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NEW MEMBERS.-Every candidate for admission into the Society must be nominated by a Governor or Member, and must duly fill up and sign an application for Membership on the appointed form. Forms of Proposal may be obtained on application to the Secretary, who will inform new Members of their election by letter. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. Proceedings of the Council. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1899. THE EARL OF COVENTRY (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. Present: Trustees.-Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., Colonel Sir Nigel Kingscote, K.C.B. Vice-Presidents. The Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Feversham, Lord Moreton, Sir John Thorold, Bart., Mr. Charles Whitehead. Other Members of Council.-Mr. J. H. Arkwright, Mr. Alfred Ashworth, Mr. R. C. Assheton, Viscount Baring, Mr. George Blake, Mr. J. BowenJones, Mr. Victor C. W. Cavendish, M.P., Lord Arthur Cecil, Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, M.P., Mr. Percy Crutchley, Mr. A. E. W. Darby, the Earl of Derby, K.G., Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, the Earl of Jersey, G.C.M.G., Captain W. S. B. Levett, Mr. C. S. Mainwaring, Mr. Henry D. Marshall, Mr. Joseph Martin, the Hon. Cecil T. Parker, Mr. Dan. Pidgeon, Mr. J. E. Ransome, Mr. Frederick Reynard, Mr. G. H. Sanday, Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. Martin J. Sutton, Mr. J. P. Terry, Mr. R. A. Warren, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, Mr. J. C. Williams, Sir Jacob Wilson. Officers.-Sir Ernest Clarke, Secretary; Dr. Fream, Editor of the Journal; Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, Consulting Chemist; Mr. J. E. ComptonBracebridge, Assistant Director; Mr. R. S. Burgess, Superintendent of the Showyard. Professor Sir George Brown, C.B. Secretary of the Maidstone Local Committee. Apologies for non-attendance were received from H.R.H. Prince Christian, K.G., the Duke of Richmond and Gordor, K.G, Earl Cawdor, Earl Egerton of Tatton, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Mr. H. Chandos-Pole-Gell, Lieut.-Col. Curtis-Hayward, Mr. W. Frankish, Mr. James Hornsby, Mr. P. A. Muntz, M.P., Mr. A. E. Pease, M.P., Mr. S. Rowlandson, Mr. Howard P. Ryland, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, Mr. Garrett Taylor, and Mr. C. W. Wilson. The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on March 1, 1899, having been taken as read and approved, Presidency for 1900. The PRESIDENT said it would be in the recollection of the Council that at the last meeting he was asked to approach H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G., with the request that he should act as President of the Society for the year 1900. He (Lord Coventry) was pleased to say that His Royal Highness had graciously consented to add to the many favours which he had shown to the Royal Agricultural Society by expressing his willingness to act in that capacity. |