xlii Annual General Meeting , December 10, 1913. 
The late Sir Richard Cooper was well known, at home and abroad, as a 
large and successful breeder and exhibitor of pedigree stock. Sir Richard had 
been a Vice-President of the Society, a regular attendant at their Council and 
committee meetings, and a Steward of Finance at their Annual Shows. Few 
men had given the Society more valuable assistance, and his loss was deeply 
regretted by his colleagues. 
Mr. Henry Herbert Smith had been a Member of the Society for nearly 
forty years, and had been a Member of Council since 1905. 
Lord Arthur Cecil, who took a keen interest in horse and pony breeding, 
was also an old Member of the Society, and served for five years on the Council. 
The late Mr. Joseph Martin, who was present at the annual meeting last 
year, was well known to almost all of them. He was a valued Member of 
the Council for over thirty years, and although he retired from the Council 
in 1905, he continued regularly to attend the general meetings of the Society. 
He had with regret also to announce the death of Monsieur Louis Passy, 
who had the Honorary Membership of the Society conferred upon him in the 
year 1891 for his services to European agriculture. Monsieur Passy was a 
distinguished personage in French agricultural circles, and from 1885 until 
the present year occupied the position of Secretary of the National Agricultural 
Society of France. 
They had, he was sorry to say, recently lost another of their honorary 
Members by the death of Mr. James Macdonald, who was known to many of 
those present as the popular Secretary of the Highland and Agricultural 
Society of Scotland, and, amongst other things, the editor of that excellent 
and exhaustive work, “Stephens’ Book of the Farm.” Mr. Macdonald was a 
great worker in the cause of agricultural education, and was in a great 
measure responsible for the establishment of the National Agricultural 
Examination Board. 
And on Friday last the death occurred of Mr. Headly, of Leicester, who 
as an exhibitor in the implement section had attended upwards of fifty of 
their annual Shows. 
Perhaps the paragraphs in the Report of principal interest were those 
which referred to the annual Show held at Bristol in the first week of July. 
The Council were glad to report that the Show was a great success in every 
respect — in the number and quality of exhibits of live stock, in the implement 
and machinery departments, in the attendance, and in the financial result. 
His Majesty the King honoured the Society by visiting the Show on 
July 4, and made a comprehensive tour of the Showyard, including a visit 
to the exhibition from British Dominions overseas, which owed its inception 
to the Local Committee at Bristol. His Majesty was graciously pleased to 
express his congratulations to the Society on the success of the Show, and his 
satisfaction with the arrangements made for his reception and the enthusiastic 
welcome given him by all present. 
Their hearty thanks were due to the ex-Lord Mayor of Bristol (Mr. 
Councillor Lowe) for the great assistance he rendered the Society, and the 
hospitality he extended to them. It was with very great pleasure that they 
heard that Mr. Lowe was making good progress on the road to recovery from 
the severe illness which overtook him at the time of the Show. They were 
also indebted to the Members of the Corporation, to the Duke of Beaufort, 
Chairman, to Sir Frank Wills, and to the other Members of the Local 
Committee, to the Honorary Local Secretaries, the Town Clerk, Mr. Taylor, 
and Mr. George Nichols, to the Society of Merchant Venturers and to the 
Commoners and inhabitants of Bristol for providing a beautiful site for the 
Show. 
They also desired to express thanks to the Gloucestershire Agricultural 
Society for their co-operation, and for giving up their annual show for the 
year. 
Any reference to their annual Show would be incomplete without a cordial 
expression of their indebtedness to the Honorary Director, Sir Gilbert Greenall, 
