Minutes, meeting of the Grain Pests Committee Present: Sir Alfred Kempe, Treasurer, Royal Society in the chair; Mr W B Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; Professor A Dendy FRS; Professor Stanley Gardiner FRS; Professor R Newstead FRS; Mr J H Durrant; Mr J C F Fryer; Dr Gertrude Dixon attended Lists committee business, including an agreement to appoint R Newstead Chairman of the Sub-Committee; the Board of Agriculture's approval of Mr Snell and Mr Taylor as assistants; a report from the Sub-Committee on work to date; decision to appoint a bio-chemist; agreement that Prof Dendy should start with breeding experiments, while Mr Frayer worked with the Port of London Authority on obtaining shipping samples. p6-7. 1 November 1916