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Report to the General Meeting. 
Mr. Carruthers, the Consulting Botanist, has had more than 
600 cases submitted to him during the year, chiefly of grass 
seeds. Some, however, were connected with weeds, diseased 
crops, and injuries to animals due to poisonous plants. The 
results of the examination of grass seeds show a remarkable 
improvement in respect of their germinating power, and freedom 
from mixture with worthless seeds. 
The Scientific advisers of this Committee have been officially 
consulted by departments of the Home as well as by the Indian 
and Colonial Governments in regard to matters connected with 
their respective spheres of work. 
Thirty-eight candidates were entered for examination for the 
Society's Junior Scholarships from six schools, and there was one 
unattached candidate. The result of the examination is that as 
many as twenty candidates obtained sufficient marks to qualify 
them for scholarships. Of these the first ten in the following 
list, arranged in order of merit, will receive Scholarships upon 
complying with the Society's regulations, and the remainder 
will receive certificates of merit : — 
Surrey County School .. .. . JoHX Hobace Eeeves. 
Unattached James Muir. 
Aspatria School Egbert Smallwood. 
Surrey County Scliool John Percy George Hill. 
„ „ „ Herbert James Keeves. 
Aspatria School Egbert Cowex. 
Xorthampton Grammar School .. Akthuk S. Blackwell. 
Bedford County School Stanley Arthur Lane. 
Surrey County School Edward Aug. Wheeley. 
Portsmouth Grammar School .. .. Fredk. William Eussell. 
Bedford County School Eichard Eobinson. 
Ashburton Grammar School .. .. William Ellis. 
Bedlord County School Claude Eobinson Lucas. 
Surrey County School John Eamsay' Bishop. 
2s 01 thampton Grammar School .. Henry Thomas Bradford. 
Ashburton Grammar School .. .. Egbert Francis Eendell. 
Bedford County School Thomas Henry Eichardson. 
Surrey County School Arthur Wynne Hersee. 
Aspatria School Archibald C. C. Martyx. 
Surrey County School George Ernest May. 
