. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 104 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 12, 1896. Berkshire, there was still much room for im- provement in the membership, considering the inducements made, and the excellent work accomplished by the bee-van journeys, which were favoured and fostered by the handsome contributions of the County Councils. Mr. Cooksey, in seconding the resolution, ventured to think that Miss Egginton's name should be included in the list of thanks to past officers for past services, and with this altera- tion the report and balance-sheet were adopted. The presid
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 104 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [March 12, 1896. Berkshire, there was still much room for im- provement in the membership, considering the inducements made, and the excellent work accomplished by the bee-van journeys, which were favoured and fostered by the handsome contributions of the County Councils. Mr. Cooksey, in seconding the resolution, ventured to think that Miss Egginton's name should be included in the list of thanks to past officers for past services, and with this altera- tion the report and balance-sheet were adopted. The president (Princess Christian) and the vice-presidents were re-elected, as were also the following officers : Mr. A. D. Woodley (hon. sec), Miss Egginton (financial secretary), Mr. John Simonds (hon. treasurer), and Mr. F. Cooksey (hon. librarian). The central council, with Mr. A. L. Cooper as chairman, was also elected, the only alterations being in the Lam- bourne and Wantage districts, for which Mr. Goddard and Mr. Wilkins were elected respec- tively. The business part of the proceedings ended with the usual votes of thank?. Mr. E. Turner then read an interesting paper on " Foul Brood," which was succeeded by a social gathering, a large number of members attending. Chief among the very enjoyable features of the evening was a musical programme, arranged by Mrs. Frank Cooksey, which was successfully carried out. A number of appliances used in modern bee- keeping were also on view, under the super- vision of Mr. T. A. Flood. Much interest was also centred in a beehive exhibited by Mr. Fry, of Reading, which was made exclusively out of cube sugar boxes at a cost of 3s. 6d.— (Communicated.) IRISH BEE-KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. The committee met on 5th inst. Present, Captain Millner, in the chair ; Dr. Traill, Mr. Doherty, and Mr. Chenevix (hon. sec, 15, Morehampton-road). A letter having been read from the Land Commission, stating that the Congested Districts' Board proposed to
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