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from them. With such practical aid, the Council feel assured 

 that tlie Society will continue to proceed in its steady course of 

 public usefulness, gradually developing those national ol)jects for 

 which it was originally established. 



By order of the Council, 



(Signed) JAMES HUDSON, 



Secretary. 



SUBSTITUTE FOR GUANO. 



A Thousa^s'd Pounds and the Gold Medal of the Society will 

 be given for the discovery of a Manure equal in fertilising properties 

 to the Peruvian Guano, and of which an unlimited supply can be 

 furnished to the English Farmer at a rate not exceeding oZ. per ton. — 

 A Committee has been appointed by tlie Council for deciding on the 

 conditions under which the competition for this prize shall take place. 



DISCOVERY OF GUAXO. 



Fifty Soveueigns will be given for the best Account of the Geo- 

 graphical Distribution of Guano ; with suggestions for the discover^' 

 of any new source of supply, accompanied by specimens. The Essays 

 competing for this Prize are to be sent to the Secretary, at the House 

 of the Society, No. 12, Hanover Square. London, on or before March 

 1, 1854. 



