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Monthly Council , February 5 , 1913 . 
Mr. Charles D. Nicholson, of Stainton Manor, Rotherham. As the Council 
were aware, Mr. Nicholson undertook the office of Steward of Forage at the 
Doncaster Show, and in the discharge of his duties he was most active and did 
everything possible in the interest of the Society and also of the livestock 
exhibitors. The unfortunate withholding of the exhibition of cattle, sheep, and 
pigs, entailed considerable trouble on the Steward, but, in spite of it all, Mr. 
Nicholson carried through the work in the most satisfactory manner. He would 
also be remembered for his kindness in lending the Society the necessary land 
for the trials of drills last spring, and for his generous hospitality and assistance 
to all the officials who attended the trials. The Council would, his Lordship 
was sure, desire to convey to Mrs. Nicholson the sense of their sympathy with 
her in the bereavement that she and her family had sustained. 
The minutes of the last meeting of the Council held on December 11, 1912, 
were taken as read and approved. 
Mr. W. M. Cazalet, Fairlawne, Tonbridge, Mr. Walter Wm. Chapman, 
Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C., Sir William L. Parker, Bart., Blackbrook House, 
Fareham, and Mr. Bertram Abel Smith, The Bank, Nottingham, were elected 
Governors, and seventy-six duly nominated candidates were elected Members 
of the Society. 
The Report of the Finance Committee was received and adopted ; and 
Mr. Adeane (Chairman) presented the Accounts and Balance Sheet for 1912, 
together with the Estimate of Receipts and Expenditure for 1913, which were 
approved. 
Mr. Wheeler, in presenting the Botanical Committee’s Report, said that, 
although it was rather late in the year to offer prizes for tobacco, in view of 
the fact that a promise was made last year by the Journal Committee, and 
confirmed by the Council, to offer prizes, it had been thought well to make a 
start. The wording would have to be amplified later, the idea of the Committee 
being that there should be an exhibit of tobacco in the state in which it left 
the grower’s hands, and for this purpose they recommended the offer of a 
Silver Medal and a Bronze Medal at the Bristol Show for the best Exhibits of 
Tobacco grown in Great Britain and Ireland. 
The Report of the Veterinary Committee was received and adopted ; and on 
the motion of Sir Ailwyn Fellowes, seconded by Mr. Alfred Mansell, it 
was resolved : — - 
“That, the President of the Board of Agriculture be asked to approach the 
various Colonial and Foreign Governments with a view to a modification of the 
existing import regulations so as to allow cattle, sheep, and pigs, to he exported 
from Great Britain, provided they have come from a clean zone, and not from 
within a radius of thirty miles of any place where foot-and-mouth disease has 
existed for two months.” 
Mr. Greaves, in presenting the Report of the Implement Committee, said 
that although the large increase in the number of entries for the Trials of 
Milking Machines (of which there were seventeen) over what they estimated 
would entail considerable extra cost, it showed the amount of interest taken in 
these machines, and that the Society had taken a wise step in instituting the 
trials. 
The Report of the Committee ,of Selection was received and adopted ; and 
at this point the President welcomed Mr. A. W. Perkin and Mr. John Evens, 
the two new Members of the Council who were present there that day for the 
first time, 
Mr. Mathews read a letter received that morning from the Kent or 
Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders’ Association. The Council regret, however, that 
it is not possible to comply with a request contained in that letter, that 
exhibitors in the special class for Kent Wool should be allowed to make more 
than one entry in that class. In the event of any exhibitor desiring to make 
two entries of Kent Wool, it would be possible for him to make one entry in 
the open class for Any Long Wool and one in the special class for Kent Wool. 
The Council then adjourned until Wednesday, March 5, 1913. 
