THE R.S.P.C.A.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIB.,—Is there not a good deal of unnecessary alarm felt ttn the subject of the use of proxies at meetings of the R.S.P.C.A. as voiced by Miss Cole in her letter in the Spectator ? The form of proxy proposed, bore the name of the chairman and .vice-chairman as a guarantee of bona fides,
and to these were added, on my suggestion, two blank spaces to be filled in at pleasure by the voter.
Consequently, if any member who is unable to attend a meeting, feels he cannot trust his vote to the chairman or vice-chairman for the time being, he is able to give it to someone he can trust and who, to his knowledge, will be at the meeting. Failing this he can always tear up the proxy form. Personally I dislike all proxies and never make use of any that I receive from public companies in which I have an interest. The addition of blank spaces, however (impossible, of course, in the case of public companies), does away with their chief objection, and gives to those who use them an absolutely
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