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Monthly Council, May 3, 1893. 
cise form of which had not yet been 
settled — but which amounted in all 
to another 2,350 1 . They had, there- 
fore, already secured more than a 
quarter of the total sum required. It 
was proposed now to make a general 
issue of the prospectus amongst 
members and others who were likely 
to subscribe, and they hoped that, in 
order that their arrangements might 
not be delayed, members of Council 
would not only take up some of the 
Stock themselves, but would use all 
their efforts to place it also amongst 
their friends. The Committee pro- 
posed to hold another meeting on 
Tuesday next to consider the question 
as to obtaining plans for the new 
building, and they recommended that 
Sir Matthew Ridley be added to the 
Committee. 
Journal. 
Earl Cathcart (Chairman) re- 
ported that the Committee had passed 
various accounts for printing, &c., 
which they had referred to the 
Finance Committee for payment. 
Directions had been given to the 
Editor in regard to the contents of 
the forthcoming number of the 
Journal, and various suggestions for 
articles and notes had been con- 
sidered. 
Chemical. 
Mr. Warren stated that the Report 
of the Woburn Sub-Committee had 
been received and adopted. The 
revised statement of Chemical Privi- 
leges, &c., had been laid upon the 
table, and the Committee recom- 
mended that it be issued forthwith, 
copies being sent to all members of 
the Council and to the members of 
the Society who were accustomed to 
send samples for analysis. Various 
letters arising out of recent Quarterly 
Reports of the Committee had been 
considered, and the Committee pre- 
sented their recommendations there- 
on. 
Woburn Experimental Farm. 
Mr. Warren said he was happy in 
being able to inform the Council 
that the present Duke of Bedford 
had expressed his wish to provide for 
the carrying on of the experimental 
farm at Woburn as heretofore. 
(Cheers.) 
The President said he felt sure 
the Council would wish the sincere 
and grateful thanks of the Society to 
be conveyed to the Duke of Bedford 
for his munificence in providing for 
the carrying on of the invaluable 
experiments that had now been in 
progress at Woburn during the last 
seventeen years, and the continuance 
of which was so important in the 
general interests of agriculture. 
(Hear, hear.) 
Seeds and Plant Diseases. 
Mr. Whitehead (Chairman) re- 
ported that Mr. Carruthers had 
undertaken to prepare by the end of 
May an article on “ Finger-and-Toe 
in Turnips,” to be published in the 
next number of the Journal. In 
reference to the inquiry to be made 
this season into the nature of this 
disease, decided upon by the Council 
upon the recommendation of the 
Committee in February last, the 
Committee recommended that the 
Consulting Chemist and the Consult- 
ing Botanist be instructed to draw up 
a scheme for such an inquiry from 
their respective points of view. Mr. 
Warburton had reported that he had 
received, since his appointment as 
Zoologist, a number of applications 
from members as to various common 
insect attacks. The Committee 
recommended that prizes for jams, 
preserved fruits and vegetables, and 
cider and perry, be offered in connec- 
tion with the Cambridge Meeting, of 
the same amount and in the same 
classes as at Chester. 
Finger-and-Toe in Turnips. 
Earl Cathcart, in reference to the 
proposed inquiry into the disease of 
tinger-and-toe in turnips, said that 
the coirespondence which he had 
received showed the subject to be one 
of great urgency, and no time should 
be lost in taking the necessary steps. 
Mr. Carruthers had undertaken to 
write a paper for the Dext. number of 
the Journal upon what was already 
known in regard to the disease, and 
with the view of eliciting the experi- 
ence of those who had suffered from 
it. Dr. Voelcker had drawn up a 
scheme for an inquir y from a chemical 
point of view, and he (Lord Cathcart) 
