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Monthly Council , February 26 , 1908 . 
permission to hold their meetings at, and have their correspondence directed to 
No. 16 Bedford Square, was, on the motion of Mr. Adeane. acceded to by the 
Council. 
The Reports of the General Newcastle, Journal and Education, and 
Chemical and Woburn Committees having been received and adopted, Mr. 
Stratton asked for some information with regard to the Feeding Experiments 
at the Woburn Farm. 
Dr. Voelcker explained that there would be experiments with sheep on 
the unexhausted mauurial value of different foods, and feeding experiments 
with bullocks on the relative values of two different kinds of mangolds grown 
on the Farm. 
The Report of the Committee of Selection having been received and 
adopted, the President announced the names of those of the newly elected 
Members of Council who were present at the meeting, and, on behalf of the 
Council, he extended to them a very cordial welcome. 
The President said that, with one exception, the suggestions made by 
Members at the Annual General Meeting in December last had been dealt with 
in the Committees’ reports, and as Mr. Hamlyn, who had made the remaining 
suggestion, was present, perhaps they could deal with the matter at that 
meeting. Mr. Hamlyn replied that his suggestion, “ That the Council should 
consider the advisability of approaching the Board of Agriculture to request 
them to take measures to compel butchers selling foreign meat to exhibit a 
notice to that effect,” spoke for itself. His views were all embodied in a letter 
which had appeared in The Standard on December 13, 1907, and if it would 
not take up too much of the Council’s time, he would ask the Secretary to read 
it to the meeting. As however the letter was rather lengthy, it was, at the 
suggestion of the President, agreed to postpone the consideration of 
Mr. Hamlyn’s suggestion until the next meeting. 
Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 
Wednesday, February 26, 1908, at 11 a.m. 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1908. 
At a Monthly Council, held at 16 Bedford Square, W.C., the Right Hon. 
Victor Cavendish, M.P. (President) in the Chair : — 
Present : — Trustees. — Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, the Earl of Coventry, Lord 
Middleton, Lord Morebon, Sir John H. Thorold, Bart. 
Vice-Presidents. — Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, the Right Hon. A. E. Fellowes, the 
Earl of Northbrook, the Hon. C. T. Parker. 
Other Members of the Council. — Mr. George Adams, Mr. Charles R. W. 
Adeane, Mr. T. L. Aveling, Mr. S. N. Bankart, Sir Richard P. Cooper, Bart., 
Sir H. F. de Trafford, Bart., Mr. H. Dudding, Mr. Howard Frank, Mr. R. M. 
Greaves, Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart., Mr. Ernest A. Plamlyn, Mr. Arthur 
Hiscock, Mr. R. W. Hobbs, Mr. Ernest Mathews, Mr. W. A. May, Mr. C. 
Middleton, Mr. T. H. Miller, Mr. T. S. Minton, Mr. W. Nocton, Mr. R. G. 
Patterson, Mr. G. G. Rea, Mr. F. Reynard, Mr. C. C. Rogers, Mr. W. Scoby, 
Mr. E. W. Shackle, Mr. Fred Smith, Mr. H. H. Smith, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, 
Mr. R. Stratton, Mr. H. Tallent, Mr. George Taylor, Mr. C. W. Tindall, 
Mr. A. P. Turner, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler, and Mr. C. W. Wilson. 
The President made reference to the grievous calamity which, since the 
last meeting of the Council, had fallen upon the Royal House of Portugal. 
Having regard not only to the friendly relationship between this country and 
Portugal, but to the friendship that existed between the Royal Families of both 
countries, (he Council would, he was sure, desire to place on record their deep 
sense of sorrow for the death of His Majesty King Carlos and the Crown Prince 
of Portugal, and to express their respectful sympathy to their Majesties King 
Edward and Queen Alexandra in the melancholy circumstances which had 
caused such universal sorrow. 
