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that immediate legislation could be attempted, the Council trust 
that means will be found for relieving Stock-ovraers and Vete- 
rinary Surgeons from their present difficulties in the matter. 
24. The Council have appointed ^Ir. Frederick Low, of 
Norwich, Mr. John E. Peele, of Durham, and Mr. J. P. S. 
Walker, of Oxford, as Provincial Veterinary Surgeons for 
Norfolk, Durham, and South Oxfordshire, respectively. 
25. In the last Quarterly Report of the Chemical Committee 
attention is called to the practice of using the term ' oil-cake ' as 
a designation for cakes which, previous to the passing of the 
Merchandise Marks Act, were sold as ' pure linseed-cakes.' 
Intending purchasers of linseed-cake are advised, therefore, not 
to accept the term ' oil-cake ' as a satisfactory description, but to 
insist on having the words ' linseed-cake ' inserted on the in- 
voices, as well as obtaining a guarantee of purity. The Council 
trust that their efforts to secure the greater purit}'' of foodstuffs 
and manures, through the publication of cases of adulteration 
brought to the notice of the Chemical Committee, will receive 
the active sympathy and support of the Members generally. 
26. There has been a considerable increase of work in con- 
nection with the Entomological Section of the Seeds and Plant 
Diseases Committee, owing chiefly to the great number of 
applications for information concerning injuries caused to the 
stems of corn-plants by the Hessian Fly, GJilorops, and the Corn 
Saw Fly, as well as for methods of prevention against the attacks 
of the Ox Warble Fly. Much attention has been given to the 
effect of eelworms, Anguillulidce, upon clover and other crops, to 
the migration of the Hop aphis from hop plants to plum-trees, 
and to the unusual amount of harm caused to peas and beans 
by weevils, Bruchi. 
27. In the Botanical Section the number of samples submitted 
to the Consulting Botanist has been equal to the average. It 
may be stated generally that the quality of the seeds continues 
to improve. The seeds have been true to their kind and re- 
markably free from weeds, though the germination has been 
somewhat lower than usual. Dodder has been met with in 
several clovers. No sample of Florin has been free from Ergot. 
The Council have already referred to the recent reduction, from 
