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The transfer of the laboratory and experimental fields to 

 the management of a committee appointed under Sir John 

 Lawes' trust deed of 1889 has been already mentioned. After 

 this date the virtual direction of the experiments continued to 

 remain in the hands of Lawes and Gilbert during their joint 

 lives. For the information of the new committee Sir Henry 

 Gilbert drew up a brief report on the investigations hitherto 

 conducted, showing to what extent the results obtained had 

 been already published, and making suggestions as to future 

 work. This report was printed in 1891 for the use of the 

 committee. 



The celebration of the jubilee of the Rothamsted Experi- 

 ments in 1893 has been already described in the notice 

 of Sir John Lawes, with the numerous honours subsequently 

 conferred on both Lawes and Gilbert. Dr Gilbert re- 

 ceived knighthood from the Queen on August 11 of that 

 year. 



Sir Henry Gilbert was a member of the committee 

 appointed by the Government in 1896 to take evidence 

 and report on the materials used in the manufacture of beer. 

 The committee presented their report to the Treasury in 

 1899. 



He received many honorary degrees. The University of 

 Glasgow made him LL.D. in 1883; Oxford, M.A. in 1884; 

 Edinburgh, LL.D. in 1890; Cambridge, Sc.D. in 1894. He 

 was a life governor of University College, London ; a Corre- 

 sponding Member of the Institute of France ; a Chevalier du 

 Merite Agricole ; and an honorary member of many agricul- 

 tural societies at home and abroad. 



With a life so filled with many labours it need hardly be 

 said that Sir Henry Gilbert was possessed of a robust constitu- 

 tion. He, however, suffered at times from over-brainwork, 

 and his frequent excursions abroad were really needed to 

 maintain a healthy tone. In later years he suffered much at 

 times from internal pain, the precursor, probably, of his last 

 illness. The death of Sir John Lawes in 1900 was naturally a 



