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Monthly  Council,  July  27,  1904. 
they  considered  ‘‘fair  under  the  cir- 
cumstances.” Dr.  Voelcker,  however, 
pointed  out  that  this  allowance  was 
totally  inadequate,  and  that  the  pur- 
cha.ser  was  entitled  to  claim  quite  21.  a 
ton.  An  allowance  to  this  extent  was 
ultimately  made  by  the  vendors,  and 
accepted. 
3.  Sulphate  of  Copper. — It  is  well  to 
point  out  that  samples  of  sulphate  of 
copper  sent  for  analysis  should  be  put 
in  glass  bottles  or  wooden  boxes,  as  if 
placed  in  common  tins  (tinned  iron)  a 
possible  source  of  error  may  be  intro- 
duced, owing  to  the  salt  acting  upon  the 
metal  and  causing  the  iron  to  rust. 
(Signed) 
J.  Augustus  Voelcker. 
13  Hanover  Square,  TV. 
July  26, 1904. 
Mr.  Bowen-Jones  said  it  was  the 
intention  of  the  Committee  to  go  into 
matters  during  the  recess,  with  the 
object  of  reporting  what  the  views 
of  the  Committee  were  with  respect 
Co  tlie  objects,  scope,  and  methods  to 
be  adopted  in  carrying  out  the  work 
connected  with  the  Chemical  Depart- 
ment of  tlie  Society.  He  desired  to 
express  the  sincere  regret  of  the  Com- 
mittee at  the  loss  of  their  colleague,  Mr. 
Terry,  who  had  done  such  excellent 
work  in  a practical  way  in  assisting  the 
Society,  and  especially  in  connection 
with  the  work  of  the  Woburn  Farm. 
On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Bowen- Jones, 
seconded  by  Mr.  Reynard,  Mr.  Chris- 
toplier  Middleton  was  added  to  the 
Committee. 
Botanical  and  Zoological. 
Mr. Wheeler  (Chairman)  presented 
a Report  by  Mr.  Cecil  Waiburton,  the 
Society’s  Zoologist.  The  Consulting 
Chemist  and  Consulting  Botanist  had 
inspected  and  reported  upon  the 
present  condition  of  the  j)lots  in 
various  parts  of  the  country  on  which 
tlie  Society’s  grass  experiments  were 
carried  out,  and  the  Committee  recom- 
mended that  the  Report  be  published 
in  the  next  Volume  of  the  Journal 
(see  page  31G). 
Veterinary. 
Sir  John  Thorold  reported  with 
regret  the  death  of  Professor  J.  B. 
Simonds,  the  Society’s  senior  Con- 
sulting Veterinary  Surgeon.  An  in- 
timation was  received  from  the  Royal 
Veterinary  College  that  at  this  year’s 
examination  of  veterinary  students  for 
the  Society’s  medals,  the  silver  medal 
had  been  gained  bj^  Mr.  Reginald  L. 
Phillips,  of  Glenleigh,  Marazion,  and 
the  bronze  medal  by  Mr.  Ralph  Bennett, 
of  13  Kastern  Road,  Romford. 
Sir  Nkjel  Kingscote  moved  that 
Professor  McFadycan  be  asked  to 
accept  the  honorary  office  of  Consulting 
Veterinary  Surgeon  to  the  Society,  in 
the  room  of  the  late  Professor  Simonds. 
He  could  say  from  his  own  experience 
that  Professor  McFadyean  had  really 
been  acting  in  the  capacity  of  Con- 
sulting Veterinary  Surgeon  to  the 
Society  for  a long  time  past,  and  he 
had  worked  just  as  hard  for  this 
Society  as  for  the  College. 
Mr.  Sanday  seconded  the  motion, 
and  it  was  carried  unanimously. 
Professor  McFadyean,  in  reply, 
said  he  not  only  accepted  the  Council’s 
appointment,  but  he  regarded  it  as  a 
great  honour— an  honour  to  succeed 
such  an  eminent  man  as  the  late 
Professor  Simomls,  and  also  to  be 
associated  with  Professor  Sir  George 
Brown.  Any  services  which  he  could 
render  to  the  Society  he  should  always 
be  ready'  to  give. 
Stock  Prizes. 
Mr.  Sanday  (Chairman)  reported 
that  the  results  of  the  sales  by  auction 
in  the  showyard  at  Park  Royal  had 
been  as  follows  : — Thirty-seven  horses 
were  entered  for  sale,  and  five  were 
sold  for  724/.  lO.s'. ; 124  cattle  were 
entered  for  sale,  and  fifty-one  were 
sold  for  3,517/.  l().s'. ; twenty- five  sheep 
were  entered  for  sale,  and  thirteen 
were  sold  for  421/.  l.<. ; 116  pigs  were 
entered  for  sale,  of  which  fifty-five 
were  sold  for  412/.  18.s\  3^.  The  total 
amount  realised  by  the  sales  was 
5,075/.  19j>\  3d.,  as  against  3,272/.  ll.«. 
in  1903. 
Implement. 
Mr.  Frankish  (Chairman)  reported 
that  the  Judges  of  Miscellaneous  Im- 
plements at  the  recent  Show  had 
awarded  silver  medals  to  seven  “New 
Implements.” 
Showyard  Works. 
Mr.  Crutchley  (Chairman)  re- 
ported that  various  matters  relating  to 
the  recent  Show  at  Park  Royal  had 
been  settleil  by  the  Committee. 
Selection. 
Sir'JoHN  Thorold  (Chairman)  re- 
ported the  recommendation  of  the 
