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of that great Society. Then there was another very important matter dealt 
with which he trusted would come to fruition in a very short time— the 
establishment of a seed-testing station. He saw that there had been a depu- 
tation appointed to press forward the claims of agriculturists for a national 
station for testiDg seeds. He did not think they all recognised the extreme 
importance of the subject. He was quite certain that there was a great deal 
of adulteration of seeds at the present day, and he felt sure that if a testing 
station were established it would be to the benefit and advantage of agricul- 
turists of the country. , 
Mr. 0. W. Moorsom-Roberts (Norbury, Surrey) said that as the Report 
showed that the Society was taking a very wide interest in everything that 
concerned agriculture he would like to draw attention to the work ot the 
Agenda League, a more or less charitable organisation that had been started m 
London, one of the objects of which was the supply of milk of the purest kind 
to the people of the poorer districts, and as far as possible at a price they could 
afford to pay for it. Most of the large County Council schools had a great 
demand for pure milk for children, and as a member of the Care Committee 
his experience was that there was some difficulty in getting really pure milk. 
He suggested that the Council might widen their influence and endeavour to 
secure the co-operation of agriculturists in this mattei. 
The Report of the Council was then unanimously adopted. 
Election of President. 
Mr Beville Stanier, M.P. (Market Drayton) said he rose with great 
pleasure to propose that the Earl of Powis be elected President of the Society, 
to hold office until the next ensuing annual general meeting. He was perfectly 
aware that that important position should be held by a great agriculturist, and 
in Lord Powis they had a very keen agriculturist, a noted breeder of stock, the 
Lord-Lieutenant of the county to which the Show was so soon going, and a 
man who was intimately connected with Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the 
Welsh counties. He was descended from the great Robert Clive, who had been 
one of those who signed the petition to the Crown for the incorporation ot 
their Society in 1840. They could be perfectly certain that Lord Powis would 
do his utmost to uphold the fair name of the Society, and to carry out the 
duties imposed upon him with every credit to themselves. 
Major Wing-field (Shrewsbury) did not think it necessary to add much 
to what Mr. Stanier had said in proposing Lord Powis as President for next 
year, except that, as they were all aware, the Show was to be held at Shrews- 
bury next year, and it was a great pleasure to the local Members of the Society 
that the Council had selected a local gentleman to hold office as I resident for 
the ensuing vear. He could only tell them that the election would be a 
popular one in the neighbourhood of the Show, and he hoped the meeting 
would support the resolution. . , . 
After the motion had been put to the meeting and unanimously earned, 
The Chairman said that he had received a letter from Lord Powis expiess- 
ing his great regret that an important engagement prevented him from being 
present at the meeting that day, and saying that if he were elected President, 
he would do his best to promote the interests of the Society, and that he con- 
sidered that a very great honour had been conferred upon him. 
Election of Trustees. 
The President stated that the following twelve Trustees had been 
nominated by the Council in accordance with the by-laws, and on a show ot 
hands they were duly elected . 
HRH Prince Christian, K.G., Cumberland Lodge, Windsor. 
Bedford Duke of K.G., Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. 
BowS Jones, SirJ. B.,’ Bart., Council House Court Shrewsbury. 
Pnrnwallis F. S. W., Linton Park, Maidstone, Kent. 
Coventry Earl of, Croome Court, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire. 
Devonshire, Duke of, G.C.V.O Chatsworth Chesterfield 
Gilbey, Sir Walter, Bart., Elsenham Hall, Elsenham, Essex. 
