Monthly Council, December 11, 1912. xxxvii 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1912. 



At a Monthly Council held at \G Bedford Square, W.C., Lord Middleton 

 (President) in the Chair : — 



Present: — Trustees. — Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, Bart., Mr. F. S.W. Cornwallis, 

 the Earl of Coventry, the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Moreton, the Earl of North- 

 brook, Sir John H. Thorold, Bart. 



Vice-Presidents. — Mr. C. R. W. Adeane, Sir Richard P, Cooper, Bart., Mr. 

 Percy Crutchlev, Mr. J. Marshall Dusjdale, the Right Hon. Sir A. E. Fellowes, 

 K.C.V.O.. Mr. R. M. Greaves. Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., C.V.O., the Hon. C. T. 

 Parker, the Earl of Yarborough. 



Other Members of the Council. — Mr. D. T. Alexander, Mr. T. L. Aveling, 

 Captain Clive Behrens, Mr. E. W. Betts, Mr. Henry Dent Brocklehurst, Mr. Davis 

 Brown, Mr. T. A. Buttar, Mr. Arthur E. Evans, Mr. Howard Frank, Mr. W. T. 

 Game, Mr. Joseph Harris, Lord Hastings, Major H. G. Henderson, M.P., Mr. J. 

 H. Hine, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. W. J. Hosken, Mr. W. F. Ingram, Mr. G. R. 

 Lane-Fox, M.P., Mr. J. L. Luddington, Mr. Alfred Mansell, Mr. Ernest 

 Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. Middleton, Mr. G. Norris Midwood, Mr. T. 

 H. Miller, Mr. John Myatt, Mr. Henry Overman, Mr. C. M. S. Pilkington, Mr. 

 H. F. Plumptre, Mr. W. A. Prout, Mr. G. G. Rea, Mr. F. Reynard, the Duke of 

 Richmond and Gordon, K.G.. Mr. C. C. Rogers, 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 following Members of the Bristol Local Committee attended the meet- 

 ing of the General Bristol Committee : — Mr. Peter Addie, Mr. H. Bridgman, 

 Mr. J. J. Harle, Mr. H. L. Riseley, Mr. H. VV. Seccombe Wills, and Mr. George 

 Nichols (Hon. Local Secretary). 



The minutes of the last Meeting of the Council, held on Wednesday, Novem- 

 ber fith, 1912, were taken as read and approved. 



The President said it was his melancholy duty to report the death, a few 

 days ago, of one of their colleagues, Mr. Henry Dudding, a representative on 

 the Council for the Division of Lincolnshire. Mr. Dudding became a Member 

 of the Society in 1870, and joined the Council in 1906. He was a very noted 

 and successful breeder and exhibitor of Shorthorn cattle and Lincoln sheep, and 

 animals from his herds and flocks had in the past been much sought after by 

 foreign buyers. His Lordship had also to announce the death of Sir Charles 

 Whitehead, who joined the Society so far back as 1857, and served on that 

 Council for no less than thirty-eight years, retiring in 1907 through failing 

 health. Sir Charles was frequently a steward at the Royal Shows, and for 

 many years carried out the duties of Chairman of the Botanical Committee. 

 He also contributed many valuable articles to the Journal. 



The Report of the Finance Committee was received and adopted ; and Mr. 

 Adeane, Chairman, presented the accounts for the Show at Doncaster. These 

 showed a loss of 1,232/., which was amply covered by the contribution of 2, ,500/. 

 from the ordinary account to the Show account. If from that sum of 2,500Z. 

 they deducted the loss of 1,232/., it gave a balance to their credit of 1,268Z. 



In presenting the Report of the Chemical Committee, Sir J. B. Bowen- 

 Jones said that, although they might have had to wait a long time for it, a 

 reply had now been received to the application made by the Society for a grant 

 to enable them to conduct their experimental work at the Woburn Farm. This 

 question had given the Chemical Committee a good deal of anxiety, and 

 although the hope had been deferred for a long while, they felt that they had 

 had some compensation in the fact that an interim grant had been made for 

 the purposes of their work, with a promise of something more. The Com- 

 mittee wanted more definite information as to what the position would be in 

 future, and until a reply to the Society's inquiry had been received, the Com- 

 mittee were unable to announce what the final decision would be. 



Lord NORTHBROOK referred to two questions mentioned in the Report of 

 the Veterinary Committee, dealing with Swine Fever and with Foot-and-Mouth 



