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KowiI  Sgrfrulttiral  dorirtp  of  Cnglaitfc. 
GENERAL  MEETING. 
12,  II  isoveb  SqCA«r,  S ati  bda r,  Dec.  14,  1850. 
REPORT  OF  THE  COUNCIL. 
Tur  Council  have  again  the  satisfaction  of  reporting  favourably 
of  the  progress  made  by  the  Society  in  the  attainment  of  its 
prartiral  and  useful  objects.  The  number  of  its  Members  at  the 
present  time  differs  by  only  18  from  its  amount  at  the  date  of 
the  last  General  Mooting.  171  names  having  been  removed  by 
death  or  otherwise  from  the  list,  while  156  new  Members  have, 
during  the  same  period,  been  elected  into  theSocietv,  which  now 
consists  of — 
90  Life  Governors, 
167  Annual  Governor*, 
648  Life  11  umbers, 
4315  Annual  Members,  and 
19  Honorary  Members; 
making  a total  of  5,239. 
Among  the  Governors  lost  to  the  Society  by  death,  the  Council 
have  to  record  a name  illustrious  from  its  connection  with  the 
Roval  Family  of  England,  anil  endeared  to  the  nation  as  borne 
by  a Prince  distinguished  by  so  many  virtues  as  his  Royal  High- 
ness the  Duke  of  Cambridge;  a name,  too,  familiar  and  friendly 
in  an  especial  manner  to  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of 
England,  on  account  of  the  deep  interest  taken  by  his  Royal 
Highness  in  the  formation  and  welfare  of  the  Society,  and  his 
participation  in  the  promotion  of  its  Country  Meetings. 
The  Council  have  to  report  favourably  on  the  state  of  the 
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