| Description | Present: W A Herdman, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, in the Chair; Professor A Dendy FRS; Mr J H Durrant; Dr J S Edkins; Mr J C F Fryer; Professor R Newstead FRS
Lists committee business, including a resolution to distribute Newstead's memo to the Grain and Milling Trades; a report from E S Goodrich on his research with Hymenopterous parasites; Prof Beattie's flour investigations; progress reports on Edkins' flour moth research, Dendy's weevil experiments, Newstead's Acarid pests; the resignation of Newstead's assistant and approval of a grant for his purchase of equipment; Mr Fryer's recommendation that the Committee employ trained entomologists for inspecting grain; letters from the Australian Dept of Agriculture, from 'Ozonair' and from the Royal Commission on Wheat Supplies. p28-9. |