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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
The Annual Meeting of the Society was held on the 22nd 
ult., when the following report of the Council was read: 
66 Since the last general meeting in December, the Council 
have had to deplore the loss of their President, His Royal 
Highness the Prince Consort; and, in order to mark their 
sense of this calamit}^ they thought it right to present, 
through the Secretary of State for the Home Department, an 
address of condolence to Her Majesty the Queen, who has 
been graciously pleased to accept the same, and to present 
the Society with a portrait of His Royal Highness, for which 
the humble and grateful acknowledgments of the Council 
have been tendered through the President. 
“The Council have thought it a fitting mark of respect to 
the memory of their late President to contribute the sum of 
£100 towards the National Memorial Fund, now in collec¬ 
tion, in testimony of the invaluable services rendered by His 
Royal Highness to the cause of agriculture. 
“ The place named in the last half-yearly report as fixed for 
the country meeting, to be held in accordance with the pro¬ 
visions of the Royal Charter, has been changed from Windsor 
to Richmond, in Surrey, and will be held on Saturday, 5th 
July, at 12th o’clock. 
“ During the past five months 3 governors and 54 members 
have died, and the names of 102 members have been re¬ 
moved from the list by retirement, or otherwise, while 4 
governors and 259 members have been elected, so that the 
Society now consists of— 
83 Life governors. 
97 Annual „ 
1151 Life members. 
3475 Annual ,, 
1? Honorary ,, 
Making a total of 4823, being an increase of 104 names on 
the list. 
“ The Council have elected the Right Hon. Lord Portman 
President of the Society; Mr. Fisher Hobbs a Vice-Presi¬ 
dent, in the room of the late Earl of Y T arborough ; and the 
Right Hon. the Earl of Stradbroke a Member of Council, in 
the room of the Earl of Powis, elected a Trustee. 
“ The half-yearly statement of accounts, to the 31st De¬ 
cember, 1861, has been examined and approved by the 
auditors and accountants of the Society. The funded capital 
