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management and other details by which our decision was par- 
tially guided, were all met in the frankest spirit, and received 
the fullest elucidations which we could desire. I believe it 
would be difficult in any county to find farms more suitably 
cultivated and more systematically managed with a view to 
profit than some of these here described ; I am sure that none 
could produce more worthy representatives of the tenant-farmer 
class ; and I can truly say that we shall long retain with 
gratification the memory of the pleasant and instructive days 
which were devoted to the Warwickshire Farms' Inspection 
of 1876. 
(Signed) Herbert J. Little. 
William F. Holtom. . 
Geoege Laing. 
XIX. — Preliminary Report on the Bronni Institution. By 
BuEDON Sanderson, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Professor Super- 
intendent of the Brown Institution. 
Relations having now been established between the Brown 
Institution and the Veterinary Department of the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society, it seems desirable, by way of introduction to 
the Reports which will in future appear in this ' Journal ' 
relating to the proceedings of the Institution, that the Members 
of the Society should be put in possession of complete information 
as to its nature and objects, and as to the circumstances which 
have led to the present arrangement. 
The Brown Institution was founded in December, 1871, "for 
the purpose of investigating, and, if possible, endeavouring to 
cure the diseases of animals useful to man." The government 
of the Institution was vested by the Founder in the Chancellor 
and Senate of the University of London. In confiding to them 
this trust, he directed that they should erect buildings on a free- 
hold site in London, that they should appoint a Professor, and 
should also appoint a Committee, which should include, in 
addition to the Members of the Senate, other persons eminent 
in medical science. The acting staff consists of the Professor, 
and Mr. Duguid, who holds the office of Veterinary Surgeon. 
The premises at Wandsworth Road consist of several blocks 
of building, adapted for the reception of animals. The prin- 
cipal block, which faces into a well-drained cxercise-ya rd, 
comprises a five-stalled staljle, four excellent loose boxes, and a 
stable for cattle. Adjoining this building, and forming another 
side of the yard, is a dog-house. In addition to these there are 
