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taken up by the Society. He hoped 
that the question of how this was to 
be done would be thoroughly discussed 
at the April meeting of the Council, 
for he did not consider they would be 
justified in allowing it to stand over, 
as there seemed to be a disposition in 
some quarters to do, until after the 
next Show. 
Charter and .Bye-laws Committee. 
The President reported that the 
Special Charter Committee had held 
several meetings, and had agreed upon 
a code of new bye-laws for the election 
of Members of Council, which they had 
prepared in anticipation of the grant- 
ing of the Supplementary Charter for 
which a petition had been presented to 
the King in Council. These proposed 
bye-laws wmuld now be printed and 
circulated for the consideration of the 
Council at their next meeting on 
April 5. 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1905. 
LORD MIDDLETON (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
Resignation of Mr. Sanday. 
The President read a letter from 
Mr. George H. Sanday, stating that 
he had decided, in consequence of ill- 
health, bat with the greatest possible 
reluctance and regret, to resign the 
seat upon the Council which he had 
held during the past thirty-one years. 
He (Lord Middleton) was sure the 
Council would greatly regret the cause 
of Mr. Sanday’s decision, and the loss 
of his valuable services as a Member 
of the Council. Mr. Sanday, who 
lived near London, had given a great 
deal of his time to their deliberations, 
and he had been Chairman of the 
Stock Prizes Committee since 1890. 
Finance Committee. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote brought up 
a special report from the Finance 
Committee with reference to the 
Society’s financial position and the 
adjustment of its outstanding obliga- 
tions for the year 1904. The Council 
resolved itself into Committee for the 
consideration of this report, and of a 
series of resolutions on the agenda 
paper which the Hon. Cecil Parker 
had given notice that he would move. 
After considerable discussion in 
Committee, a resolution was adopted 
to the effect that it was inexpedient 
to postpone until after the Show of 
1905 the adjustment of the Society’s 
outstanding obligations for 1 904. The 
further consideration of the subject 
of the Society’s liabilities was 
adjourned for consideration at the 
next meeting of the Council on May 3. 
Charter and Bye-laws Committee. 
The Secretary reported that the 
Society’s petition for a Supplemental 
Charter had been granted by His 
Majesty the King in Council on March 
20, when instructions has been given 
to the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department for the issue of 
Letters Patent under the Great Seal. 
It was hoped that the new Charter 
would be received very shortly. 
The Council then proceeded to 
consider the report from the Charter 
and Bye-laws Committee, dated 
February 28, 1905, together with the 
draft bye-laws governing the pro- 
cedure at General Meetings and the 
election of ordinary Members of 
Council, as prepared by the Committee 
for enactment under the Supplemental 
Charter when granted. 
A formal motion having been made 
by the President (as Chairman of 
the Committee) for the adoption of the 
bye-laws, and this motion having 
been seconded by Mr. Stratton, 
Sir Jacob Wilson, pursuant to 
notice, moved an amendment to pro- 
vide for the annual retirement of 
one-third of the Members of Council, 
instead of a triennial general election 
of all the ordinary members of Council, 
as recommended by the Charter and 
Bye-laws Committee. In doing so, 
he explained that the reason he moved 
his amendment at this stage was that, 
.although a Member of the Charter 
Committee, he was not able to be 
present at the meeting when it was 
decided to recommend a triennial 
