XXII 
Monthly  Council , May  4,  1910. 
WEDNESDAY,  MAY  4,  1910. 
At  a Monthly  Council  held^  at  16  Bedford  Square.  W.C.,  Sir  Gilbert 
Greenall,  Bart.,  (President),  in  the  Chair  : — 
Present : — Trustees. — Mr.  J.  Bowen-Jones,  Lord  Middleton,  Lord  Moreton. 
Vice-Presidents. — H.R.H.  Prince  Christian,  K.G.,  Mr.  C.  R.  W.  Adeane, 
Mr.  Percy  Crutchley,  the  Right  Hon.  A.  E.  Fellowes,  the  Earl  of  Northbrook. 
Other  Members  of  the  Council.- — Mr.  D.  T.  Alexander,  Mr.  T.  L.  Aveling, 
Mr.  H.  Dent  Brocklehurst,  Major-General  J.  F.  Brocklehurst,  Mr.  Richardson 
Carr,  Sir  Richard  P.  Cooper,  Bart.,  the  Hon.  John  E.  Cross,  Mr.  J.  T.  C.  Eadie, 
Mr.  Howard  Frank,  Mr.  W.  T.  Game,  Mr.  R.  M.  Greaves,  Mr.  Joseph  Harris, 
Sir  A.  G.  Hazlerigg,  Bart.,  Mr.  Bayntun  Hippisley,  Mr.  Arthur  Hiscock,  Mr.  R. 
VV.  Hobbs,  Mr.  Alfred  Mansell,  Mr.  Ernest  Mathews.  Mr.  W.  A.  May,  Mr.  C. 
Middleton,  Mr.  T.  S-.  Minton,  Mr.  W.  Nocton,  Mr.  C.  M.  S.  Pilkington, 
Mr.  W.  A.  Prout,  Mr.  F.  Reynard,  Viscount  Ridley,  Mr.  C.  C.  Rogers,  Mr.  W. 
Scoby,  Mr.  Fred  Smith,  Mr.  E.  W.  Stanyforth,  Mr.  George  Taylor,  Mr.  C.  W. 
Tindall,  and  Mr.  L.  C.  Wrigley. 
The  following  Members  of  the  Liverpool  Looal  Committee  were  also 
present : — Mr.  R.  B.  Neilson  and  Mr.  Percy  Corkhill. 
The  Minutes  of  the  last  Meeting  of  the  Council,  held  on  April  6,  1910,  were 
taken  as  read  and  approved. 
Seventy-eight  duly  nominated  candidates  were  admitted  into  the  Society 
as  Members. 
A Report  was  presented  from  the  Veterinary  Committee,  stating — amongst 
other  things — that  further  consideration  had  been  given  to  the  suggestion  made 
by  Mr.  Adeane  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Committee,  that  experiments  should 
be  carried  out  at  the  Woburn  Farm  with  calves  from  tuberculous  cows.  After 
a prolonged  discussion,  it  had  been  moved  by  Mr.  Mansell,  and  seconded  by 
Mr.  Eadie,  that  the  proposed  experiments  with  calves  be  carried  out  at  an 
expenditure  not  exceeding  500Z.  On  a show  of  hands,  however,  the  motion  had 
been  lost  by  six  votes  to  two. 
Mr.  Adeane  asked  leave  to  move  an  amendment  in  the  following  terms,  to 
the  Report  of  the  Veterinary  Committee,  giving  at  length  the  reason  for  his 
action  : 
“ That  the  experiments  suggested  to  the  Veterinary  Committee  for  the  purpose 
of  demonstrating  that  by  means  of  isolation  it  is  possible  to  rear  healthy  stock 
from  tuberculous  parents,  be  referred  back  to  the  Veterinary  Committee  for 
reconsideration,  and  that  they  have  power,  in  conjunction  with  the  Finance 
Committee,  to  act.” 
Speeches  were  also  made  by  Mr.  Bowen-Jones,  Mr.  Mansell,  Mr. 
Richardson  Garr,  Sir  Richard  Cooper,  and  Major-General  Brockle- 
hurst in  favour  of  the  suggested  experiment,  and  by  Mr.  Middleton,  Lord 
Northbrook  (Chairman  of  the  Veterinary  Committee),  and  Mr.  Crutchley 
against  the  suggested  experiment.  Lord  Moreton  proposed  that  a decision  as 
to  the  carrying  out  of  the  experiment  should  be  deferred  until  the  next  monthly 
meeting  of  the  Council.  Lord  Northbrook  having  expressed  his  willingness 
to  accept  a suggestion  made  by  Mr.  Crutchley,  that  the  matter  should 
be  decided  by  the  Council  that  day,  the  original  amendment  was,  by  the 
consent  of  the  meeting,  withdrawn. 
Mr.  Adeane  then  moved  and  Mr.  Mansell  seconded  : 
"That  the  experiments  suggested  to  the  Veterinary  Committee,  for  the  purpose 
of  demonstrating  that  by  means  of  isolation  it  is  possible  to  rear  healthy  stock 
from  tuberculous  parents,  be  referred  to  the  Chemical  and  Woburn  and  Veterinary 
Committees,  and  that  they  be  asked  to  carry  them  outforthwith,  at  a total  cost  not 
exceeding  8001.  to  cover  the  three  years.” 
The  amendment  being  put  to  the  vote,  was,  on  a show  of  hands,  declared 
carried  21  voting  for  and  14  against. 
The  Report  of  the  Veterinary  Committee,  subject  to  the  above  amendment, 
was  then  received  and  adopted. 
