| Description | Present: Professor Stanley Gardner in the Chair; Sir Alfred Kempe, Treasurer, Royal Society; Mr W B Hardy, Secretary Royal Society; Professor V H Blackman; Professor A Dendy; Mr J H Durrant; Mr J C F Fryer; Professor R Newstead
1. Minute of Council appointing the Committee to 'report on the investigation of the bionomics and economic importance of grain-infecting insects' was read
2. Treasurer explained scope of Committee, statement from Mr Fryer suggests preliminary investigation to be undertaken by small sub-committee
3. After discussion agreed to reopor that the problem of insect pests on grain and grain products as specified in a memorandum of the Board of Agriculture, is of national importance and urgently needed investigation
4. Recommended appointment of a Committee to undertake a preliminary investigation 'at a cost not exceeding £250, with the power to co-opt representatives of the Grain, Milling and Shipping trades for the purpose of the investigation,' subject to a letter of request from the Board of Agriculture
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