 
that the views and arguments of the 
Deputation should be laid before his 
colleagues. The question would be 
decided on its merits as affecting the 
health and the well-being of their live 
stock industry, the magnitude and 
importance of which the Government 
most fully realised. (Cheers.) They 
could not hope to please both sides, 
but they would do their duty without 
partiality, favour, and affection. 
Mr. Courtenay Warner thanked 
the President for his reception of the 
Deputation, and the members of it 
then withdrew. 
abstracts from tbe proceedings of tbe Council. 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1906. 
MR. F. S. W. CORNWALLIS (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
Sale of Park Royal. 
Mr. Adeane, in moving the adop- 
tion of the report of the Finance 
Committee, said that, in accordance 
with a resolution come to by that 
Council in November last, the Direc- 
tors of Park Royal had arranged that 
that estate should be put up for 
auction on May 22. Of course, as 
that time approached, they would 
have to think about what amount 
they should fix as the reserve price, 
and the Directors did not feel that 
they would be justified in taking 
that important step without first con- 
sulting the Council, because all the 
shares in that Company were held by 
the Royal Agricultural Society. 
The Council would probably agree 
that it was undesirable that the re- 
serve price should in any way be 
published before the sale, and doubt- 
less they would think it advisable that 
the subject should not be debated in 
the Council. He suggested, as Chair- 
man of the Directors of Park Royal, 
Limited, that the Council should 
instruct their Finance Committee to 
fix the price, in conjunction with the 
Directors of the Company ; and if 
that was the wish of the Council, 
probably some one who was neither 
a member of the Finance Committee 
nor a Director of Park Royal would 
propose a resolution to that effect. 
Mr. C. W. Wilson thereupon 
moved : “ That it be an instruction 
to the Finance Committee, acting in 
conjunction with the Directors of 
Park Royal, Limited, to fix the reserve 
price to be placed on the property in 
the forthcoming sale of the Park Royal 
estate.” 
Mr. Ernest Mathews having 
seconded the motion, it was put from 
the Chair, and carried unanimously. 
