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mouth conveyed to the Mayors of Plymouth and Devonport, and 

 to the local Committee, and others, who had zealously co-operated 

 with the Council in promoting the success of the Meeting-, an ex- 

 pression of their best acknowledgments for their kind exertions. 



The Council have the satisfaction of reporting that 120 Can- 

 didates from 18 counties have been entered for their prizes in 

 connection Avitli the Cambridge Local Examinations which take 

 place during the present month. Of these candidates 83 are 

 under the age of 16, of whom 75 are entered for the General 

 Junior Examination, 60 for prizes in pure Mathematics, 15 in 

 Elementary Mechanics, 4 in Chemistry, and 1 in Eotany. There 

 are 27 under the age of 18 who have entered for the general 

 Senior Examination, and of these 21 are entered for the prizes 

 in pure Mathematics, 12 in applied Mathematics, 2 in Chemistry, 

 2 in Zoology, 1 in Botany and 1 in Geology. Those only who 

 have passed the Preliminary Examination are eligible to obtain a 

 prize in a special subject. In the list open to candidates not ex- 

 ceeding 25 years of age, 13 have entered to compete for one or 

 both of the extra subjects, 6 compete in Mechanics, and 12 in 

 Chemistry applied to Agriculture. Many candidates have en- 

 tered in more than one subject, 104 describe themselves as the 

 sons of Farmers or others in some way dependent on the cul- 

 tivation of the soil for their support, and the remaining 16 

 express themselves as intending to follow agricultural pursuits 

 in after life. 



The Council have obtained the assistance of jVIr. Besant, of St. 

 John's College, Cambi'idge (Senior VYrangler 1850), to examine 

 in Mechanics applied to Agriculture, in conjunction with Mr. 

 Amos, the Society's consulting engineer. Mr. Liveing, professor 

 of Chemistry in the University of Cambridge, and the Society's 

 consulting chemist, Professor Voelcker, will conduct the exami- 

 nation in Chemistry applied to Agriculture. 



The Council having considered the subject of the Cattle 

 Plague, came to a series of resolutions as to the means they 

 considered most likely to arrest its progress, and a deputation 

 attended by appointment upon Earl Granville, the President of 

 the Council, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 

 to lay these recommendations before them. 



In consequence of the prevalence of the Cattle Plague the 

 Council in comformity with the Avishes of tVie local authorities 



