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that the result of the inquiry indicated utter recklessness in the 

 management of boilers. The individual held to be mainly 

 responsible was ordered to pay £20 towards the costs and 

 expenses of the Formal Investigation, the Commissioners 

 stating that it would be well that persons dealing with dan- 

 gerous articles like boilers should realise that they have no 

 right to use them so as to endanger life. 



The ninth International Agricultural Congress was held 

 this year from May 1st to 8th, at Madrid, under the distin- 

 guished patronage of His Majesty the 



The International King of Spain. These Congresses are 

 ^^T^JF™ attended by official representatives of 

 many of the principal countries of the 

 world, and afford valuable opportunities for the discussion of 

 economic and scientific questions relating to all branches of 

 agriculture, and for the interchange of views based on experi- 

 ence as to the best means of promoting the development of 

 the agricultural industry. Great Britain was represented on 

 this occasion by Sir Thomas Elliott, K.C.B., Secretary to 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and by Mr. T. H. 

 Middleton, Assistant Secretary in charge of the Intelligence 

 Division. The Congress was attended, apart from the 

 Official' Delegates, by a very large body of farmers and others 

 to the number of upwards of a thousand, of whom Spaniards 

 formed probably two-thirds. The enthusiasm with which 

 the Congress was received, and the interest which it created 

 in Spain were largely due to the labours of the Comte de 

 Montornes, who, as President of the Committee of Organisa- 

 tion and Rapporteur general to the Congress, was untiring in 

 his efforts to make it a success. It was to his initiative that 

 the Congress owed not only the hearty support of the Spanish 

 Government, but also the attendance of large numbers of 

 representatives of the agricultural societies of Spain, which 

 contributed so greatly to the success of the meeting. Agri- 

 culturists, not only in Spain, but everywhere else, are greatly 

 indebted to him for the ability and public spirit which he 



A further notice on this subject will appear in a subsequent issue of this 

 Journal. 



