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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The following report of this Society was presented to the 
half-yearly meeting recently held at the Society's Rooms, Han¬ 
over Square. 
Our readers will observe that it contains matter of interest to 
the profession. 
“ Since the last general meeting in December, 5 7 members have 
died, and 144 members have withdrawn, or have been removed 
from the list by order of the Council; on the other hand, 2 
governors and 157 members have been elected. The Society, 
therefore, now consists of: Life governors, 71; annual governors, 
73; life members, 1655; annual members, 3953 ; honorary 
members, 14—making a total of 5766. The accounts for the 
year 1871 have been examined and certified by the auditors and 
accountants of the Society, and have been published, together 
with the Wolverhampton Country Meeting account, in the last 
number of the Journal. The funded capital of the Society remains 
the same as at the last half-yearly meeting, namely, the per¬ 
manent Pund of £20,000 New Three per Cents., and the Reserve 
Show-fund of £4112 7s. 8d. New Three per Cents. In addi¬ 
tion, the sum of £2000 lies on deposit with the Society's 
bankers, and the balance of the current account on the 1st inst. 
was £1595 3s. 6d., both these sums being available for defray¬ 
ing the expenses of the Cardiff meeting. The Earl of Leicestor 
has been elected a Member of the Council, to fill the vacancy 
caused by the election of Sir A. K. Macdonald, Bart., as a 
Trustee. The Cardiff Local Committee are co-operating with 
the Council to promote the success of the ensuing Country meet¬ 
ing. In conjunction with the Glamorganshire General Agricul¬ 
tural Society, they have added to the Society's Prize list offers of 
prizes for hunters and roadsters, as well as for agricultural and 
other classes of horses, for Castle Martin and other breeds of 
cattle, for Radnor sheep and for butter and cheese. Nineteen 
farms have been entered to compete for the prizes offered by the 
President, Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart., M.P., and by the 
Society for the best-managed farms in South Wales and Mon¬ 
mouthshire, and the judges have reported that after their first 
visit they were able to select such as were deserving of further 
examination. The prize list in connection with the Cardiff meet¬ 
ing has been further augmented by the Marquis of Bute and 
Major Picton Turbervill, who have offered prizes for plans of 
cottages suitable for agricultural labourers, to cost not more 
than £220 per pair, and for others suitable for the mineral dis- 
