XXXV1L1 
Monthly Council, March 1 , 1893 . 
Seeds and Plant Diseases. 
Mr. Whitehead (Chairman) pre- 
sented the report of the Sub-Com- 
mittee for the selection of a Zoologist, 
which had been received and adopted. 
The full Committee had given detailed 
consideration to the applications and 
testimonials of three candidates, who 
had been selected by the Sub-Com- 
mittee, and each of these gentlemen 
had been interviewed in turn. Having 
very carefully considered the experi- 
ence and qualifications of each of the 
three candidates, the Committee had 
unanimously agreed to recommend that 
Mr. Cecil Warburton, M.A., of Christ’s 
College, Cambridge, be appointed by 
the Council as Zoologist to the Society 
at a commencing salary of 200 1. per 
annum. It was proposed that Mr. 
Warburton should continue to reside 
in Cambridge, where he would have 
the advantages of laboratory facilities 
and of access to the College libraries ; 
and that he should be allowed to 
continue his winter lectures for County 
Councils as at present. The Com- 
mittee recommended that the charge 
of Is. be fixed for information respect- 
ing any animal (quadruped, bird, 
insect, worm, &c.) which in any stage 
of its life affects the farm or rural 
economy generally, with suggestions 
as to methods of prevention and 
remedy in respect to any such animal 
which may be injurious. 
Appointment of Zoologist. 
Mr. Whitehead in formally 
moving “ That Mr. Cecil Warburton, 
M.A., of Christ’s College, Cambridge, 
be elected Zoologist to the Society, at 
a remuneration of 2001. per annum,” 
said that at an unusually full Com- 
mittee held yesterday it was, after most 
careful consideration, unanimously 
decided to recommend the selection 
of Mr. Warburton for the post of 
Zoologist to the Society. His testi- 
monials were of the highest order, and 
his manner and presence, and the 
answers he gave to the Committee, 
were most satisfactory. He thought 
that in Mr. Warburton the Society 
would have an officer who would be 
of the greatest use to agriculturists, 
whilst, at the same time, he would 
have opportunities of enhancing his 
reputation as a zoologist by study and 
independent research. His appoint- 
ment would, the Committee trusted, 
also add prestige to the Society. 
Earl Cathcart, in seconding the 
resolution, said that he cordially 
agreed with every word that Mr. 
Whitehead had said. 
Mr. Warburton was then unani- 
mously appointed. 
Veterinary. 
Sir John Thorold (Chairman) 
announced that the Examiners in 
Cattle Pathology for the Diploma 
of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons in 1892 had reported that 
the following gentlemen, placed in 
order of merit, had become entitled 
to the medals given by the Society : — 
(1) F. L. Clunes, Newcastle-under- 
Lyme ; (2) F. T. G. Hobday, Redhill, 
Surrey. The Committee recom- 
mended, therefore, that the So- 
ciety’s large medal be given in 
silver to Mr. Clunes, and in bronze to 
Mr. Hobday. 
Professor Brown had presented the 
following report : — 
. Plelteo- pneumonia. — During 
the first seven weeks of the present 
year no case of this disease has been 
found among home-bred cat tie, and 
therefore during that period no 
contact cattle had to be slaughtered. 
Nine suspected cattle, however, 
were killed and found on post- 
mortem free from pleuro-pneu- 
monia. In the corresponding 
periods of 1890, 1891, and 1892, the 
diseased cattle killed were 262, 111, 
and 31 respectively ; the contact 
cattle killed were 652, 1,289, and 
450 respectively ; while the sus- 
pected cattle killed in the sameyears 
were nil, 30, and 37 respectively. 
Foot-and-mouth Disease. — • 
A fresh outbreak of this disease has 
occurred since the last meeting of 
the Committee at Pound Farm, 
Guestling, near Hastings. The 
disease first manifested itself 
among four store cattle in a shed, 
and from them it spread to the 
other cattle, about twenty, in other 
parts of the farm buildings, no 
doubt through the same attendant 
feeding all these cattle. There are 
over 250 sheep on the farm, and up 
