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Kingdom, granting the prayer of the Society for a Supple- 
mental Charter. 
6. This Charter has since been received, and is substantially 
in the form asked for by the Society. Under it, the ordinary 
Members of the Council, instead of being elected at General 
Meetings of the Society by the votes of those present, may in 
future “ be elected by divisions of the Society comprising the 
Governors and Members resident in electoral districts.” The 
Council are empowered by the new Charter to make, with 
the sanction of a General Meeting, bye-laws as to ( inter alia) 
“ the number and area of such electoral districts, the number 
of Members of Council to be returned by every or any division, 
and the qualifications, mode of nomination, and election,” &c., 
of the ordinary Members of Council. 
7. The Governors and Members will be asked to sanction, 
at an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held after the 
business of the Anniversary General Meeting on May 22 is 
concluded, a series of new bye-laws which the Council have 
drawn up with reference to the election of the Council, the 
procedure at General Meetings, and other kindred matters. 
The proposed new bye-laws are circulated with this Report ; 
but their general effect may be thus stated : — 
(1) It is generally agreed that the most convenient period of the year at 
which to hold the Annual General Meeting of the Society is in 
December, during the Show of the Smithfield Club, when many 
agriculturists come to London. This year, in order that the new 
Council may get to work as early as possible, it is proposed that the 
first “Annual General Meeting” under the new Charter shall be 
held (exceptionally) on Tuesday, August 1, 1905 ; but in 1906 and 
future years the Annual Meeting will be held in December (Bye-law 
57). 
(2) Each county in England is constituted a “ division ” or electoral 
district, with the addition of three “divisions” for Wales, one 
“division” for Scotland, and one “ division ” for Ireland (Bye-law 
78). 
(3) A county or “ division ” comprising less than 300 Governors and 
Members is to return one ordinary Member of the Council by the 
votes of the Governors and Members residing therein. A county 
having 300 or more Members resident therein is to return two 
Councillors, with an additional Councillor for every additional 200 
Governors and Members (Bye-law 79). 
(4) The first election of the ordinary Members of Council under the 
Supplemental Charter will take place during July next (Bye-law 82), 
and the results will be reported at the first “Annual General Meet- 
ing” under such Charter to be held on August 1, 1905. The 
earliest day for the receipt of nominations of candidates for this 
election will (under Bye-law 83) be June 1, and the final day July 
1, i.e., on the day after the forthcoming Show at Park Royal is closed. 
(5) The Council, as constituted at the Anniversary General Meeting to 
be held on May 22, will hold office until the Annual General Meet- 
ing on August 1, 1905, when they will all retire (Bye-law 74), and 
the new Council will come into office. 
