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25th March, 1869. From Holland. — 1. Statement addressed by M. Boest 

 van Limburg to Vice-Admiral Harris. 2. Statement of the Minister of 

 the Interior at the Hague. 



30th March, 1869. From Bavaria. — 1. Despatch from Prince Hohenlohe 

 to Sir Henry Howard. 2. Die Kultur-Gesetze Bayerns unter der Eegie- 

 rung Maximilian II. (The agricultural laws of Bavaria under the govern- 

 ment of Maximilian the Second.) 3. Die bayerische Gesetzgebung und 

 Verwaltung im Bereiche der Landwirthschaft. (Legislation and adminis- 

 tration relating to agriculture in Bavaria.) 



14th April, 1869. From Baden.— 1. Despatch from Mr. E. W. Cope to Mr. 

 G. I. R. Gordon, describing the modes of emptying cesspools in Carlsruhe 

 and Freiburg, and disposing of the refuse. 2. Statement addressed by 

 Baron Freidorf to Mr.E. W.Cope as to the treatment of house-refuse in the 

 Grand Duchy. 3. Vertrag iiber die Vornahme und Besorgung der geruch- 

 losen Entleerimg der Abtrittsgruben, Abfuhr des Strassenkehrichts und der 

 Haushaltungsabfalle, sowie der Reinigung der unterirdischen Kanale in 

 Karlsruhe, nebst einem Anhange enthaltend die hierher beziiglichen ortspo- 

 lizeUichen Vorschriften. (Contract relating to the inodorous emptying of 

 cesspits, removal of rubbish from the streets and dwellings, as well as the 

 cleansing of the underground sewers in Carlsruhe, together with an Ap- 

 pendix containing the local regulations relating thereto.) 



26th April, 1869. From Saxony. — 1. Statement respecting the treatment of 

 town-refuse addressed by M. de Bosse to Mr. Hume Burnley, with extracts 

 fi-om the official regulations on this subject. 



26th April, 1869. From Prussia. — 1. Despatch from Baron Thiele to Lord 

 Aug. Loftus, stating that the practice in use for transporting and disposing 

 of the refuse of towns and villages in Prussia are at present very different, 

 and in general unsatisfactory, and that very great difference of opinion 

 prevails as to the necessary regulations to be made. 2. Gutachtliche 

 Ansserungen des Landes-Melioration Ban-Inspectors Roder und des Pro- 

 fessors der Agricultur-Chemie Dr. Eichhorn iiber die Verwerthung der 

 Dungstoffe der Stadt Berlin fiir die Bodenkultur mit Bezugnahme auf das 

 Project des geheimen Baurathes Wiebe " Ueber die Reinigung und Ent- 

 wasserung der Stadt Berhn." (Report of Herr Roder, Inspector of Build- 

 ing and Improvements, and Dr. Eichhorn, Professor of Agricultural Che- 

 mistry, on the utilization of excreta from Berlin for agriculture with re- 

 ference to the plan proposed by Herr Wiebe " On the Cleansing and 

 Drainage of Berlin.") 3. Proposition des Landes-Oeconomie Rathes Weyhe 

 betreifend die projectirte Xanalirung Berlins und die Anwendung eines 

 zweckmassigen Systems zur Entfernung und Nutzbarmachung der Dung- 

 stoffe der Stadt im Intcresse der Bodenkultur, u. s. w. (Memorandum by 

 Hr. Weyhe in reference to the proposed sewerage of Berlin, and to the appli- 

 cation of an efficient system of removing excreta from the town, and 

 utilizing them for the advantage of agriculture, (fee.) 4. Die Abfuhr und 

 Verwerthung der Dungstoffe in verschiedenen deutschen und ausser- 

 deutschen Stadten, und darauf beziigiiche Vorschlage fiir Berlin. Bericht 

 der von Seiner ExceUenz dem Minister fiir die land^virthschaftlichen An- 

 gelegenheiten Herrn von Selehow ernannten Kommission C. von Salviati, 

 0. Roder, und Dr. Eichhorn. (Report of the Commission appointed by the 

 Minister of Agriculture to inquire into the removal and utilization of 

 excreta in various German and other towns, and to consider the plans pro- 

 posed with those objects for Berlin.) 5. Ueber die Kanalisation von Berlin. 

 Gutachten der Konigl. wissenschaftlichen Deputation fiir das Medicinal- 



