Reports  of  Committees. 
XIX 
The  Reports  of  the  various  Standing 
Committees  were  then  presented  and 
adopted  as  below  : — 
Finance. 
Sir  Nioel  Kingscote  (Chairman) 
presented  the  customary  statements  of 
receipts  and  expenditure  during  the 
period  since  the  Committee’s  last 
report  in  Julj'.  The  draft  Balance- 
sheet  for  the  Show  of  1904  had  been 
submitted  to  the  Committee,  and  had, 
subject  to  an  adjustment  of  the  item 
for  “rent,”  been  referred  by  them  for 
audit  to  the  Auditors  appointed  by 
the  Members  (see  jtp.  xx-xxiii). 
With  regard  to  the  cost  of  the  staff, 
the  Committee  would  be  able  for  1905 
to  effect  an  economy  of  900/.  per 
annum,  the  Secretary  having  assented 
to  a reduetion  by  300/.  per  annum  in 
the  amount  of  his  .salary  as  fixed  in 
April,  1893,  and  the  Assistant  Direc- 
tor’s salary  having  also  been  reduced 
by  consent  by  200/.  per  annum,  the 
remaining  reductions  representing 
savings  in  clerkage,  &c. 
House. 
Sir  Nigel  Kingscote  (Chairman) 
reported  that  the  Committee  had  given 
renewed  consideration  to  the  question 
of  letting  off  to  tenants  a portion  of 
the  Society’s  house,  and  had  decided 
that  the  four  rooms  on  the  ground  floor 
of  Harewood  House  with  frontages  to 
Hanover  Square  and  Harewood  Place, 
with,  if  found  necessary,  a portion  of 
the  basement,  might  be  set  apart  for 
the  purpose,  and  placed  in  the  hands 
of  agents  for  letting. 
Journal. 
Sir  John  Thorold  (Chairman) 
presented  various  printing  accounts 
for  payment  and  also  the  Committee’s 
proposals  as  to  the  contents  of  Volume 
66  of  the  Journal  to  be  issued  in  respect 
of  the  current  year,  1904.  With  regard 
to  future  Volumes,  the  Committee 
felt  it  would  not  be  practicable  to 
produce  a Journal  on  the  same  lines 
as  at  present,  at  the  cost  of  1,000/.  per 
annum,  as  had  been  suggested ; but  if 
this  limit  were  adhereil  to,  the  Com- 
mittee could  issue  a Volume  containing 
as  its  chief  features  the  Repoits  of  the 
Society’s  various  scientific  officers  and 
the  records  of  the  Society’s  proceedings 
within  approximately  that  limit. 
Chemical  and  Woburn. 
Mr.  Bowen- Jones  (Chairman)  sub- 
mitted for  approval  the  details  of  a 
new  arrangement  proposed  to  be  made 
with  the  Society’s  Consulting  Chemist, 
under  which  a fixed  salary  would  in 
future  years  be  paid  to  Dr.  Voelcker 
as  Consulting  Chemist  to  the  Society 
for  Reports  and  further  information 
required  arising  out  of  his  analytical 
work  or  othei  wise ; for  research  in- 
vestigations conducted  for  the  Society  ; 
for  expert  supervision  of  the  experi- 
mental work  at  the  Woburn  Farm  and 
Pot-culture  Station  : also  for  the 
conduct  of  research  work  under  the 
Hills’  Beeiuest.  The  salaries  of  all 
assistants,  both  at  his  own  laboratory 
and  at  the  Pot-culture  Station,  would 
be  paid  by  Dr.  Voelcker.  Analyses  ft  r 
Members  of  the  Society  to  be  under 
taken  at  his  own  expense  by  Pr 
Voelcker,  who  would  take  the  tees  ( n 
a scale  to  be  approved  by  the  Com- 
mittee, not  , exceeding  the  present 
charges.  The  salary  for  Dr.  Voelcker 
to  be  fixed  at  750/.  per  annum,  from 
which  a charge  not  exceeding  200/. 
would  be  incurrctl  for  the  qualified 
assistant,  &c.,  now  at  the  Pot-culture 
Station,  thus  making  l)r.  Voelcker’s 
personal  remuneration  550/.  a year, 
instead  of  700/.  a year  as  before,  a 
reduction  of  150/.  a year,  to  which  Dr. 
Voelcker  hud  generously  signified  his 
assent.  A report  was  also  presented 
as  to  the  operations  of  the  Woburn 
Farm. 
Botanical  and  Zoological. 
Mr.  Reynard  brought  up  a report 
from  this  Committee  dealing  with  the 
Society’s  expeiiments  as  to  the  era- 
dication of  weeds,  the  inspection  during 
the  past  season  of  the  experimental 
grass  plots,  and  the  forthcoming 
Annual  Reports  of  the  Consulting 
Botanist  and  the  Zoologist. 
Veterinary. 
The  Hon.  Cecil  Parker  (Chair- 
man) reported  that  the  Society’s 
Medal  in  Silver  and  Bronze  had  been 
issued  to  the  candidates  placed  first 
and  second  respectively  at  the  examin- 
ations of  the  Royal  Veterinary  College 
last  July  for  proficiency  in  Cattle 
Pathology,  the  names  of  the  successful 
candidates  being  Mr.  Reginald  L. 
Phillips,  of  Glenleigh,  Marazion, 
