Monthly Council, October 25, 1911. xxxi 



Mr. W. Noctoii, Mr. Henry Overman, Mr. C. M. S. Filkington, Mr. W. A. Frout, 

 Mr. G. G. Rea, Mr. F. Reynard, Mr. C. C. Rogers, Mr. John Rowell, Mr. 

 Fred Smith, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, Mr. C. W. Tindall, Mr. A. P. Turner, 

 Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, and Mr. Louis C. Wrigley. 



The minutes of the last meeting of the Council, held on Wednesday, July 

 26, 1911, were taken as read and confirmed. 



The Acting-President, before the commencement of the ordinary business, 

 said it was with great regret that he had to announce the death of the Earl of 

 Onslow, a former colleague, who had held many important posts in the Empire, 

 and who, after many months of suffering, had passed away. They would 

 perhaps remember him best as a Member of Council in the days when the 

 Society was not in such a good position, and they would also remember him 

 as a former Minister for Agriculture, from 1903 to 1905, during which time he 

 did good and serviceable work for the agricultural industry. He, personally, 

 had had the privilege of serving under Lord Ouslow for three years at the 

 Board of Agriculture, and he couhl truthfully say that no man had a kinder 

 chief or a better friend. 



Twenty-nine duly nominated candidates were admitted into the Society as 

 Members under By-law 2, and the name of one Member was reinstated under 

 By-law 14 



In presenting the Report of the Finance Committee, Sir John Thorold 

 moved : " That the best thanks of the Society be given to Professor Ainsworth- 

 Davis for his very successful re-editing of Dr. Fream's text-book, and to those 

 gentlemen who have so ably assisted him." 



This resolution was seconded by Mr. Adeane, and carried unanimously. 



The Report of tlie Special Committee was received and adopted, including 

 a recommendation that Dr. Voelcker's salary be at the rate of 700^. as from 

 January 1, 1912. The Report also contained the Regulations in connection 

 with the offer of the Society's Gold Medal for Agricultural Research. (These 

 will be found on page 337.) 



The Chemical and Woburn Committee's Reports were received and adopted, 

 subject to the alteration of a date necessitated by the Report of the Special 

 Committee adopted by the Council. The Secretary read a resumd of the 

 correspondence which had passed between the Society and the Board of 

 Agriculture in connection with the Council's application for a Grant from the 

 Development Fund for the Woburn Experimental Farm. 



On the motion of Mr. E. W. Stanyfokth, seconded by Mr. H. Dent 

 Brocklehurst, it was unanimously resolved : " That this Council respect- 

 fully press the Board of Agriculture to bring into operation the Tuberculosis 

 Order of May 27, 1909, the compensation to be provided either out of the 

 Development Fund or from other Imperial sources, and not from local rates." 



The Reports of the Stock Prizes and Judges Selection Committees were 

 received and adopted. Mr. Reynard, in presenting these Reports, stated that 

 the amount voted for prizes by the Finance Committee for the Doncaster Show 

 of next year was 6,OO0Z.. or 500/. above the amount offered last year, and the 

 largest amount yet ofifereil. (When the peripatetic show was resumed at Derby 

 in 1906, the prizes offered Vjy the Society amounted to 4,000/.). There would 

 be classes for nine breeds of horses, nineteen breeds of cattle, twenty-five 

 breeds of sheep, and six breeds of pigs. The Society continued to receive the 

 generous support of the Breed Societies, and in that connection he would like 

 to remove an idea that seemed to be growing in certain quarters that these 

 contributions were not voluntarily offered by the Breed Societies. That was 

 not the case, for the Society provided a classification for each breed in accord- 

 ance with its importance, and the number of exhibitors and entries, and the 

 Breed Societies' contributions went to supplement that classification. Several 

 private individuals who contributed most generously to the prize-list preferred 

 to remain anonymous, but nevertheless the Society's best thanks were due to 

 them. With regard to the entry fees, as to which there had been some agitation, 



