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General Meeting , July 2 , 1913 . 
8. Messrs. Parker & Son (Bristol), Ltd., for providing the Floral Decorations 
near the Pavilions, Ac. 
9. Messrs. Ruston, Proctor & Co., Ltd., for the loan of a Steam Engine for 
supplying Motive Power to the Dairy.” 
Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 
Wednesday, July 30, 1913, at 16 Bedford Square, London, W.C. 
proceebrngs at 
(general flDeeting of (governors ant> flbembers, 
HELD IN THE 
LARGE TENT IN THE SHOWYARD AT BRISTOL, 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1913. 
THE EARL OF NORTHBROOK (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
The meeting was largely attended, amongst those present being the Duke of 
Devonshire, G.C.V.O., Lord Harlech, Lord Hastings, Lord Strachie, the Right 
Hon. Sir Ailwyn E. Fellowes, K.C.V.O.,the Hon. J. E. Cross, the Hon. Cecil T. 
Parker, the Hon. James Wilson, Sir J. B. Bowen- Jones, Bart., Sir Richard 
P. Cooper, Bart., Sir Gilbert Gfreenall, Bart., C.Y.O., Sir Arrhur Hazlerigg, Bart., 
Sir John H. Thorold, Bart., Mr. C. R. W. Adeane, Mr. D. T. Alexander, Mr. 
W. E. G. Atkinson, Capt. Clive Behrens, Mr. T. K. Brain, Mr. H. Butler, Mr. 
T. A. Buttar, Mr. G. Butters, Mr. R. G. Carden, Mr. W. W. Chapman, Mr. 
E. S. W. Cornwallis, Mr. Percy Crutchley, Mr. J. H. Dean, Mr. J. Marshall 
Dugdale, Mr. J. T. C. Eadie, Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., Mr. John Evens, Mr. J. 
Falconer, Mr. C. Fieldsend, Mr. T. F. Filgate, Mr. W. T. Game, Mr. G. Gibbons, 
Mr. J. W. Glover, Mr. E. 0. Greening, Mr. Joseph Harris, Mr. W. Harrison, 
Mr. J. H. Hine, Mr. Arthur Hiscock, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. W. J. Hosken, Mr. 
J. Howard Howard, Mr. W. F. Ingram, Mr. G. R. Kendle, Mr. K. J. ‘ J. 
Mackenzie, Mr. A. Mansell, Mr. Henry Matthews, Mr. W. A May, Mr. C. 
Middleton, Mr. G. Norris Midwood, Mr. J. M. Moubray, Mr. John Myatt, Mr. W. 
Nocton, Mr. W. Nnnnerley, Mr. C. S. Orwin, Mr. H. Overman, Mr. R. G. 
Patterson, Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. H. F. Plumptre, Mr. D. Price- Powell, 
Mr. F. H. Price, Mr F. Reynard, Mr. T. Rich, Mr. C. C. Rogers, Mr. John 
Rowell, Mr. F. Smith, Mr. H. Smith, jun., Mr. Beville Stanier, M.P., Mr. E. W. 
Stanyforth, Mr. George Symons, Mr. J. Herbert Taylor, Mr. C. W. Tindall, Mr. 
R. Topham, Mr. H. J. Tory, Mr. P. C. Tory, Mr. R. Tory, Mr. W. Tudge, Mr. A. 
P. Turner, Mr. C. Turner, Mr. H. H. Vivian, Mr. T. B. Ward, Professor Robert 
Wallace, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, Mr. C. W. Wilson, Mr. Louis C. Wrigley, 
&c., &c. 
The following representatives of the Bristol Local Committee were also pre- 
sent: — The Lord Mayor of Bristol, Sir Frank Wills, Mr. Henry Bridgman, Mr. 
H. L. Riseley, Mr. Eldred G. F. Walker, and Mr. George Nichols (Hon. Local 
Secretary). 
President’s Introductory Remarks. 
The President in the first place said he must express his pleasure at 
presiding that day over such a representative gathering of the Governors and 
Members of the Royal Agricultural Society. They congratulated themselves on 
meeting this year under pleasanter and more favourable conditions than pre- 
vailed at their meeting in the Showyard last year. The misfortune that befell 
them at Doncaster would not easily be forgotten, but they would always 
remember the courage and the spirit displayed by his predecesssor in office, 
Lord Middleton — (hear, hear) — in facing what was a most trying and depressing 
