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until the present year ; and as to the Shows, much will depend 
upon the financial results of the third Show at Park Royal 
which the Council, at their meeting held on January 11 last, 
decided to organise, and which will be held on the four days 
from June 27-30 next. As stated in the Council’s Report of 
December last, “ it will be for the new Council elected under 
the Supplemental Charter to deliberate and decide as to the 
future of the Society’s Shows and as to the character and scope 
of the Society’s other operations. Meanwhile, the present 
Council have used and are using their utmost endeavours to 
carry out the Society’s work with due economy, having regard 
to the financial position and without prejudice to the decisions 
which the Council elected under the new Charter will be called 
upon to make.” 
10. As announced in their last Report, the Council had 
postponed until a further meeting to be held in January a final 
decision as to the advisability of holding a Show for this year, 
in the hope that meanwhile further sums by way of subscriptions 
or guarantees would be forthcoming from Members, exhibitors, 
and others which would be sufficient to warrant the Society in 
organising a Show without further loss to its General Funds. 
The Council accordingly held a Special Meeting on January 11, 
1905, when it was decided by a majority to hold the Society’s 
Show at Park Royal in 1905 on the then existing subscriptions 
and guarantees, and any further subscriptions and guarantees 
that might be obtained. The total amount promised to date for 
the Show Fund is 6,367 1., of which 4,754/. has already been 
received. The Council trust that Members who have not already 
subscribed to it will do so, in order that all risk of further 
diminution of the Society’s general resources may be avoided. 
11. The date of the Show of 1905 has been fixed for the 
usual period, viz., the week after Ascot. It will open on 
Tuesday, June 27, and close on Friday, June 30, thus lasting 
four days instead of five days, as in previous years. The 
prices of admission to the public will be 2s. 6d. on Tuesday, 
June 27 ; 2s. <od. on Wednesday, June 28 ; 2s. 6d. on Thursday, 
June 29, before 3 p.m., Is. after 3 p.m. ; Is. on Friday, June 30. 
12. In connection with the preparation of the Stock Prize 
Sheet for the Show, the Council received an intimation from 
Sir Walter Gilbey that if the prizes proposed to be offered were 
increased to the amount expended for prizes at the Show of 
1903, he would guarantee the sum of 1,000/. towards this object 
from money subscribed by himself and his friends. The 
Council felt that in the interests of the Show they could not 
do otherwise than accept this generous proposal, although it 
involved some increase in the amount which the Finance 
