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Monthly Council, December 10, 1890. 
depended upon a continued flow 
of new subscribers. At least 500 new 
members needed to be elected every 
year to take the place of those who 
died or retired. The Committee 
thought it important that particular 
attention should be drawn to the 
necessity of each member interesting 
himself in obtaining new subscribers 
to the Society, and suggesting the 
names of any farmers or others 
interested in agriculture in his 
district or of his acquaintance who 
would be likely to become members. 
They trusted, therefore, that a general 
effort wonld be made by members of 
Council and all those interested in the 
welfare of the Society to obtain new 
subscribers to it during the new year 
which was just upon them. 
It was agreed that a paragraph to 
this effect should be inserted in the 
report to the General Meeting to be 
held on the following day. 
House. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote (Chairman) 
presented the recommendations of 
this Committee as to various matters 
connected with the House arrange- 
ments and the Council Chamber. 
Journal. 
Earl Cathcart (Chairman) re- 
ported that the Committee had passed 
and referred to the Finance Committee 
various accounts for printing, &c, in 
connection with the Journal, and had 
had under further consideration the 
question of a renewal of the present 
contracts for the various descriptions 
of the Society's printing, which expire 
on the 31st instant, and on which 
they presented their recommenda- 
tions. 
The Committee recommended the 
acceptance of Messrs. Spottiswoode 
and Co.'s tender to bind each year's 
numbers of the Journal for members 
at the price of 2s. per volume, to in- 
clude packing in boards for safe 
transmission, and free delivery of the 
bound volumes back to the members, 
and to supply the cover separately, 
without binding, at the price of Is., 
delivered free by post. The Editor 
had submitted his proposals for the 
contents of the next number of the 
Journal, to be published on the 31st 
inst., which were approved. It had 
been agreed that Professor Crookshank 
should be asked to write for the first 
number of the Journal next year an 
article on tuberculosis in animals and 
its connection with Dr. Koch's dis- 
coveries. The Secretary had been 
authorised to purchase for the library 
a German Encyclopaedia of Agricul- 
ture and Stock-breeding, of which 
specimen parts had been submitted 
to the Committee. 
The Committee had met nine times 
and made nine reports, and they did 
not recommend any alteration in their 
constitution for the ensuing year. 
Chemical. 
Viscount Emlyn (Chairman) 
stated that the report of the Woburn 
Sub-committee had been received and 
adopted, and that the draft quarterly 
report had been considered, and with 
some amendments adopted. 
The Committee had met eight times 
and had made eight reports. They 
recommended that the names of 
Messrs. Sutton and Terry should be 
added to the Committee to fill 
vacancies. 
On the motion of Viscount Emlyn, 
it was resolved that the quarterly 
report of the Chemical Committee 
be adopted, and published in the usual 
manner. [See page 847.] 
Seeds and Plant Diseases. 
Mr. Charles Whitehead (Chair- 
man) reported that the annual reports 
of the Consulting Botanist and Con- 
sulting Entomologist had been consi- 
dered, and were recommended for 
publication in the next number of 
Journal [see pages 834 and 844]. Of 
the 100Z. granted by the Council for 
investigations into the composition of 
ancient pastures, 487. 15s. had been 
already expended. The Committee 
had referred to the Education Com- 
mittee a suggestion by their Chairman 
that the subject of fruit farming 
should be added to the syllabus of the 
Senior Examination. They had had 
under consideration a proposal to 
issue diagrams of grasses and of the 
stages in the growth of wheat, and 
had requested the Consulting Botanist 
to bring up at the next meeting a 
detailed recommendation upon the " 
subject. 
The Committee had met eight times 
and made eight reports, and they 
