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on Wednesday, July 11th. Another experiment tried at Bir- 
mingham was the provision of a Members' Club. The neces- 
sity of using a building constructed for a different purpose, and 
the extent to which the accommodation provided was used, ren- 
dered that accommodation insufficient ; but the Council were 
convinced that a better organized and more complete arrange- 
ment would be an acquisition to those Members of the Society 
who attend the Country Meetings. They are therefore taking 
steps to provide a permanent building for the use of the 
Members under such regulations as may be deemed necessary. 
Since the last Meeting of the Members of the Society, the 
Chemical Committee presented to the Council the " Sugges- 
tions for Valuers," drawn up by Mr. Lawes and Dr. Voelcker, 
in accordance with their recommendation in April. The 
question of the publication of those " Suggestions " having been 
brought forward at the November Meeting of the Council, it 
was decided, after some discussion, that it was not desirable to 
publish them. 
The Council have sanctioned a scheme of experiments, drawn 
up by Mr. Lawes and Dr. Voelcker, to be carried out on the 
Duke of Bedford's farm at Woburn, which, as previously re- 
ported, his Grace has generously placed at the disposal of the 
Council for experimental purposes. 
Experiments on foot-and-mouth disease were commenced 
in June by Dr. Burdon Sanderson, and have been continued in 
successive series up to the present time. The modes of infection 
employed have been of the most varied kinds, but the results 
as yet have been negative. The investigations of pleuro-pneu- 
monia have been continued simultaneously, with reference, first, 
to the modes by which the disease is supposed to be com- 
municable ; and secondly, to its pathological results. 
The Council have much pleasure in stating that the progress 
of these experiments is watched with great interest, not only by 
the agricultural public, but also by the medical profession. The 
Yorkshire Agricultural Society have voted the sum of 100/., and 
the Norfolk Agricultural Association the sum of ten guineas, 
towards defraying the cost of these investigations ; and the 
British Medical Association have granted 50/. for a special 
microscopic investigation of the diseased organs in pleuro- 
pneumonia. 
The Council regret to state that they have received a com- 
