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that were being made for assistance in 
the teaching of sciences bearing upon 
other trades their Education Com- 
mittee would hold their own, and 
would even see whether they could 
not enlarge the scope of their opera- 
tions, and put agricultural education 
upon the same basis as education in 
machinery and cotton spinning. He 
was sure that the Royal Agricultural 
Society was the only body that could 
take this matter up. 
Lord Moreton said he was delighted 
to think that his old friend Mr. Palmer 
was himself a Member of the Educa- 
tion Committee of this Society. He 
would therefore have been able to 
explain to his engineering and other 
friends the very considerable work 
done, not only for the past few years, 
but for many years previously, by 
the Royal Agricultural Society in the 
direction of agricultural education. 
For some years past their Society had 
worked in partnership with the 
Highland and Agricultural Society of 
Scotland. The two Societies had, since 
1900, been holding Examinations in 
Agriculture and Dairying, and had 
been granting National Diplomas to 
successful candidates. He was sur- 
prised, under these circumstances, that 
any responsible body should suggest 
that others should do the Society’s 
work without taking the trouble to 
find out what the Royal Agricultural 
Society was doing. 
Appeal for Government Grant. 
The President stated that in view 
of the recommendations by the various 
Scientific Committees as to the pro- 
posal to ask the Government for a 
grant in aid of the Education and 
Scientific Branches of the Society’s 
work, he had thought it expedient to 
invite the Chairmen of those Com- 
mittees to confer with him as to the 
procedure to be adopted. A meeting 
had accordingly been held on the 
previous afternoon, attended by Mr. 
Bowen-Jones (Chairman of the Chemi- 
cal and Woburn Committee), Mr. 
Wheeler (Chairman of the Botanical 
and Zoological Committ ee), Mr. Stany- 
forth (on behalf of the Veterinary 
Committee), and by Lord Moreton 
(Chairman of the Education Com- 
mittee). They had agreed to suggest 
to the Council that a Deputation 
should be appointed to wait upon the 
President of the Board of Agriculture 
in support of a strong appeal from the 
Society for a Government grant in 
aid of the Education and Scientific 
Branches of the Society’s work. 
The course proposed by the 
President was unanimously agreed 
to, and the following Members of 
Council were appointed as the Depu- 
tation to wait upon the Minister of 
Agriculture : The President, the Earl 
of Northbrook, Lord Moreton, Sir John 
Gilmour, Mr. Bowen-Jones, and Mr. 
Wheeler. 
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1905. 
MR. F. S. W. CORNWALLIS (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
Finance Committee. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote reported that 
a letter had been received from the 
Society’s Solicitors, stating that the 
original vendors had declined to exer- 
cise their right of pre-emption in regard 
to the Park Royal estate. Under these 
circumstances the Committee proposed 
that the estate should be put up for 
sale in the course of next summer. 
Any suitable offer' made meanwhile 
would be considered. 
The Committee further reported 
that Sir Nigel Kingscote had intimated 
his desire to be relieved of the duties 
of Chairman at the end of the present 
year. They had received this intima- 
tion with extreme regret, and they felt 
it incumbent upon them to place on 
record their high sense of the ability, 
courtesy, and impartiality with which 
Sir Nigel had fulfilled the responsible 
and laborious duties of Chairman of 
the Committee during the long period 
of thirty years. 
Mr. C. R. W. Adeane had been elected 
Chairman of the Committee for the 
year 1906. 
The President said he was sure 
the Council cordially agreed with the 
