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Monthly Council, June i, 1890. 
Honorary Members of the Society. 
The President announced with 
regret the death of Mr. Edward Tes- 
dorpf, of Ourupgaard, Falster, Den- 
mark, who had been one of the 
Honorary Members of the Society 
since the year 187". 
Subsequently, on the motion of Earl 
Cathcabt, seconded by Mr. Charles 
Whitehead, it was unanimously re- 
solyed that the honorary membership 
of the Society be conferred upon M. 
Henry de Vilmorin, of Paris, in re- 
cognition of his eminent services to 
European agriculture. M. de Vil- 
morin's diploma of honorary member- 
ship was sealed at the meeting with 
the official seal of the Society, and 
signed by the President and the 
Secretary. 
The reports of the various com- 
mittees were then presented and 
adopted as below : — 
Finance. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote (Chairman) 
reported that the accounts for the 
month of May, as certified by the 
Society's accountants, showed receipts 
amounting to 2,254Z. 5s. lrf., and ex- 
penditure amounting to 3.504Z. 2s. 3d. 
The balance at the Bank on May 31, 
allowing for cheques outstanding, was 
fi,029Z. Is. Id. Accounts amounting 
in all to 4.423Z. 0*. 10d., had been 
passed, and were recommended for 
payment. The Committee recom- 
mended that the names of twelve life, 
eight annual, and one honorary mem- 
ber, whose deaths had been reported 
to the Society, of eight members who 
had resigned, three whose addresses 
could not be found, and four in arrears 
(in all thirty-sis), be struck off the 
Society's books. 
House. 
Sir Nigel Kixgscote (Chairman) 
reported that the Committee, having 
carefully considered the inadequacy 
of the Council room for any large 
assemblage at the general meeting of 
members, had resolved to recommend 
that these meetings be held in future 
in the large hall of the Royal Medical 
and Chirurgical Society, at 20, Han- 
over Square, This hall would seat 
3C0 to 400 people, and was only a few 
yards from the Society's house. 
Journal. 
Earl Cathcart (Chairman) re- 
ported a further reprint of Mr. 'White- 
head's " Hints on Vegetable and Fruit 
Farming,'' and stated that a list of 
the contents proposed for the forth- 
coming number of the Journal had 
been submitted by the Editor and 
approved. The Committee recom- 
mended that the price of available 
back numbers of the first two series 
of the Society's Journal be fixed, for 
members at 'is. 6d. each number, the 
present publishing price of the new 
quarterly series. A request for per- 
mission to reproduce in the " Veteri- 
narian " Professor Flower's article on 
'•The Evolution of the Horse'' had 
been granted upon the usual condi- 
tions. A letter had been received 
from the Meteorological Office asking 
whether any changes were desired in 
the names of recipients of the Hay 
Harvest Forecasts for this year, and 
the Secretary had been instructed to 
reply in the negative. 
Chemical. 
Viscount Emly>* (Chairman) pre- 
sented the quarterly report of this 
Committee (see page 414), which 
was ordered to be published with the 
proceedings of Council and in the 
next number of the Journal. 
Mr. Warren said that a few mem- 
bers of the AVoburn Sub-committee 
went down to visit the Experimental 
Farm on the 21st of last month, and 
they were glad to find that the experi- 
ments were very well managed under 
Mr. Elliott. But it seemed desirable 
that there should be at least two offi- 
cial visits to the farm by members of 
the Sub-committee during the year, 
and he should like to prqpose that it 
be an instruction to the Woburn Sub- 
committee that some of its members 
should visit the Experimental Farm 
again this summer, and that there 
should be two official visits each year. 
Mr. Pell seconded, and at thesame 
time said that, as a member of the 
Chemical Committee attending almost 
all the meetings, he desired to say 
how very much the useful action of 
the Council was impeded by members 
of the Society refusing to give them 
all the information which was neces- 
