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Society, and in so doing the Committee express a hope that hereafter 

 they may be enabled to evince their gratitude in a more efficient manner/ 



Since whicli, the trial of Captain Rudkin's Invention has been resumed 

 at the Government Distillery, by the special direction of the Chancellor 

 of the Exchequer, under the superintendence of Dr. Birkbeck, merely 

 to satisfy a doubt of very minor importance raised by the Excise 

 authoritiee, and the following communications (A and B) will shew how 

 triumphantly that doubt has been satisfied : — 



(A.) 



38, Finsbury Square, Nov. 15, 1838. 

 My dear Sir, 



Tlie inclosed (B) ought to have been with you yesterday 



morning ; but my engagements were such, that I could not finish 



it so early as I intended. It will not, I hope, be too late for your 



purpose. 



You will rejoice with me that our labours — for you have been a valu- 

 able and industrious co-operator in this difficult affiur, are now likely 

 to be brought to a favourable conclusion. Whatever may be the result 

 to ttie great interests of Agriculture, the adoption of Mr. Rudkin's 

 Machine, the accommodation of the honest distiller, and the augmenta- 

 tion of the revenue, must necessarily and largely ensue. 



I remain, my dear Sir, 



Very truly yours, 



Oeorog Birkbeck. 

 R. Cort, Esq. 



Committee Roome of 



Th« Central Agriculturnl Society. 



(B.) 



38, Finsbury Square, Nov. 15, 1838. 

 My dear Sir, 



The Committee of the Agricultural Society having 



been informed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, through its valuable 



chairman, Mr. Cayley, that another experiment was in progress to 



complete the examination of Mr. Rudkin's Machine, I have great 



pleasnre in communicating, for the information of those gentlemen, 



the results of that experiment. I may remind you, though 1 



