■'' ' Eeport to the General Medinj. xlvii 



They state that the reports of the Committee of Inspection occupy 

 330 pages of the Journal, and have been prepared at a cost of 

 180Z. Independently of this amount, which may properly be 

 classed among the Journal expenses, the whole cost of the 

 inquiry has been 692/. The wideness of the area over which 

 this investigation has extended, and the magnitude of the 

 interests involved, give to these reports an almost national 

 character, and the numerous lessons to be derived from their 

 careful perusal, both in the way of encouragement and of warn- 

 ing, Avill be fully appreciated, not only by those engaged in 

 Steam Cultivation, but by that much more numerous body Avho 

 are anxiously endeavouring to satisfy themselves whether or no 

 they may safely take a part in this latest and most powerful 

 development of the resources of British Agriculture. 



By Order of the Council, 



H. Hall Daee, 



Secretary. 



