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which seemed most successfully to pass through that visitatiou of God's 

 providence, the potato blight. No doubt some of them had seen in the 

 ])apers various remedies for avoiding the potato disease. So far as he 

 kne^, all of these remedies had occasionally succeeded, but generally they 

 were unsuccessful. If, however, they were determined to go on cultivating 

 this-plant to the same extent as hitherto, it behoved them to search what 

 mode of culture was most beneficial in the prevention of disease. As far as 

 his own opinion went, they had not arrived at any mode of treatment that 

 was a preventative. Some people told them that they ought to plant ship 

 potatoes, but the experience of his own neighbourhood showed that the 

 tailure had been greater with them than with the others. Others said they 

 should plant seedhng potatoes, but if they chanced to see a seedling that 

 had grown up by chance in their gardens, they found it was just as liable to 

 be diseased as any other." The Kev. Prebendary Foot proposed a vote of 

 thanks to Captain Kiudersley as their honorary secretary. Captain 

 Kindersley said " their monetary affairs were in a thoroughly satisfactory 

 condition. They had been in that condition for some years past. Each year 

 the subscriptions had covered the expenses of the year and a little more, so 

 that they had no debt upon them ; and, so far from it, they had a nice little 

 fund in the Savings' Bank, ranging from £70 to £iOO." The meeting closed 

 by the company singing the National Anthem, after which, one of the 

 audience, evidently a working man, called for three cheers for their chair- 

 man, observing, " that he was a man who, when once his hand was on the 

 plough, never looked back." 



The schedule of prizes was planned expressly for the encouragement of 

 thrift and industrj-, as will be seen by the following list of the subjects of 

 competition : — Four best cultivated allotments in the respective districts, not 

 being less than quarter acres, 10s. each : four best cultivated allotments or 

 cottage gardens in the respective districts, being less than quarter acres, 7^. 

 each ; the cottager's wife or vridow whose house and premises shall have 

 been kept in the tidiest and cleanest state, regard being had to the number 

 of children (the four best in each district), 10a-. each. Twenty-four onions, 

 twenty-four underground onions, carrots, beetroot, French beans, cabbages, 

 red cabbages, savoys, cottager's kale, turnips, peas in their pods, beans in 

 their pods, early potatoes, late potatoes, kidney potatoes ; greatest weight of 

 honey; best specimen of bread baked at home. The mechanic, labourer, or 

 farm-servant, male or female, who shall have deposited, during the year, the 

 largest amount of his earnings in any Savings' Bank. The young woman, 

 the servant of a member, under twenty years of age, for living the longest 

 in a family, either as domestic servant or dairy -maid, with a good character ; 

 the man, the out-door servant of a member, who shall have lived longest in a 

 gentleman's service. The labourer (one in each district), for sending the 

 greatest number of children the most regularly to the parish day school; 

 ditto as to the parish Sunday school ; the laboui'er for sending the greatest 

 number of children the most regularly to the parish day and Sunday schools ; 

 the boy for continuing to attend the parish Sunday school as a pupil, for the 

 longest period, being above the age of fifteen and under eighteen ; the girl 

 for continuing to attend the parish Sunday school, under the same conditions. 

 Specimens of needlework, various. 



Though we can ill aflbrd the space, we gladly give prominence to the 

 vdetails of this interesting meeting, knowing they will interest many of our 

 friends who are engaged in similar undertakings. A full report of the pro- 

 ceedings will be found in the Southern Times, of September 14th. 



EoYAL Horticultural Society, August 27th. — Floral Committee. — ^A 

 considerable number of interesting plants and flowers was produced. Mr. 

 W. Chater, Saffron AValden, received First-class Certificates for hollyhocks 

 Countess Eussell and Ne plus ultra, the former a peach- blossom, the latter a 

 light rosy purple ; and the same award was made to Messrs. Downie, Laird, 



