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CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX. 



I'AGE 



Council and Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England . i 



Report of the Council to the General Meeting, Dec. 12, 1840 . . iii 



First Half-yearly Balance-sheet for the year 1840 , . . vii 



Award of Premiums at the Cambridge Meeting .... viii 



Report on the Implements shown at Cambridge .... xiii 



Premiums for Improving the Breed of Stock, for 1841 . . . xviii 



Prize Essays for 1841 . . , . . . . , xxi 



Prize Essays for 1842 ........ xxvi 



Agents for the Distribution of the Journal ..... xxix 



New Members since the last Part of the Journal .... xxxv 



Council and Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England . lix 



Report of the Council to the Anniversary Meeting, May 22, 1841 . Ixi 



Balance-sheet for the year 1840 . ...... Ixvi 



State of the Funds of the Society ...... Ixvii 



Premiums for Improving the Breed of Stock for 1841 . . . Ixviii 



Prize Essays for 1842 ........ Ixxiv 



Agents for the Distribution of the Journal .... . Ixxviii 



Council and Officers of the Royal Agricultural Society' of England Ixxxv 

 Report of the Council to the General Meeting, December 11, 1841 Ixxxvii 



General Meetings for the year 1842 ...... xcv 



Balance Sheet of Accounts from January 1 to June 30, 1841 , xcvi 



Award of Premiums at the Liverpool Meeting .... xcvii 



Report on the Exhibition of Implements at the Liverpool Meeting . ciii 

 Report of a Trial of Ransome's Portable Steam Threshing-Machine, 



and of Two-Hand Threshing-Machines, at the Liverpool Meeting cxvi 



Report on the Epidemic among Cattle ..... cxix 



Prizes for the Bristol Meeting in 1842 cxxii 



Prizes for Essays and Reports, for 1842 ..... cxxv 



LIST OF PLATES. 



Plate L to face page ,. .73 



IL „ 77 



III. „ 79 



IV. , on the Turnip Fly, to face page ..... 213 

 v., on Fungi producing Mildew and Rust .... 220 



VL, on the Turnip Saw-Fly, to face page .... 388 



