Reports  of  Committees. 
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decision  would  be  arrived  at  as  to  what 
should  be  the  nature  and  extent  of  the 
Society’s  operations  for  the  future,  in 
view  of  the  probable  income  that  it  can 
expect  from  the  promises  meanwhile 
made  to  it. 
Middleton, 
President. 
13  Hanover  Square,  London,  W. 
July  27.  1904. 
House. 
Sir  Nigel  Kingscote  (Chaii-man) 
reported  that  the  Committee  were 
continuing  their  inquiries  as  to  the 
possibility  of  letting  off  to  some 
other  society  or  organisation  such  of 
the  rooms  in  Harewood  House  as 
might  not  be  required  for  the  Society’s 
own  purposes. 
Journal. 
Sir  John  Thorold  (Chairman)  re- 
ported that  a demand  had  arisen  for 
the  “Conclusions”  at  the  end  of 
Mr.  A.  D.  Hall’s  article,  on  “The 
Manuring  of  Grass  Lands.”  in  the 
last  Volume  of  the  Journal,  for  dis- 
tribution by  landowners  amongst 
their  tenants.  The  Committee  recom- 
mended, therefore,  that  copies  of  these 
“ Conclusions  ” be  reprinted  as  a 
leaflet  of  two  pages.  Copies  were  laid 
upon  the  table  of  the  three  pamphlets 
relating  to  forestry,  which  were  issued 
in  connection  with  the  recent  British 
Forestry  Exhibition,  viz.,  (1)  “The 
Management  and  Planting  of  British 
Woodlands,”  by  Professor  Charles 
E.  Curtis;  (2)  “The  Conversion  of 
Home-gi'own  Timber,”  by  Robert 
Anderson  ; and  (3)  “ Insects  Injurious 
to  Forest  Trees,”  by  Cecil  Warburton. 
These  pamphlets  were  now  available 
at  the  rate  of  1.';.  per  copy,  or  6d.  to 
Members,  direct  from  the  Society. 
Chemical  and  Woburn. 
Mr.  Bowen- Jones  (Chairman)  re- 
ported that  the  annual  inspection  of 
the  Woburn  Experimental  Farm  by 
the  Council  had  taken  place  on  July  7, 
and  that  visits  had  also  been  paid  to 
the  farm  by  twenty-three  farmers 
from  the  surrounding  district  on 
July  11,  and  by  fifty-three  members 
of  the  Leicestershire  Chamber  of 
Agriculture  on  July  25.  In  com- 
pliance with  a request  from  the 
Botanical  Department  of  the  British 
Museum,  who  were  making  wax 
models  of  wheat  plants  in  different 
stages,  samples  of  growing  wheat 
had  been  forwarded  from  the  farm. 
The  Consulting  Chemist  had  pre- 
sented the  following  Report  which  the 
Committee  recommended  for  publica- 
tion with  the  proceedings  of  the 
Council : — 
Report  of  Consulting  Chemist. 
1.  Inferior  Ground  .Lime. — A Member 
of  the  Society  made  in  May,  1903,  a pur- 
chase of  10  tons  of  ground  lime  from  a 
firm  of  merchants  at  York,  the  lime 
costing  18.S.  9<i.  per  ton,  carriage  paid. 
On  receiving  delivery,  he  thought  it  felt 
very  gritty,  and  so  sent  a sample  to  Dr. 
Voelcker  for  analysis,  when  he  received 
the  following  report : — 
June  10,  1903. 
Percentage  of — 
Lime  (CaO)  ....  64'05 
Oxide  of  iron  and  alumina  5'79 
Silica 1518 
" This  is  a very  inferior  and  impure 
lime.  There  is  over  20  per  cent. of  it 
that  is  stone  and  and  other  matters 
not  ground  lime.” 
On  receiving  tliis  report  the  purchaser 
claimed  an  allowance,  but,  the  vendors 
offering  none,  he  declined  to  pay  the 
account,  and  >o  the  matter  dragged  on 
until  May,  19n4,  when  it  was  closed  hy 
the  vendors  accepting  a payment  of  60 
per  cent,  of  the  account. 
2.  Impure  Bone  Meal. — A Member  of 
the  .Society  residing  in  Suffolk  sent,  on 
April  12,  tor  analysis  a sample  of  what 
had  been  invoiced  to  him  as  “Bone 
Meal,”  the  price  being  5/.  2«.  M.  per  ton 
delivered.  The  report  returned  by  Dr. 
Voelcker  was : — 
April  20,  1904. 
Moisture  ....  8T4 
®Organic  matter  . . . 43T7 
Phosphate  of  lime  . . 24  84 
Carbonate  of  lime,  &c.  . 16'21 
Sand 7‘64 
10000 
•Containing  nitrogen  . . 2'86 
Equal  to  ammonia  . . 3'47 
“This  is  not  genuine  bone  meal, 
nor  is  it  worth  . nything  like  the 
price  (5Z.  2s.  6d.  per  ton)  you  are  asked 
for  it.  A genuine  sample  should 
give  45  per  cent,  of  phosphate  of 
lime  at  least,  with  over  4 per  cent, 
of  ammonia.  In  this  sample  I find 
a quantity  of  cereal  husks,  as  from 
oats  and  barley.  There  is  also  high 
sand  and  rather  much  sulphate  of 
lime,  with  excessive  carbonate  of 
lime.” 
The  accuracy  of  the  sample  or  analysis 
was  not  called  into  question,  but  the 
vendors  stated  that  the  delivery  (one  of 
3i  tons)  was  sent  direct  from  a parcel 
which  they  had  bought,  but  which  was 
not  seen  by  them  before  loading ; it 
was  guaranteed  to  them  as  being  pure 
English  bone  meal  of  the  best  quality 
and  analysis.  Subsequently,  the  vendors 
wrote  enclosing  a credit  note  for  allow- 
ance at  the  rate  of  10s.  per  ton,  which 
