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talents which fitted him for his secretarial duties. He was able 
to rapidly acquire knowledge which he could reproduce in a 
clear and readable shape. Further, he had a full grasp and 
knowledge of all agricultural topics, and spoke with facility two 
foreign languages at least ; whilst he had by his energy and 
ability greatly increased the operations and influence of the 
Society ; and his power of work increased with the work he 
undertook. He had been so long Secretary of the Society that 
he was thoroughly identified with its growth, and his loss will 
be felt, not only by this Society, but by agriculturists at large 
all over the world. Our first duty will be to pass a vote of 
condolence to Mrs. Jenkins and her family. I am sure that 
this will be universally received as one of the marks of respect 
we can pay to his memory." 
Earl Cathcart, the Chairman of the Journal Committee, said : 
*' Never for a single moment had the private friendship existing 
between himself and Mr. Jenkins been interfered with by any 
friction in their business relations, and he yielded to no man in 
his appreciation of all that had during many years been done 
by Mr. Jenkins for the promotion of the best interests of the 
Society. He was most anxious that every care should be taken to 
render full justice to the memory of their late Secretary. Having 
said this much, he did not for an instant doubt that the Society 
could go on as heretofore. When a good man fell in the ranks 
— and undoubtedly a good man had fallen — it was the duty of 
the survivors to close up, and push on. The steady onward 
march of this great Society should not, and must not, be 
impeded." 
VII. — Tobacco as a Farm Crop for England. By C. de L. 
Faunce De Laune, of Sharsted Court, Sittingbourne. 
The last work of the late Mr. Jenkins was an article in the 
Royal Agricultural Society's ' Journal,' * on the Cultivation of 
Tobacco in the North-West of Europe. A melancholy interest 
naturally attaches itself to this article, and when, by request, I 
took up the subject where he left off, I realized more fully than 
ever the loss that this Society and myself had sustained. 
I cannot hope, nor do I even attempt to treat the subject 
exhaustively, as such an endeavour would occupy all the limits 
•of this Journal ; all I can hope for, and all 1 aim at accom- 
plishing, is to collect the most trustworthy information on the 
leading points of the tobacco question, to lay before my readers 
* Vol. xxii., 1886, p. 729 ct seq. 
