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Monthly Council, February 1 , 1893 . 
number of the Journal, and also of 
the reprint of the article oil “ Cbttage 
Sanitation ” appearing therein, which 
had been issued at a cheap price for 
circulation in rural districts by Sani- 
tary and Parochial Committees. The 
Secretary had been instructed to 
send a specimen copy of this reprint 
to the Chairman of the Technical 
Education Committee of each county. 
The issue of a new edition (the 
fourth) of Mr. Whitehead’s Hints on 
Vegetable and Fruit Farming had 
also been reported. The Committee 
had considered the question of the 
appointment of a Commissioner to 
visit selected farms in District G, and 
they agreed upon the name of the 
gentleman who should be asked to 
act — the inspection to be made in 
May or June. Various applications 
for permission to republish articles 
appearing in the Journal had been 
granted on the usual conditions. The 
Secretary had reported that he had 
acquired for the library the missing 
volumes of the Annual Reports of the 
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, thus 
making the Society’s set of this 
valuable publication complete to 
date. The arrangements for the next 
number of the Journal had been con- 
sidered, and directions thereon given 
to the Editor. The Secretary had 
been authorised to arrange for the 
reproduction, as a frontispiece to the 
next number of the Journal, of a 
portrait of Arthur Young, a bio- 
graphy of whom by Mr. Albert Pell 
would appear in the number. 
Chemical. 
Mr. Warren reported the election 
of Viscount Emlyn as Chairman of 
the year. The report of the Woburn 
Sub-Committee had been received and 
adopted, and various matters relating 
to the Chemical Department of the 
Society settled. Dr. Voelckcr had 
laid before the Committee the 
statistics relating to analyses during 
the past year. The Woburn Sub- 
Committee proposed to continue for 
another year the experiments at the 
Society’s farm with bouillie bordelaiso 
as a preventive of potato disease. 
Seeds and Plant Diseases. 
Mr. Whitehead reported his 
election as Chairman of the year. A 
statement had been received from the 
Superintendent (Mr. Giles) of his 
expenses in connection with the 
potato experiments of the past season, 
together with various accounts from 
persons upon whose land the experi- 
ments were made. The Committee 
recommended that a cheque be drawn 
for the balance due to Mr. Giles, and 
that this be forwarded to him, with 
an expression of the Society’s appre- 
ciation of the manner in which he had 
conducted the experiments. Mr. 
Carruthers had undertaken to carry 
out during the coming season further 
experiments with the view of deter- 
mining the exact effect of the bouillie 
bordelaise upon the fungus causing 
the potato disease. A number of 
letters had been read from Professors 
at the Universities and others, depre- 
cating the decision of the Society 
to submit intending candidates for 
the post of Zoologist to a competitive 
examination. After considerable 
discussion, it had been resolved to 
recommend that a new advertisement 
be issued, substituting the following 
for the concluding sentence of the 
original advertisement : — “ Suitable 
candidates may be subjected to an 
examination, or to such other test of 
fitness as the Council may determine.” 
Saturday, February 18th, had been 
appointed as the last day for the 
receipt of further applications. The 
Committee also recommended the 
appointment of a Sub-Committee to 
meet as soon as possible after the 
final date of receiving applications, 
in order to select from the whole of 
the replies received the names of 
those candidates who appeared to 
possess the necessary qualifications 
for the post. The Committee proposed 
to interview these selected candidates 
at their next meeting. In reference 
to Earl Cathcart’s remarks at the last 
meeting of the Council, the Committee 
recommended that an investigation be 
made during the coming season into 
the attacks of finger-and-toe in turnips, 
and that a paper upon this subject 
be prepared for the Journal under the 
direction of the Consulting Botanist. 
Veterinary. 
Sir John Thorold reported his 
election as Chairman of the year. 
The Committee had considered 
