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science anil practice ; and to take in, as they appear, the various 
English and foreign periodicals of an agricultural character; and 
where cases have already been fitted up for the exhibition of col- 
lections of wheat, grasses, wool, and other objects of permanent 
interest. The remainder of the house comprises the secretary's 
apartments, the porter's hall and dwelling-room, the secretary's 
and clerks' rooms, and the various offices connected with the esta- 
blishment ; all of which have been fitted up with the greatest 
attention to the comfort and convenience of the several parties to 
whom they apply, and, at the same time, with a due regard to 
judicious economy in the outlay. 
The Council have resolved not to give the prize to any of the 
samples of seed-wheat selected at the Liverpool Meeting, and 
tried during the past season with other varieties commonly grown 
in the respective neighbourhoods where the trials have been 
made, and of which the results are given in the last part of the 
Journal. 
The Council have to report to the General Meeting the fol- 
lowing adjudication of the prizes for the essays and reports of ex- 
periments in the present year : — 
To Barugh Almack, late of Bishop Burton, in the East Riding 
of the county of York, and now of No. 11, Great George Street, 
Westminster, and 23, Alexander Square, Brompton — the prize of 
20 sovereigns, for the best report of experiments on the drill hus- 
bandry of turnips. 
To Andrew Lelghton, of Chelveston, near Higham Ferrers, 
Northamptonshire — the prize of 20 sovereigns, for the best ac- 
count of the natural history, anatomy, habits, and economy of the 
wire-worm, and the best means of protection against its ravages. 
To the Rev. William Lewis Rham, M.A., vicar of Winkfield, 
near Bracknell, Berkshire — the prize of 20 sovereigns, for the 
best essay on the mechanical properties of the plough. 
To John Barton, of East Leigh, near Emsworth, Hampshire — 
the prize of 20 sovereigns, for the best account of the rotations of 
crops suited for light lands. 
To George Fownes, doctor of philosophy in the University of 
Giessen, and chemical lecturer in the Medical School of the 
