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that the quantity of beer made in that country in 1846 

 was 3,885,365 hectolitre s, of the value of 58 million 

 francs; of cider, 10,880, 047 hectolitres, value 

 84,422,137 francs. According to M. Armand Husson's 

 interesting book on the consumption of Paris, it would 

 seem that there are consumed in Paris about 60 million 

 gallons of liquids of all kinds, equal to 55 gallons for 

 each person per annum, or say about a bottle per day. 

 Of this 30 gallons are wine and beer, to 33 gallons 

 consumed in London per annum per head. The cha- 

 racter of the beverages in each capital are, however, 

 very different, for while the Parisian spends in the pro- 

 portion of 62s. per annum for wine, and lis. 6d. for 

 brandy, he only lays cut 3s. 6d. on beer and cider. 

 About 25 gallons of the French consumption is wine 

 alone, and by far the greater quantity of the British is 



beer. Out of 533,828 barrels of beer and ale shipped 

 in 1858 from Great Britain, only 4,299 barrels went to 

 France — the Dutch and Belgi ins even take more of our 

 beer. In the Grand Duchy of Baden the malt tax brings 

 the Government annually i,25,417. The largest 

 breweries are those of Mannheim and Heidelberg. A 

 great deal of beer is also imported from Wurtemberg 

 and Bavaria ; nevertheless the consumption of beer in 

 the Grand Duchy has diminished since the revolutionary 

 years of 1848 and 1849, From 1842 to 1846 the an- 

 nual amount of beer brewed in the country was calcu- 

 lated at 110^ maas per family. In Russia the imports 

 of ale and porter are but small, although there is rather 

 an increase of late years. In 1858 the imports at St. 

 Petersburg comprised 1,291 hhds. 150,000 bottles of 

 porter, and 37,000 bottles of ale. 



ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 



At a Weekly Council, held Wednesday, February 29, 

 Sir E. Kerrison, Bart , M.P., in the chair, the names of 

 candidates for election were read. 



A letter from Mr, R. Wainwright, advocating the use 

 of gas lime and salt as a manure for light land, was read, 

 as also the answer of Professor Voelcker, to whom it 

 had been referred, in which he recommended the use 

 of gas lime and salt only on light soils deficient in lime, 

 and where lime and salt are found beneficial. 



A communication was received from the Central So- 

 ciety of Agriculture in Belgium, requesting information 

 on Pleuro-pneumoniaand the means adopted to combat 

 the disease, having particular regard to the effects of in- 

 oculation. A reply was ordered to be made that inocu- 

 lation was not found in this country to rest on any 

 scientific basis, and as such it has not received the sanc- 

 tion or support of this Society, In this country no 

 statistics of the number of cases of pleuro-pneumonia 

 has been kept, and consequently little is known of the 

 number of those of inoculation. 



The Council then adjourned to its Monthly Meeting 

 on the 7th March. 



A Monthly Council was held on Wednesday, 

 March 7, Lord Walsingham, President, in the chair. 

 Present : Lord Feversham, Lord Leigh, the Hon. W. 

 G. Cavendish, M.P. ; the Hon. Col. Hood, the Hon. 

 Augustus Vernon, Sir W. Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., 

 Sir Brooke Bridges, Bart., M.P., Sir E. Kerrison, 

 Bart., M. P., Mr. Amos, Mr. Hodgson Barrow, M.P., 

 Mr. Barnet, Mr. T. Raymond Barker, Mr. Barthropp, 

 Mr. Caldwell, Col. Challoner, Mr. B. T. Brandreth 

 Gibbs, Mr. Hamond, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, C, Wren 

 Hoskyns, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Humberton, M,P,, Mr. 

 Lawes, Mr. Lawrence, Mr, Pope, Mr, Thompson, 

 M.P,, Mr, Torr, Mr. Turner, Professor Voelcker, Mr. 

 Wilson, Mr. T. B. Western. 



The following new Members were elected : 

 Balston, Thomas, Chart Sutton, Staplehutst 

 Bancks, James, Prebendal-house, Thame 

 Buggins, W., Booth'a-farm, New Oacott, Birmiogham 

 Cavendish, Lord Geo. Henry, M.P., 3, Upper Eccleaton- 



street 

 Cobbett, John M., Skeynes, Eden-bridge 

 Corner, Edward, Whitby 

 Drewitt, Henry, Milvill-farm, Titchfield 

 Dumbrell, James, Ditchling 

 Fisher, C. J., Huntley's, Tunbridge WelU 

 Oaaday, Lieut.-Col, Heaves, Milathorpe 



Gray, William, Kingston, Drem, East Lothian 



Grylls, Capt. Glynn, Waterhouse, Exbridge, Tiverton 



Hall, George, Garford, York hill, Ledbury 



Henly, T. N., Calne, Wilts 



Hobbs, Charles, Maisey Hampton, Gloucestershire 



HoUier, Amos, Lindley-grange, Hinckley 



Humphries, Twyning, Tewkesbury 



Mayall, John E., 224, Regent-stteet 



Mddmay, Humphrey, M.P., Shoreham, Sevenoaks 



Newport, Viscount, M.P. 



Pike, James, Reading 



Ranken, W. B., Abbot's Langley, Herts 



Reynolds, J. B., Lubberthorpe, Leicester 



Roughed, James, Auldhame, North Berwick 



Sanders, Wm. W., F.R.S., Reigate 



Shaw, Wm., Cold Morton, Stowe, Staffordshire 



Smith, Robert Thursfield, Whitchurch, Salop 



Snewing, Charles, 56, Russell -square 



Spencer, Captain, Distington, Whitehaven 



Spencer, John, Whooltonhall, Newcastle-on-Tyne 



Taylor, John, Aston Clinton, Tring 



Welstead, Frederick, The Cottage, Stonely, Kimbolton 



Wiehtwick, Thomas Norman, Canterbury 



Wilkes, Rev. Robert, Loft's-hall, Elmdon, Royston 



Williams, David, Kinmel-farm, St. Asaph's 



Professor Voelcker was added to the hst of Honorary Mem- 

 bers. 



The usual Monthly Report of the Finance Committee 

 was received, by which it appeared that the current 

 cash balance in the hands of the bankers on Feb. 29 

 was ^3,998 lOs. 8d. The Secretary's receipts during 

 the past month had been duly examined by Messrs. 

 Quilter, Ball, and Co., the professional accountants, 

 and also by the Finance Committee. Sundry accounts 

 were ordered to be paid. 



The Committee recommended a payment of £25 to 

 Mr. Huxley for the extra duties he has had to perform 

 during the past year. 



The late Finance Committee handed in a statement 

 of accounts from July 1 to Aug. 31, 1859, when the 

 present committee came into office. 



The report of the Committee appointed to select an 

 Editor of the Society's Journals was presented by Mr. 

 Thompson, M.P. ; 25 applicants had complied with 

 the conditions announced by advertisement. The whole 

 of these candidates supported their claims by testimo- 

 nials in proof of their ability and fitness for the office, 

 and more than one have shown to the satisfaction of the 

 Committee that they possessed the highest qualifications 

 required in an Editor of an agricultural journal. The 

 Committee had no hesitation in recommending Mr. 

 Philip Howard Frere as a gentleman in every respect 



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