XXXV 
Thursday , June 28 , 1906 . 
Mr. Herbert Tallent, Mr. John Thornton, 
and Mr. Christopher W. Wilson. 
There was also in the tent a large 
gathering of the general body of 
Members. 
The President, in opening the pro- 
ceedings, said that their first thought 
would be that, with the exception of 
what they hoped was only a temporary 
shower of rain, they met in the Show- 
yard under very pleasant and en- 
couraging circumstances. (Hear, hear.) 
Within a very short time the Show 
would be honoured by a visit from 
His Most Gracious Majesty the King, 
and no one needed to be reminded of 
what inestimable value His Majesty’s 
support had been to the Society, not 
only that day, but in past times. That 
he should graciously come to visit them 
at so great a distance from London was 
another proof of His Majesty’s interest 
in their Society, for which they were 
respectfully and sincerely grateful. 
(Hear, hear.) The Society must ac- 
knowledge with great gratitude the 
efforts of the Mayor and citizens of 
Derby to give them a handsome re- 
ception. (Applause.) Their welcome 
had been given whole-heartedly and in 
no stinted manner, and whilst the time 
at the Society’s disposal when they 
accepted the invitation to visit the 
town was not too long, yet the vast 
energy displayed on the one hand by 
the Local Committee and on the other 
hand by Sir Gilbert Greenall and the 
Staff of the Society would allow them 
to say they had on the show-ground a 
collection of exhibits worthy of the 
Society, and a Show very well staged 
indeed. (Hear, hear.) The Council’s 
only hope was that in its final result 
the Show might be satisfactory to the 
Society and a gratification to the people 
of Derby. (Applause.) 
Thanks to Mayor and Corporation. 
Lord Coventry said he had the 
honour to move : “ That the best thanks 
of the Society are due and are hereby 
tendered to the Mayor and Corporation 
of Derby for their cordial reception of 
the Society.” He was sure every 
Member of that great Society would 
participate in the vote. They had 
never been more hospitably received 
in any other part of the country than 
in that ancient borough. (Hear, hear.) 
Those who had driven through the 
streets must have been gratified by 
the beauty of the decorations, and the 
same generous hospitality had been 
evinced in many other directions. He 
was sure the meeting would join in 
giving Derby hearty thanks for the 
welcome. (Applause.) 
The Right Hon. Ailwyn Fellowes, 
in seconding this resolution, thought 
he could not do better than re-echo 
the words which had fallen from the 
President and Lord Coventry. He 
thought it was a happy omen that in 
the new departure the Society had 
been received with such pleasant feel- 
ings by the Mayor and Corporation. 
(Hear, hear.) The resolution was then 
put to the meeting and carried by 
acclamation. 
Thanks to Local Committee. 
Lord Middleton said he had to 
move: “That the best thanks of the 
Society are due, and are hereby ten- 
dered, to the Local Committee for 
their efforts to promote the success of 
the Show.” He was sorry that the 
Mayor was unable to be present, being 
engaged elsewhere, but he was ably 
represented by Mr. Pakeman, who, as 
Chairman of the Local Commitfee, had 
regularly attended the meetings, no 
doubt at great inconvenience and con- 
siderable trouble. As soon as it was 
known that the Show was to be held 
in Derby the Mayor and the Cor- 
poration at once took up the work, 
and put forth all the energy and zeal 
possible with a view to assisting the 
Council to make the Show a success. 
Mr. Alfred Ashworth seconded 
the motion, and complimented the 
Local Committee on the admirable 
manner in which they had done their 
work. He had attended the Shows of 
the Society for forty years, and he 
never remembered an occasion where 
the Society had received a warmer 
welcome than that which had been 
given them by the ancient town of 
Derby on the occasion of what he 
might term a return to their travelling 
system. He looked upon it as a good 
augury for the future success of the 
Society, and hoped the example would 
be copied by other counties. 
The resolution having been carried, 
Mr. John Pakeman, on behalf 
of the Mayor and Corporation and 
the Local Committee, returned thanks 
