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[Copies of the full Report of any of the Council Meetings held during the year 
1913 may be obtained on application to the Secretary, at 16 Bedford Square, 
London, W.C.] 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
flIMnutes of tbe Council. 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1913. 
At a Moqthly Council held at 16 Bedford Square, London, W.C., the Earl of 
Northbrook (President) in the Chair : — 
Present : — Trustees . — Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, Bart., the Duke of Devonshire? 
Lord Middleton, Lord Moreton. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr. C. R. W. Adeane, Sir Richard P. Cooper, Bart., Mr. 
Percy Crutchley, Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, the Right Hon. Sir A. E. Fellowes, 
K.C.Y.O., Mr. R. M. Greaves, Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart,, C.V.O. 
Other Members of the Council. — Mr. D. T. Alexander, Mr. T. L. Aveling, 
Mr. Henry Dent Brocklehurst, Mr. Davis Brown, Mr. Richardson Carr, the 
Hon. J. E. Cross, Mr. John Evens, Mr. Janies Falconer, Mr. Howard Frank, 
Mr. W. T. Game, Lord Harlech, Mr. Joseph Harris, Lord Hastings, Sir A. G. 
Hazlerigg, Bart., Mr. Arthur Hiscock, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. W. F. Ingram, 
Mr. G. R. Lane-Fox, M.P., Mr. Alfred Mansell, Mr. Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. 
May, Mr. C. Middleton, Mr. G. Norris Mid wood, Mr. T. H. Miller, Mr. John 
Myatt, Mr. R. G. Patterson, Mr. A. W. Perkin, Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. 
H. F. Plumptre, Mr. W. A. Prout, Mr. G. G. Rea, Mr. F. Reynard, the Duke 
of Richmond and Gordon, K.G., Mr. Fred Smith, Mr. H. H. Smith, Lord 
Strachie, Mr. C. W. Tindall, Mr. A. P. Turner, and Mr. E. Y. Y. Wheeler. 
Governor. — Mr. Harold Swithinbank. 
The following Members of the Bristol Local Committee attended the 
meeting of the General Bristol Committee The Lord Mayor of Bristol, 
Mr. Peter Addie, Alderman C. A. Hayes, Mr. Sidney Humphries, Mr. H. L. 
Riseley, Mr. Eldred G. F. Walker, and Mr. George Nichols (Hon. Local 
Secretary). Mr. Samuel Kidner attended the Council. 
In occupying the Chair for the first time, the Earl of Northbrook assured 
the Council that he was very sensible of the honour the Members had done him 
in electing him President for the year. He would do his best to prove himself 
worthy of the confidence that had been expressed in him, and he hoped that 
with the kind indulgence and support of the Council, he might succeed in 
carrying out his duties during his year of office in an efficient and satisfactory 
manner. 
His Lordship then reported to the Council that he had received a letter 
from Lord Stamfordham stating that His Majesty the King would visit the 
Bristol Show on Friday, July 4. (Applause.) This further proof of the 
interest which His Majesty had so constantly shown in the welfare of the 
Society would, he knew, be most highly appreciated by the Council and also by 
every Member of the Society. He might say that, in acknowledging the 
* receipt of the letter to Lord Stamfordham, he asked him to be so good as to 
convey to the King their respectful and humble thanks for the honour which 
His Majesty proposed to confer on the Society by visiting the Show at Bristol 
in July. 
The President said he was sure Members of the Council would be sorry 
to learn that since the last meeting the Society had lost a very good friend in 
