Monthly Council , February 26, 1908. 
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The minutes of the last meeting of the Council held on Wednesday, 
January 29, 1908, were taken as read and approved. 
Fifty-six duly nominated candidates were admitted into the Society as 
Members under By-law 2. 
The report of the Finance Committee having been received and adopted, 
Mr. Adeank (Chairman of the Committee) explained the various items of the 
Balance Sheet and Statement of Ordinary Receipts and Expenditure for the year 
1907, and presented the Committee’s Estimates of Receipts and Expenditure 
for the ensuing year, which were approved. 
On the motion of the Hon. Cecil T. Parker, seconded by Mr. Richard 
Stratton, it was unanimously resolved that a contribution of 257. be made to 
the Tuberculosis (Animals) Committee towards the expenses of the investiga- 
tions of that Committee. 
The Council then proceeded to consider the suggestion made by Mr. 
Hamlyn at the Annual General Meeting, which had been postponed from the 
last Meeting of the Council, held on January 29 “ 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.” Mr. Hamlyn explained his reasons for having brought 
the subject forward, and made a statement in support of his suggestion. After 
observations by Mr. Bowen-Jones, however, the President expressed the 
opinion that the further discussion of the matter would be contrary to the 
Society’s Charter. Mr. Hamlyn replied that he was entirely in the hands of 
the Meeting, and, in withdrawing his suggestion, said he had no doubt the 
question would be brought forward in some of the other Societies. 
The Earl of Northbrook (Chairman of the Veterinary Committee) 
having referred to the recent outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Scotland, 
a discussion ensued, in which the Right Hon. Ailwyn E. Fellowes, Mr. C. 
Middleton, Mr. S. N. Bankart, Lord Northbrook and Mr. G. G. Rea 
took part. Eventually, it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr. 
Fellowes, seconded by Mr. Bankart, that a letter be written to the Board 
of Agriculture expressing the hope that, in view of the outbreaks of Foot-and- 
Mouth Disease, the Board might see their way ( 1 ) to prohibit the movement 
into England of animals from Scotland, and (2) to extend the existing prohibi- 
tion of the importation of Hay and Straw in the form of food and litter, to 
imported Hay and Straw used in packing and for packing purposes. 
On the motion of Sir John Thorold (Chairman of the Committee of 
Selection), seconded by Mr. Adeane, Dr. William Saunders, C.M.G., F.R.S.C., 
F.L.S., Director of Experimental Farms, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 
Canada, was unanimously elected an Honorary Member of the Society. 
Sir Gilbert Greenall (Honorary Director) reported the completion of 
the Ploughing Competitions promoted by the' proprietors of the Newcastle 
Chronicle in the counties of Northumberland and Durham. The final trials 
for the two championships took place on February 7, at Hipsburn, near 
Alnmouth, on the farm of Sir Henry Scott, to whom the Society was greatly 
indebted, not only for providing the land on which the trials took place, but 
for the kind hospitality he dispensed on that occasion. Amongst those present 
on the 7th instant had been Mr. Cavendish (their President), the Duke of 
Northumberland, and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, in addition to whom there 
were upwards of 5,000 spectators. He (Sir Gilbert) thought the Council 
would wish that their best thanks should be conveyed to the proprietors of the 
Newcastle Chronicle for their generosity in providing the prizes and expenses 
of the trials, and also to Mr. James Mowitt, under whose management the 
competitions had been so satisfactorily carried out. 
A vote of thanks was accordingly unanimously passed by the Council, on 
the motion of the President, seconded by Sir Gilbert Greenall. 
Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned until 
Wednesday, April 1, 1908, at 11 a.m. 
