S94 The Agricultural Advisory Committee. [Jan., 



education or research. The representatives of these interests 

 elected to the Advisory Committee in the order named, were 

 Lord Selborne, Mr. Henry Overman, C.B.E., Mr. George 

 Edwards, M.P., Lady Mabel Smith, and Professor T. B. Wood, 

 C.B.E., M.A., F.E.S. 



The members of the Council representing the County Agri- 

 cultural Committees elected the following gentlemen to the Ad- 

 visory Committee : — The Eight Hon Sir Ailwyn E. Fellowes, 

 X.B.E., K.C.V.O., Mr. E. W. Langford, Alderman G. G. Kea, 

 C.B.E., Lord Bledisloe, K.B.E., and Sir Douolas Newton, 

 K.B.E. It was announced that the Minister proposed to appoint 

 Mr. R. R. Bobbins, C.B.E., as a representative of employers 

 and Mr. W. R. Smith, M.P., as a representative of workers on 

 the Agricultural Advisory Committee and Mr. Henry Overman, 

 C.B.E., as Vice-Chairman of the Committee. 



The object of the Advisory Committee is to advise tBfe Minister 

 with respect to all questions submitted to the Committee in rela- 

 tion to the exercise by the Minister of any powers or duties which 

 do not relate to the industry of fishing. The Advisory Committee 

 will be at liberty to make repommenclations with regard to other 

 matters affecting Village and Rural Industries. 



The first meeting of the Advisory Committee above referred 

 to was held on Tuesday, December 14th. This meeting was 



T., . . o speciallv convened to consider the low 



Meeting of the . , , . ^^ j £ 



A ricultural Advi P^'^^®^ present being realised by larmers 



sor Committee British wheat. The chair was taken by 



sory ommi ee. j^^j,^ j^^^ Fareham, and the following 



members of the Advisory Committee were present : — Mr. Henry 

 Overman, Mr. E. W. Langford, Mr. George Edwards, M.P., 

 Lord Bledisloe, Professor T. B. Wood. Sir Douglas Newton, and 

 Sir Ailwyn E. Fellowes. 



The Committee represented to the Minister the difficulty which 

 was at present being experienced by farmers in obtaining a market 

 for their wheat, and they urged that all possible steps should 

 be taken which would be likely to stimulate the demand for home- 

 grown wheat. Various proposals were put forward and the 

 Minister explained the steps which had already been taken in 

 regard to the matter. The principal points which arose in the 

 course of the discussion are given in the following correspondence 

 which subsequently passed between the National Farmers' Union 

 and the Ministry. 



