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the best kiln for drying Indian Corn. It was considered 

 more desirable in the United States to diy the meal 

 rather than the grain, for which purpose Cutter's Steam 

 Dryer was recommended. 



The thanks of the Society were given to Major Wal- 

 thall for his kindness in trying to procure ihe information, 

 and that gentleman said he had taken steps to procure 

 further advice on the same subject. 



Mr. Turner mentioned that the descriptions of Corn 

 Kilns could be procured from the United Kingdom, and 

 described a very simple method of drying corn on a wire 

 cloth over a clear fire. He considered that we ought to 

 grdw all our corn, rice, and tobacco, but as the case is 

 at present he was obliged to pay 50 cents per barrel more 

 for creole corn than for that which comes from the 

 United States. 



The thanks of the Society were presented for the 

 following donations : — 



Government of British Guiana ...Report on Fibre Industry. 

 Do. ...Blue Book, 18S9. 



Canadian Institute Proceedings. 



W. Tebb Jenner and Vaccination. 



Dr. Macnamara Transaaions of Sanitary Insti- 

 tute, 2 vols. 

 Mr. Turner, having been asked for information con- 

 cerning the new Alcoholometer which had lately been 

 adopted by the Commissary Department, gave a short 

 account of the mechanism of the instrument. By it 

 thousands of gallons of rum could be measured with the 

 greatest exactitude, and not only so but at the same time 

 the strength was indicated so as to be beyond dispute. 

 The reason why it had not been adopted in the United 

 Kingdom was because the system in use there was so 



