clxxviii Monthly Council, December 9, 1891. 
of lOOZ. had been made to the Society 
under the will of the late Mr. J. P. 
Stocker.who had been a member of the 
Society for nearly forty years. He be- 
lieved this was almostthe first instance 
of a bequest having been made to the 
Society by a member, but he hoped 
the example might prove contagious. 
House, 
Sir Nigel Kingscote (Chairman) 
reported that, at the request of the 
authorities, a loan had been made to 
the Victorian Exhibition of the 
plaster model of the third Earl 
Spencer, and of three lithographs and 
placards relating to the first Meeting 
of the Society held at Oxford in 18.39. 
The Committee had met seven times 
and made seven reports. 
Journal. 
Mr. Whitehead reported that the 
final arrangements for the next 
number of the Journal had been con- 
sidered and approved. Various sug- 
gestions for articles and notes in the 
Journal had been discussed. A re- 
quest from Messrs. Spottiswoode and 
Co., for an increase of their charge 
to members for the binding of the 
Journal, from 2s. to 2s. 3d. per vol- 
ume, on account of the increase of 
wages in the book-binding trade, had 
been acceded to. Applications from 
Miss Ormerod for permission to re- 
print from her report on the diamond- 
back moth, and from the Conserva- 
toire National des Arts et Metiers, 
of Paris, for the use of blocks illus- 
trating the report on the compound 
engines tried at Newcastle in 1887, 
had been granted on the usual condi- 
tions. The Committee had met nine 
times and made nine reports. 
Chemical. 
Mr. Waeeen reported that the 
annual report for 1891 of the Con- 
sulting Chemist had been received, 
and would appear in the nest number 
of the Journal (see page 835). The 
draft Quarterly Report of the Com- 
mittee had been considered and 
adopted. A letter from the Nether- 
lands Chamber of Commerce, refer- 
ring to a resolution pa.ssed at the 
International Agricultural Congress 
at The Hague, on the subject of the 
adulteration of food, and suggesting 
the formation of an International 
Convention, had been considered. 
The Committee had given a general 
approval of the proposal, and recom- 
mended that it should be brought to 
the notice of the Board of Agricul- 
ture. The Committee had met eight 
times and made eight reports. 
On the motion of Mr. Warren, 
the Quarterly Report of the Chemical 
Committee was adopted by the Coun- 
cil, and ordered to be published in 
tlie next number of the Society's 
Journal (see page 814). 
Seeds and Plant Diseases. 
Mr. Whitehead (Chairman) pre- 
sented the report of the Potato Sub- 
Committee on the experiments with 
" Bouillie Bordelaise," which had been 
conducted dm-ing the past season 
(see page 828). The Committee re- 
commended that a letter should be 
addressed to Mr. E. Riley, expressing 
the Society's appreciation of the 
satisfactory manner in which he had 
conducted the experiments. The 
annual reports for 1891 of the Con- 
sulting Botanist and Hon. Consulting 
Entomologist were submitted, and 
were recommended for publication in 
the next number of the Journal (see 
pages 845 and 849). The Committee 
had met seven times and made seven 
reports. 
Proposed International Fruit 
Exhibition in 1892. 
The Secretary read a letter from 
Sir James Whitehead, seeking the 
Society's support to a proposed Inter- 
national Fruit Exhibition in London 
next year, and asking the Council to 
nominate a gentleman upon the Pro- 
visional Committee. 
Mr. Whitehead thought it would 
be a graceful act on the part of the 
Society to support Sir James White- 
head in this matter, and he hoped the 
Council would encourage fruit-grow- 
ingin tlie mannersuggcsted. It seemed 
to him that the proposed exhibition 
would both directly and indirectly 
encourage the growth of fruit in this 
country, by showing farmers and 
others how satisfactorily fruit could 
be grown and packed by otlier nations. 
Especially with regard to apples was 
it most desirable to level up to the 
colour and quality of the apples pro* 
