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Monthly  Council,  June  23,  1910. 
member  during  the  forthcoming  Show  at  Liverpool  ; the  formal  election  of 
such  candidate  to  be  considered  by  the  Council  at  their  next  ordinary 
meeting." 
In  presenting  the  Report  of  the  General  Liverpool  Committee,  which 
was  adopted,  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  took  the  opportunity  of  saying  how 
grateful  they  all  were  to  the  Lord  Mayor  of  Liverpool  for  the  trouble  he 
had  taken.  In  spite  of  the  heavy  work  which  fell  to  his  lot,  he  had  entered 
heart  and  soul  into  everything  calculated  to  help  the  forthcoming  Show, 
the  success  of  which  would  be  largely  due  to  his  efforts,  and  the  way  in 
which  he  had  been  supported  by  the  Local  Committee,  to  whom  the  Society 
owed  a deep  debt  of  gratitude. 
The  Report  of  the  Veterinary  Committee  was  received  and  adopted, 
including  the  following  minute  with  regard  to  the  Demonstration  with  Calves 
sanctioned  by  the  Council  at  their  last  Meeting  : — 
“Tlie  Committee  unanimously  desire  to  place  on  record  tbeir  opinion,  and  that 
of  their  Veterinary  Advisor,  that  the  proposed  demonstration  is.  from  the  veterinary 
point  of  view,  unnecessary,  and  the  reasons  adduced  in  support  of  it,  do  not  justify 
the  proposed  expenditure  on  either  educational  or  practical  grounds. 
“They  further  desire  to  protest  against  the  decision  of  the  Council  to  incur  a 
large  expenditure  in  demonstrating  acknowledged  facts,  while  the  requests  recently 
made  by  the  Committee  for  a smaller  sum  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  useful  veterin- 
ary research  and  investigation  have  been  refused." 
Lord  Northbrook,  in  moving  the  adoption  of  this  report,  pointed  out 
that  the  Committee  had  carried  out  the  instructions  of  the  Council  to  make 
arrangements  for  the  proposed  demonstration  with  calves  by  appointing  four 
Members  to  serve  on  a Joint  Committee.  He  desired  to  add  to  the  four- 
gentlemen  mentioned  the  names  of  Mr.  Carr  and  Mr.  Adeane,  who  had  taken 
a great  interest  in  this  movement,  and  he  understood  that  Mr.  Bowen-Jones 
would  be  willing  to  second  the  proposal.  His  Lordship  quoted  a Memorandum 
by  Sir  John  McFadyean  containing  suggestions  for  carrying  out  the  proposed 
demonstration,  and  made  an  explanatory  statement  with  regard  to  the 
expressions  of  opinion  contained  in  the  Committee’s  Report.  After  remarks 
by  Mr.  Harold  Swithinbank  (Governor)  the  report  of  the  Veterinary 
Committee  was  received  and  adopted  ; and  it  was  moved  by  Lord  North- 
brook, seconded  by  Mr.  Bowen-Jones,  and  resolved,  that  a Committee  be 
appointed  to  carry  out  the  proposed  experiment  with  calves,  consisting  of 
Lord  Northbrook.  Sir  John  McFadyean,  Mr.  Alfred  Mansell,  and  Mr.  Harold 
Swithinbank,  representing  the  Veterinary  Committee,  and  Mr.  Bowen-Jones, 
Mr.  Reynard.  Mr.  Luddington,  and  Dr.  Voelcker,  representing  the  Chemical 
and  Woburn  Committee,  with  Mr.  Adeane  and  Mr.  Richardson  Carr. 
Mr.  Rogers  mentioned  that  since  the  last  meeting  of  the  Council  he  had 
met  representatives  of  the  Lancashire  branch  of  the  Royal  English  Arbori- 
cultural  Society  for  the  purpose  of  arranging  the  itinerary  of  the  judges  of 
the  Plantation  and  Nurseries  Competition.  The  Judges  had  now  completed 
their  inspection,  and  their  awards  would  be  made  known  in  due  course. 
Other  business  having  been  transacted,  the  Council  adjourned  until  the 
week  of  the  Liverpool  Show. 
THURSDAY,  JUNE  23,  1910. 
At  a meeting  of  the  Council  held  in  the  Showyard  at  Liverpool,  Sir  Gilbert 
Greenall,  Bart.  (President),  in  the  Chair  : — 
Present : — Trustees. — Mr.  J.  Bowen-Jones,  Mr.  F.  S.  W.  Cornwallis,  the 
Earl  of  Coventry,  the  Duke  if  Devonshire,  Lord  Middleton,  Sir  John  H. 
Thorold,  Bart. 
Vice- Presidents. — Mr.  C.  R.  W.  Adeane,  Mr.  Percy  Crutchley,  the  Hon. 
Cecil  T.  Parker. 
