Report  to  the  General  Meeting. 
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to  republish  this  in  the  form  of  a pamphlet,  and  are  considering 
the  re-issue  of  the  illustrations  in  the  form  of  diagrams. 
The  Council  have  already  issued  at  a cheap  rate  a series  of 
six  diagrams  of  injurious  insects  which  have  been  prepared  by 
Miss  Ormerod,  the  Honorary  Consulting  Entomologist  to  the 
Society  ; and  they  have  under  consideration  a series  illustrating 
the  crops,  weeds,  and  vegetable  parasites  of  the  Farm,  which 
have  been  prepared  by  Mr.  Carruthers,  the  Consulting  Botanist. 
The  Council  have  offered  a Prize  of  20/.  for  the  best  and 
simplest  plan  of  keeping  Farm  Accounts,  to  include  a register  of 
all  field  operations,  breeding,  feeding,  &c.  Forty-seven  candi- 
dates have  competed,  and  the  award  of  the  Prize  is  at  present 
under  the  consideration  of  the  Judges. 
The  Council  regret  to  state  that  numerous  cases  of  the  transfer 
1 of  Tickets  of  admission  to  the  Showyard,  chiefly  by  Exhibitors’ 
servants,  have  this  year  been  brought  before  them  ; and  they 
have  found  it  necessary,  in  order  to  check  an  evil  which  appears 
to  be  growing,  to  enact  that  in  future  a fine  of  1/.  in  each  case 
of  transfer  or  misuse  shall  be  levied  upon  the  person  or  firm  who 
is  responsible  for  the  proper  use  of  the  Ticket. 
Two  entries  have  been  received  for  the  Prizes  offered  in  1879 
for  the  best  new  varieties  of  Seed  Wheat  produced  since  that 
date,  and  arrangements  have  been  made  to  have  their  merits 
tested  in  different  parts  of  the  kingdom. 
Thirty  candidates  were  entered  for  examination  for  the 
Society’s  Junior  Scholarships  from  the  following  Schools  : — 
Aspatria  Agricultural  and  Commercial  School,  1 ; Bedford 
County  School,  4 ; Devon  County  School,  2 ; Surrey  County 
School,  22;  Public  School,  Gersa,  near  Watten,  Cathness,  1. 
The  following  candidates,  arranged  in  order  of  merit,  have 
gained  Scholarships  of  20/.  each  : — 
Surrey  County  School.. 
F.  H.  Purchase. 
Devon  County  School  .. 
T.  B.  Potburt. 
Bedford  County  School 
..  J.  W.  Twinberrow. 
55  55  55 
J.  D.  Twinberrow. 
Surrey  County  School 
J.  H.  Beeves. 
Bedford  County  School 
H.  L.  Jenkins. 
55  55  55 
C.  G.  F.  Thonger. 
Surrey  County  School .. 
S.  N.  E.  O’Halloran. 
55  55  55 
Y.  W.  Low. 
By  Order  of  the  Council, 
H.  M.  JENKINS, 
Secretary. 
