Reports  of  Committees. 
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Finance. 
Sir  Nigel  Kingscote  (Chairman) 
reported  that  the  accounts  for  the 
month  of  March,  1904,  showed 
receipts  amounting  to  5,623Z.  14.«.  Irf., 
and  expenditure  amounting  to  4,978Z. 
5.S.  Irf.  (including  tlie  sum  of  .3,OOOZ. 
repaid  to  the  Society’s  bankers). 
Accounts  amounting  in  all  to  768?. 
2.1.  1(7.  had  been  passed. 
Sir  Nigel  Kingscote  also  pre- 
sented a Report  by  the  Sub-committee 
appointed  on  December  9,  1903,  “to 
consider  and  report  to  the  Council 
what  alterations,  if  any,  should  be 
made  in  the  organisation  and  duties 
of  the  Staff  in  Hanover  Square  and  at 
the  showj^ard,  and  whether  any  and 
what  economies  in  the  general  ad- 
ministration of  the  affairs  of  the 
Society  can  be  effected,  and  in  what 
way  its  revenues  may  be  increased.” 
After  some  preliminary  discussion,  it 
was  decided  that  the  report  in  question 
should  be  circulated  amongst  the 
Council  with  a view  to  its  considera- 
tion at  their  next  meeting,  which  was 
fixed  for  11.30  a.m.  on  Wednesday, 
May  4. 
Journal. 
Sir  John  Thokold  (Chairman) 
reported  the  issue  of  Volume  64  of  the 
Journal,  and  the  completion  of  the 
delivery  of  the  copies  to  Members. 
The  net  cost  of  the  production  of  this 
Volume  had  amounted  to  1,398?.,  as 
compared  with  1,665?.  for  Volume  63, 
this  representing  a saving  of  267?. 
The  Committee  recommended  the 
publication  as  soon  as  ready  of  two 
pamphlets  on  Fruit  and  Vegetable 
Farming,  prepared  respectively  by 
Mr.  Charles  Whitehead  and  Mr.  James 
Udale.  The  price  of  these  pamphlets 
had  been  fixed  at  one  shilling  each. 
They  also  recommended  that  in 
future  Members  of  the  Society  be 
allowed  the  privilege  of  purchasing  at 
half  price  copies  of  the  Society’s 
pamphlets  that  are  issued  at  the  price 
of  not  less  than  1.?.,  the  applications 
for  copies  to  be  made  direct  to  the 
Society. 
Chemical  and  Woburn. 
Mr.  Bowen -Jones  (Chairman) 
presented  a Report  relating  to  the 
Society’s  Experimental  Farm  at 
Woburn. 
Botanical  and  Zoological. 
Mr.  Wheeler  (Chairman)  pre- 
sented a Report  from  the  Consulting 
Botanist,  which  stated  that  two 
mixtures,  being  the  hay  seeds  grown 
on  the  farm  to  be  used  for  sowing, 
contained  the  following  ingredients, 
together  with  some  chaff ; — 
(1) 
(2) 
Per  cent. 
Per  cent. 
Trefoil 
30  . 
. 25 
Rib  grass  . 
22 
. 20 
Suckling  clover 
14 
. 15 
Rye  grass  . 
13 
. 17 
Brome  grass 
0 
. 7 
Fescues 
6 
. 7 
Cocksfoot  . 
4 
■ 
Buttercup  . 
i . 
• -i 
Sorrel 
1 
— 
Chickweed 
i . 
— 
Dock  . 
— 
Yorkshire  fog  . 
100 
. ll 
100 
It  was  not  necessary  to  observe  how 
worthless  such  mixtures  would  be. 
Veterinary. 
The  Hon.  Cecil  Parker  (Chair- 
man) reported  that  the  information 
reaching  the  Laboratory  at  the  Royal 
Veterinary  College  indicated  that 
since  the  beginning  of  the  year  the 
general  health  of  farm  stock  had  not 
been  below  the  average  in  spite  of 
the  excessive  rainfall,  and  the  excep- 
tional losses  which  were  anticipated 
among  sheep  from  “ rot  ” had  not  so 
far  been  experieneed  in  any  part  of 
the  country. 
Stock  Prizes. 
Mr.  Sanday  (Chairman)  reported 
that  arrangements  had  been  made  in 
concei't  with  the  Polo  and  Riding 
Pony  Society  (who  had  generously 
made  a grant  of  25?.  towards  the 
prizes)  for  Bending  and  other  Com- 
petitions for  Polo  Ponies  to  take  plaee 
during  the  Show  in  June  next. 
Implement. 
Mr.  Frankish  (Chairman)  reported 
that  the  Allotment  Sub-committee 
had  met  on  Wednesday,  March  30, 
and  arranged  the  position  of  the 
Stands  in  the  Implement  Department 
of  the  showyard. 
General  Show. 
The  Hon.  Cecil  Parker  presented 
a Report  relating  to  the  detailed 
organisation  of  the  Show  of  1904. 
