liejports of Committees. 
Jonrnal. 
Earl Cathcart (Chairman) re- 
ported the concurrence of the Com- 
mittee in the recommendation made 
by the Special Committee that the 
Secretary should be released from his 
responsibilities as Editor of the 
Journal, and that Dr. Freara be ap- 
pointed Editor. The Committee pre- 
sented their recommendations for the 
payment of various accounts for 
literary contributions and printing 
in connection with Part III. of the 
Journal, published on September 30 
last. The Committee had considered 
the proposed arrangements for the 
next number of the Journal, and had 
given directions to the Editor thereon, 
as well as with regard to a number of 
sug-gestions for articles and notes 
which had been received from various 
correspondents. Applications from 
the Hanover Konigliche Landwirt- 
schafts-Gesellschaft and from the 
Institut National Agronomique at 
Paris, for free copies of the Journal, 
had been granted. The Committee 
recommended that the thanks of the 
Society be given to Mr. Walter Gilbey 
for his presentation to the library of 
a valuable collection of old agricul- 
tural works, and they reported the 
acquisition by purchase for the library 
of various modern agricultural books. 
Earl Cathcart remarked that 
they were exceedingly indebted to 
Mr. Gilbey, on this as on many other 
occasions, for his kind generosity and 
thoughtfulness in presenting to the 
library some rare and valuable works 
on agriculture. They were also in- 
debted to Miss Ormerod for a copy of 
her new Text Book on Agricultural 
Entomology, which would be very 
valuable for educational and scholas- 
tic purposes. 
Chemical. 
Mr. Warren stated that the Re- 
port of the Woburn Sub-Committee 
had been received and adopted. Dr. 
Voelcker had reported his visits to 
the Experiments of the Norfolk 
Chamber of Agriculture and to those 
of the Essex Agricultural Society. 
A correspondence relative to the 
adulteration practised with rape 
cake used as manure had been read, 
and Dr. Voelcker had undertaken to 
refer to this subject in his annual 
report. A letter had been received 
from the North Wales University 
College, at Bangor, asking permission 
for Dr. Voelcker to give a course of 
chemical lectures at the College, in 
connection with the Board of Agri- 
culture’s scheme for the instruction 
of dairy teachers, but the Committee 
were of opinion that Dr. Voelcker’s 
services could not be spared at the 
time named, and that therefore the 
request could not be acceded to. 
Seed and Plant Diseases. 
Mr. Whitehead (Chairman) re- 
ported the conclusion of the potato 
experiments conducted during the 
past season, and stated that the Com- 
mittee would bring up a report on 
the results of the experiments at the 
next meeting. A letter had been 
received from Miss Ormerod as to 
the inquiries which she had received 
and dealt with on behalf of the 
Society during the recess, and the 
thanks of the Council were ordered 
to be sent for the information giv'en. 
The Committee had considered the 
arrangements to be made in conse- 
quence of Aliss Ormerod’s resignation 
of the post of Hon. Consulting Ento- 
mologist, and^ they recommended 
that a Consulting Naturalist to the 
Society be appointed. If this recom- 
mendation were approved, the Com- 
mittee would bring up at their next 
meeting a further recommendation as 
to the conditions of the appointment. 
Veterinary. 
Sir John Thoroed (Chairman) re- 
ported that the Committee had dis- 
cussed carefully the recent outbreaks 
of pleuro.pneumonia, which had been 
traced to animals affected with the dis- 
ease imported from Canada, and event- 
ually they agreed to recommend that a 
letter, signed by the President, should 
be addressed to the President of the 
Board of Agriculture, representing the 
urgent necessity for the slaughter at 
the port of landing of all animals im- 
ported from Canada, and asking him 
to receive a deputation on the sub- 
ject. 
Copies had been received of the 
new Glanders or Farcy Order (No. 
6,020) ; but the Committee regretted 
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