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that an effort should be made to obtain 
permission for the holding of the Show- 
in one of the London parks. 
Vote of Thanks to the Chairman. 
No other Member rising, 
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., pro- 
posed a vote of thanks to the Chairman. 
He said that probably it had been 
anticipated that that meeting would 
be rather of an exciting nature. He 
was very glad to say that it was very 
pleasant for him to come there and find 
a “ holy calm,” which did not prevail 
in the House of Commons. (Laughter.) 
He did not know what the future of the 
Society might be. They, however, all 
wished it well. The great point that 
day was as to whether Park Royal 
should be continued or not. That 
question had not been very fully dis- 
cussed, but it had been discussed with 
good temper and in good taste. He 
would warn his friends there not to 
expect that anything that might be 
settled would be regarded as entirely 
satisfactory. He remembered a story 
of a gentleman going along a road in 
Yorkshire, when he came to two roads 
which branched off. Both went to 
Leeds, and he asked which was the 
best to take. He was told that which- 
ever road he took he would wish that 
he had taken the other. (Laughter.) 
He could only hope that the Chairman 
and the other gentlemen who took an 
interest in the Society would be able 
to do something to put upon its legs 
the premier Society connected with 
agriculture, which was the greatest and 
most magnificent of all the industries 
in this country. 
Mr. Hamlyn having seconded the 
motion, it was put by the SECRETARY, 
and carried unanimously. 
Sir John Thorold, in acknowledg- 
ment, said that if his services had been 
of any use he was very glad. With re- 
gard to the suggestion which had been 
made as to giving up their house, he 
would point out that in consequence 
of the great increase of Members the 
continued occupancy of the house next 
door became impossible. A. number of 
gentlemen then came forward and took 
up debentures to secure their present 
house. If the house were now to be 
given up, those debentures would have 
to be refunded. They were all occupied 
with one thought, which was to do the 
best they could for the future of the 
Society, and he thought that meeting 
was an augury that they would do 
their best to meet their difficulties in 
good temper and spirit, and in doing so 
they would overcome them. 
The proceedings then terminated. 
abstracts from tbe proceebtncjs of tbe Council. 
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1905. 
MR. F. S. W. CORNWALLIS (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
President’s Opening Remarks. 
The President, in opening the 
proceedings, said that as by the good- 
will of the general body of Members 
he had been called upon to take the 
Chair at a crisis in the Society’s history, 
he would like to take advantage of 
the opportunity of first addressing the 
Council, not only to thank the Society 
for this mark of its confidence in 
electing him as President, but of 
asking — as he knew he would not do 
in vain — for their kindness and con- 
sideration if he fell short of all that 
was expected in the occupant of the 
Chair. Many of the Council had yet 
to make each other’s acquaintance : 
and they approached the consideration 
of the serious problems which were in 
front of them with varying degrees of 
familiarity with the past administra- 
tion of the Society, and the facts 
which had guided the Council in their 
decisions. Those of them who had 
had seats on the old Council were 
glad to have their ranks reinforced by 
the fresher minds of so many new 
colleagues. They cordially welcomed 
them all, and felt sure that their help 
and counsel would be of the greatest 
possible service to the Society at large. 
Their first duty would be, in the 
