The Park Royal Estate. 
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estate be sold, sufficient to discharge 
the Society’s liabilities, or to permit 
of their borrowing from the bankers 
without much difficulty ? They did not 
want so much land at Park Royal 
as they had and the implement makers 
had told them they did not want so 
much space as in the past. If they 
could hold on to Park Royal, he thought 
it ought to be the course that they 
should pursue at the present moment. 
He considered they were parting with 
a very valuable property, and that the 
price they would obtain for the land 
if they sold it now would be nothing 
compared with that which they would 
gain six or seven years hence. 
Mr. Christopher Middleton was 
of the opinion that it would be well 
that the Council should disabuse their 
minds as to selling a part of Park 
Royal. They must sell the whole, as 
they could not hold on to it for several 
years. In the course of a few years 
the provinces might be exhausted, 
and they might want to return to a 
permanent Showyard ; but how could 
they return to Park Royal after their 
experience there during the past three 
years ? He thought the Council ought 
to arrive at a decision on the matter at 
once, and burn their boats behind them. 
Mr. Mathews inquired whether, in 
the event of Park Royal being sold, 
the Council would be able to apply 
the money towards the discharge of 
any of their liabilities, or would it be 
held in trust ? 
Mr. Aveling- said that as a Member 
of the Special Committee he desired to 
express the opinion that it was im- 
possible to keep Park Royal, and that 
the only thing they could do at the 
present time was to dispose of it. The 
Committee had sat for three days ; 
they had gone carefully and thoroughly 
into the whole question, and they did 
not see how the Society could keep 
Park Royal. 
Sir Gilbert Greenall said that 
the Special Committee certainly 
thought this was the right course to 
pursue, but they felt that they did not 
wish to ignore the Directors of Park 
Royal when the Council were consider- 
ing the matter. 
Col. Curt is-Hay ward said that 
the question as to what would be the 
position of the Society if the migratory 
Shows failed ought to be considered. 
If they were determined to dispose of 
Park Royal, it must be on the under- 
standing that they were burning their 
boats behind them, for if the migratory 
Shows failed they had nothing to fall 
back upon. 
Mr. Harrison pointed out that if 
part of Park Royal were sold, the 
proceeds must go in the reduction of 
the mortgage ; the money could not 
be used in any other way. 
The President then formally moved 
the adoption of the recommendation 
of the Special Committee for the sale 
of Park Royal, which, on being put, 
was carried nem. dis. 
Journal Committee. 
Sir John Thorold (Chairman) 
reported that the Committee had had 
before them estimates for the produc- 
tion of the Journal at a net cost to 
the Society of not exceeding 600Z., 
including distribution, as recommended 
by the Special Committee. They had 
arrived at the conclusion that the 
annual volume could be produced for 
the sum named, provided that the 
volume be bound in paper covers 
instead of cloth covers, and that the 
size be reduced to 450 pages. They 
recommended therefore that the pre- 
paration of the volume for the current 
year (Volume 66) be proceeded with 
on these lines. 
Sir John Thorold, in presenting 
this report, said that if the Journal 
was to be issued for the sum named, 
it could not be produced upon the same 
lines as before. It could not be so 
large, nor could it be bound in cloth. 
It would, however, contain all the 
Reports of the Society’s scientific 
officers and the illustrated Reports on 
the Show, and it was proposed to revert 
to the blue paper cover formerly used. 
There would also be notice of an 
arrangement by which Members who 
wished to do so could themselves get 
the Journal bound in cloth to match 
the previous series. 
Chemical and Woburn Committee. 
Mr. Bowen-Jones (Chairman) re- 
ported that the Committee had carefully 
considered the report of the Special 
Committee as passed by the Council 
on October 4, and had reviewed the 
