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To be able to do this, as stated in paragraph i, it is urgently impera- 

 tive that there be no falling off in Fellows' subscriptions or other 

 revenues of the Society. 



5. Dr. Keeble appointed Director. — The Council have been fortu- 

 nate in securing the services of Dr. Frederick Keeble, F.R.S., formerly 

 of University College, Reading, as Director of the Gardens. Under 

 his supervision, the developments outlined in the Experts' Report 

 have already made considerable progress. 



6. Entomologist and Chemist. — To supplement the assistance given 

 by Mr. Chittenden, F.L.S., and Mr. Home, D.Sc, who have already 

 done much useful experimental work at Wisley, Professor H. Maxwell 

 Lefroy, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Lecturer at the Imperial College of Science, has 

 been appointed Entomologist, and Mr. Harold J. Page, B.Sc, from 

 University College, London, and the Pasteur Institute, Paris, has been 

 appointed Chemist. Mr. Page is at present with the Army in France, 

 but will join the staff immediately on his return. 



7. The Imperial College. — On Professor Maxwell Lefroy's appoint- 

 ment as Entomologist, an arrangement was entered into with the 

 Imperial College of Science and Technology constituting the Wisley 

 Gardens the joint Experimental Entomological Station of the Society 

 and of the Imperial College. The Society thus establishes close 

 working relationship with the leading Government College of Science, 

 which all will feel to be a step in the right direction. 



8. New Laboratory. — The erection of the new buildings is already 

 well in hand, and on their completion the Council believe that the 

 Society will possess laboratories superior in every respect to those of 

 any other similar institution in the world. It is hoped that the 

 buildings will be completed in time to be opened in the early autumn 

 of 1915. 



9. Trials. — Acting on the advice of the Experts Committee, the 

 staff at Wisley has devoted considerable attention to the more thorough 

 organization of the Trials. The Rules have been revised (see p. 42 

 " Book of Arrangements, 1915 "), and a Trials Officer has been ap- 

 pointed, who will devote the whole of his time to their supervision. 



10. New Cottages. — Last spring, the inconvenience to the sur- 

 rounding parishes of the insufficient housing accommodation in Wrsley 

 for the labouring members of the Society's staff was made known by 

 the Guildford Rural District Council. They have had, until now, to 

 live in the neighbouring villages which are consequently overcrowded 

 to an almost intolerable extent. A plot of land has therefore been 

 purchased from the Countess of Lovelace, and designs for half a dozen 

 cottages are already in hand. 



