XXXIV 
Monthly Council , January 11 , 1905 
with respect to the question of holding 
a Show this year, a general discussion 
ensued. 
The Hon. Cecil Parker said it 
appeared to him that unless the 
Society came to some such arrange- 
ment with the Great Western Railway 
Company as had been suggested it 
would be very risky to attempt to 
hold a Show. He maintained that if 
they were to have a Show at all, the 
Society ghould accept the Great Wes- 
tern Company’s proposal, and unless 
they did so he was of the opinion that 
they would not be justified in holding 
a Show. 
Mr. Sanday observed that he was 
one of those who thought it was not 
absolutely necessary for 10,000?. to 
be obtained to enable the Society to 
hold a Show in 1905,. and that with 
the 6,000?. already promised, and with 
the proposed economies in the admini- 
stration of the Show, they could hold 
it without help from the Great 
Western Railway Company. He 
thought, however, that the suggestion 
made by Lord Cawdor was a very 
valuable one. They had every reason 
to hope that if the Society had the 
Great Western Company’s co-opera- 
tion, it was to that Company’s interests, 
as well as the Society’s, to induce as 
many people to come to the Show as 
possible. He thought it desirable 
that they should decide at once that 
they would hold a Show this year on 
the conditions given. 
Lord Moreton inquired whether 
the arrangement which had been sug- 
gested meant that these shares were 
to be transferred to the Company, to 
which Lord CAWDOR replied in the 
affirmative. 
Sir Walter Gilbey observed that 
the question now before the Council 
was, Was it the wish that a Show 
should be held this year ? At a pre- 
vious meeting of the Council they had 
certainly asked that 10,000?. should 
be obtained before a Show could be 
held ; and now that it did not seem 
that this sum would be reached, it 
was a question for decision as to 
whether they should hold a Show or 
not in 1905. 
Mr. Ryland said he thought the 
point was if the Society could go on 
with a Show with a guarantee of 
6,000?. With respect to the proposal 
made by the Great Western Railway 
Company, if the Park Royal shares 
were of value to the Great Western 
Company, they were likewise of value 
to the Society. 
Mr. Stratton inquired if it was 
thought necessary that the question 
of the proposal of the Great Western 
Railway Company should be settled 
at once. If the Company would hold 
open their offer until after the Show, 
he saw no objection to it as far as the 
Society were concerned, and they 
could (hen go on on the basis of the 
amount subscribed, viz., 6,000?. By 
doing this the Society would not then 
be pledging beforehand its interest in 
Park Royal. Would there be any 
objection on the part of the Great 
Western Company to keeping their 
offer open until after the Show ? 
Lord Cawdor replied that the 
matter would keep itself open. If 
the Show were carried through with- 
out a larger loss than 6,000?., nothing 
would arise. 
Mr. Bowen- Jones said that the 
Great Western Railway Company had 
made a very liberal offer, but he did 
not approve of the Society selling 
their valuable shares in Park Royal to 
the Great Western Company. 
Mr. Crtjtchley pointed out that if 
the Society did not hold a Show they 
would still be depleting their capital. 
They were on the horns of a dilemma 
in this matter. 
The Earl of Jersey said the Council 
had come to a conclusion that there 
was a risk of the Show costing 
10,000?. more than it would bring in. 
Towards that, 6,000?. had been sub- 
scribed, and the Great Western 
Company had generously come forward 
with an offer to guarantee the balance 
on condition that the Company should 
receive shares to the extent- of the 
amount they were called upon to 
make good. The Council had ad- 
journed the matter of coming to a 
decision as to the holding of a Show 
month after month, and had decided 
that they would not allow the Society’s 
general funds to be encroached upon. 
Supposing there was a loss of 3,000?. 
or 4,000?. beyond the 6,000?. already 
raised, the Society would then have to 
hand over 3,000?. or 4,000?. worth of 
