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seeds for permanent pasture. The quality of the seeds examined 
continues to be of the same high quality as was reached last year. 
No case of intentional adulteration was met with, if a case of rye- 
grass is excepted, which contained G6 per cent, of the seed of brome- 
grass. Several cases of injuries to crop-plants from the attack of 
fungal and other parasites have been investigated. The disease 
which has done serious injury to larch plantations has been the 
subject of special inquiry, and an account of it is being prepared for 
publication. An inspection has been made of a large number of the 
famous ancient pastures of England, which will form the subject of 
a paper in the next number of the Journal (see page 751). 
29. During the past half-year the work of the Consulting Ento- 
mologist's Department has steadily progressed, almost daily appli- 
cations being received for identifications of insects or for informa- 
tion concerning means for their prevention. Amongst other kinds 
of uncommon insect pests, respecting which applications have been 
received, may be'mentioned the appearance of the American Clover- 
seed Midge, the Stem Eelworm as an attack seriously stunting the 
growth of bean-plants, and attacks of two other kinds of Eelworm 
which have been injurious by causing extremely deformed and 
totally barren growth in strawberry-plants. The Apple Chermes, or 
Apple-sucker, did mischief (little previously observed) in the spring. 
The Hessian Fly was present in many localities, but, so far as was 
reported, did very little mischief. The treatment for prevention 
and also for direct clearing off of Orchard Caterpillars proved success- 
ful, in the cases which have been reported, where it was carried on 
according to directions. The attention to Warble attack has also 
been very satisfactory in amount and effect, but plain information 
is still much needed amongst the workers who personally attend to 
the cattle. Miss Ormerod reports that " there is certainly a very 
satisfactory increase in .amount of public information as to practi- 
cable measures for lessening amount of losses by insect agency, and 
that applications constantly increase for plain and sound information, 
and as to where serviceable works can be procured bearing on farm 
insect prevention." 
30. As a result of the Examination for the Society's Senior Prizes 
and Certificates, which took place on May 13 to 17 last, eleven of the 
sixteen candidates satisfied the examiners ; and the following com- 
petitors, placed in order of merit, gained First-class Certificates, and 
thus became Life Members of the Society ; the first four being 
entitled, in addition, to the prizes stated below : — 
1. Francis Reginald Armytage, i Pump Court, Temple, E.C. First 
Prize of 251. 
2. Richard William Haydox, Great Coombshead, North Molton, Devon. 
Second Prize of 151. 
3. Henry Crabtree, 30 Lutton Place, Edinburgh. Third Prize of 101. 
4. Alfred Henry Inman, 9 Queensferry Street, Edinburgh. Fourth 
Prize of 51. 
5. John Jaaie3 Jeffray, Blackaddie, Sanquhar, N.B. 
6. Richard Henderson, Portland Estates Office, Kilmarnock, N.B. 
The following candidates, having passed in Agriculture and 
