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deceased ; and Mr. Henry Blanshard, a General Member of the 

 Council, to supply the vacancy created in that body by the 

 transfer of Mr. Barker's name to the list of the Vice-Presidents. 

 They have also elected Professor Simonds an Honorary Member 

 of the Society. 



By the sale of 1000/. Stock out of the invested capital of the 

 Society, and the application of a portion of the current cash 

 balance in the hands of their Bankers, they have been enabled 

 to pay off the loan contracted with Messrs. Drummond in the 

 autumn of last year ; and they have received from the Chairman 

 of the Finance Committee an intimation that previously to the 

 ensuing Country Meeting, the Committee will be fully prepared 

 to report in detail the result of their investigations into the whole 

 financial condition of the Society, both in reference to points in 

 which the expenditure may be submitted to judicious control, 

 and to measures by which the income of the Society may be 

 relieved from the inconvenience arising from unpaid arrears of 

 subscription. 



The Council receive with the highest satisfaction the con- 

 tinued assurance of the increasing value of the Journal of the 

 Society ; and it is a most gratifying fact, that out of an issue by 

 post of upwards of 5000 copies of the last part, addressed to 

 Members residing in remote localities in the kingdom, only one 

 instance of miscarriage has been complained of. They cannot 

 but regard the combination of these most important circum- 

 stances, namely, the increased value of the work and the fa- 

 cilities for its mechanical transmission, as calculated very essen- 

 tially to effect the diffusion of sound practical knowledge among 

 their Members, and through them among the agricultural com- 

 munity in general. They have decided, that the price of the 

 Journal to non-members shall henceforward be ten shillings for 

 each part, instead of six shillings as heretofore. 



The Council, feeling the essential importance of calling in 

 the direct aid of science for the purpose of effecting a decided 

 advancement in the great object of improved cultivation, by the 

 development of the latent energies of the soil, and a more exact 



