re 
52 Proceedings of Public Societies. [Aug 1, 
distinguished personage,’ (fhe late Duke attachimerit, to the. cause of Husbandry: 
of Bedford), who, whilst be was alive, In the nietabrable words made use of by — 
took so warm an interest in all our pro- Mr. Fox, when he moved a new writ for. 
ceedings. An engraving from ‘that bust,’ Tavistock, ‘Lo contribute to the wele 
cannot fail to be acceptable to every fare of is fellow eitizens, was the con-: 
true friend to rural improvement; and stant unremitted pugsuit of his life; and, 
indeed I hope that the Board willapprove! by his example, and his beneficence, to 
of the idea, that a certain im unber of co-" render «theni bette r, wiser, and bape 
pics, shall be placed at the disposal of pier.” How few are there, who have any, » 
the noble Duke, by whom that bust was just claims toa sinmilé prev gium ! i 
presented, and that every member of the I shall conclude + xpressing my: 
‘Board, and indeed every individual dis. sificere hopes and w 5, that w é shall 
tinguished by lis zeal for, and devotion meet nextsession, in health aid S| ritsy’ 
to, “agricultural pursuits, ‘shall receive a and as auxious as ever to promote the. 
copy, as a memorial of a character, sO, improvement and | ‘hla tae of tte 
lustrious in Various respects, but pecu- country. 
Karly distinguished for his determined 
State of the County Reports, which contain a Detailiof the A itil “al and Politi. 
cal Circumstances of the several Counties in England and Scotland, and which ure 
_ drawn up, attcr one uniforin model, for the consideration of the, Board of de Agri- 
culture, as the foundation of a GrnERat Reror’ tT, intended to be laid. his 
Majesty and both Houses of Parliament, for the purpose of explaining: the general| 
State of the Country, so fur: as regards its te "ers ‘Resources. i See ak = a 
Carrying on, fad to 
mpleted in the Not ial eee 
e of < Yeat. 
Bedfordsh, aA 
Berksh. ‘ 
Bucks 
Cambridgesh. & Hunts 
: Reports pub- 
Printing or ready for | 
lished, : 
the Press. * uh ed 
Ay ne, 
anfish, : 
douse wee AOuitnoeeh bse 
Notthamptonsh. » |Dunbartonsh. ~ 
Satie ¥ _5|Dumfriessh. _ 
“arwicl ', Elgin and"Nai 
reptile Forfarsh. 2 ® P 
Kirkendbright +” ae 
North W itles We-t Lothian’ i 
South Wales — 10} Ross and Cromarty. 
Monmouthsh. Surlisgsh. %,: 
Herts 
flerefordsh. 
Kent 
Lancashire 
Lincolnshi 
Middlesex 
Worfolk W igtonsh . 4 12 
Northumberland Aberdeensh. agile " 
Notts rwicksh. General Statement.) ». 
Salop 15 Cineardines h. iteports published 82 ? 
ainerset Kinross and Clack-|Printing” or ‘ready, | 
manansh, 45 
Orkney & Shetland Carrying on + 18 
Renfrewsh. Not finally arran- 
Sutherland “48 gedty - ay cf 
&c, t i 
Clydesdale BA ® To be added. 
Bast Lothian 2 pt Ng The Hebrides ~ t 
* | Isie of Man Lo 
“tInve {sles of Jersey, f/ 
‘|Mid Lothian oy Guernsey, &c. 
Perthshire 
{Roxburgh 80} . 
Selkirksh. 
Tweedale 
