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Reports of Committees. 
statement of subscriptions received 
month by month during the last ten 
years, were laid upon the table. 
House. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote also reported 
his election as Chairman of the House 
Committee for the year. The Com- 
mittee had discussed and settled 
various matters connected with 
the Society’s present premises and 
their new quarters at Harewood 
House, the interior decoration of 
which was about to be commenced. 
The Committee had the pleasure 
to announce that, in addition to the 
sums already reported to the General 
Meeting held last December, a dona- 
tion of 2 ol. had been generously 
made by Mr. T. J. Mann, of Saw- 
bridgeworth, towards the fund for 
the acquisition of Harewood House 
by the Society. The sincere thanks 
of the Council were due to Mr. Mann 
for this acceptable gift, and he (Sir 
Nigel) trusted that others who were 
in a position to do so would follow so 
excellent an example. (Hear, hear.) 
Journal. 
Earl Cathcabt reported his elec- 
tion as Chairman for the ensuing 
year. The Committee had the plea- 
sure to report the following donations 
to the Society’s library, and to re- 
commend that the best thanks of the 
Council be given to the donors : — 
Reyuolde Scot’s “ Perfite Platforme of a 
Hoppe Garden,” 1576, and Hawes’ “ Obser- 
rations on Agriculture,” 1783.— Presented by 
Mr. Charles Whitehead. 
Thomas Tusser’s “Five Hundred Points 
of Good Husbandry,” London, 1614. — Pre- 
sented by Mr. E. IV. Stanyforth . 
Olivier de Serres’ “Theatre d' Agriculture 
et Mesnage des Champs,” two vols., Paris 
1804-5. — Presented by the Sociiti Rationale 
<l' Agriculture de France. 
Transactions of the English Arboricultural 
Society, Tols. I. and II. — Presented by the 
Society. 
The courtesy of the French Society 
had been reciprocated by the gift of 
a number of volumes of the Journal 
which were wanting to complete the 
set in that Society’s library. Instruc- 
tions had been given to the Editor 
as to the contents of the 1 March 
Journal, and various suggestions for 
articles and notes had been con- 
sidered. The next number of the 
Journal would contain a biography 
of Robert Bakewell ; and the thanks 
of the Council were due to a member 
of the family, Mr. J. S. Bakewell, for 
his courtesy in placing at the disposal 
of the Society, for the purpose of 
illustrating this article, a painting- 
representing Robert Bakewell on 
horseback, now in his possession. 
Donations to the Library. 
Earl Cathcabt said that, as the 
Council would have heard from the 
minutes, the Journal Committee had 
received during the recess several 
valuable gifts of old agricultural 
books. There were, however, a great 
many gaps in the Society’s collection 
of historical works on Agriculture 
which the Committee would like to 
see filled, and as there would be 
plenty of shelf space in their new 
house, he trusted that members of the 
Council, and of the Society generally, 
would be so good as to send to the 
Secretary any surplus agricultural 
books which they might possess, in 
order that the library might be made 
worthy of the Society. 
Chemical. 
Mr. Dent reported the election of 
Viscount Emlyn as Chairman of the 
year. The report of the Woburn 
Sub-Committee had been received 
and adopted. The revised Guide as 
to the Purchase of Fertilisers and 
Feeding Stuffs, and Instructions for 
Selecting and Sending Samples for 
Analysis, prepared in view of the Act 
of last year, had been printed in the 
current number of the Journal, and 
had been extensively circulated 
amongst members in a separate form. 
Dr. V oelcker had reported that, so far 
as the experience of the single month 
of January went, the new Act had not 
yet made any material difference to 
the chemical work of the Society. In 
several cases members, when sending 
samples to the Society’s laboratory, had 
enclosed the invoices given to them, 
and had asked whether the deliveries 
were in accordance with the state- 
ments given on the invoice, or 
whether the invoices were in the 
proper form laid down by the Act. 
In two cases deficiencies, or breach 
of warranty, had been noted, but 
