xxxviii Monthly Council, February 4, 1891. 
Sir. Sutton seconded, and the mo- 
tion was carried unanimously. 
Suggestions made at General 
Meeting. 
The Council then proceeded to con- 
sider the suggestions made by mem- 
bers at the General Meeting held on 
December 11, 1890, and agreed, on 
the recommendation of the several 
Committees concerned, to reply as 
follows : — 
Mr. George Baeham : That a sum 
not exceeding l.OOOZ. should he ex- 
pended hj the Council, if necessary, 
for the purpose of protecting the intir- 
ests of English Agriculturists in refer- 
ence to the proposed revision of rail- 
way rates by the Board of Trade. 
This has been dealt with by Mr. 
Frankish's motion referred to above. 
Mr. W. Lipscomb : That greater 
piuhlicity should be given to the So- 
ciety's Junior Scholarships. 
As stated by Earl Cathcart at the 
General Meeting, the Society's exami- 
nations are rerularly advertised in 
the agricultural and educational news- 
papers ; and not long ago, when the 
syllabus was revised, it was posted to 
the head master of every grammar 
school in the kingdom. 
Mr. Charles Laurie : That prizes 
should be given for agricultural stal- 
lions and mares, as well as for agri- 
cultural geldings. 
This matter has been considered 
by the Stock Prizes Ci'mmittee, who 
do not recommend any present action 
in the matter, as the question has 
previouslj' been under the considera- 
tion of the Council on several occa- 
sions, and the prizes for agricultural 
horses are this year offered by the 
Doncaster Local Committee. 
Mr. J. Keesley Fowlee: That 
attention shoiild be given to the in- 
strvction of agricultural children upon 
various branches of rural knowledge, 
e.g., plaiits or insects that are valu- 
able 01' injurious to the agriculture of 
their districts. 
The whole question of diagrams of 
plants and insects, and of elementary 
text -books on agricultural subjects, 
is now engaging the attention of the 
Education Committee. 
Surgeon-Major IxCE, M.D. : (1) 
That the Society should hold occa- 
sional meetings for the discu.^'sion of 
subjects of agricultural importance; 
and (2) that it should issu^ a weekly 
Journal. 
(1) Meetings of the kind referred 
to were formerly held, but had to be 
given up on account of the lack of 
interest shown in them by members. 
(2) The Council, having, after full 
consideration, decided last year to 
produce the Journal at quarterly in- 
tervals, are unable now to re- open 
the matter. 
Dates of Forthcoming Meetings. 
Various letters and other docu- 
ments having been read, the Council 
adjourned until Wednesday, March 
4, and it was at the same time ar- 
ranged that the next following meet- 
ing should be held on Wednesday, 
April 8, as the first Wednesday of 
that month (April ]) will fall in 
Easter week. 
