xxxii  Report  to  the  General  Meeting. 
to  the  present  time  been  exceeded,  as  compared  with  the 
equivalent  period  of  1882.  This  evidence  that  the  Members 
of  the  Society  are  taking  more  advantage  of  the  facilities 
offered  them  to  test  their  purchases  of  manures  and  feeding 
stuffs  by  analysis  is  the  more  satisfactory,  because  recent  Quar- 
terly Reports  of  the  Chemical  Committee  have  shown  the  con- 
tinued need  of  such  a precaution  being  taken  in  many  cases. 
The  Council  have  determined  that  in  addition  to  the  “ Privi- 
leges of  the  Chemical  Analysis  ” as  now  sanctioned  by  them, 
Governors  of  the  Society  may  be  allowed  to  send  to  the  Society’s 
Laboratory,  for  analysis  at  the  scale  of  fees  that  may  be  in  force, 
any  manures  and  feeding  stuffs  which  are  to  be  used  by  their 
outgoing  tenants. 
The  Annual  Excursion  of  Members  of  the  Society  to  the 
Experimental  Farm  at  Crawley,  near  Woburn,  has  taken  place 
in  the  last  two  years  in  connection  with  the  Annual  Meeting  ; 
but  experience  having  shown  that  this  is  too  early  in  the  season 
to  allow  of  a reliable  judgment  of  the  crops  on  the  differently 
manured  plots  being  formed,  the  Council  have  thought  it  best  to 
postpone  it  this  year  until  June  7th. 
The  Council  have  much  satisfaction  in  observing  that  the 
Members  of  the  Society  have  more  largely  availed  them- 
selves of  the  services  of  the  Consulting  Botanist  during  the 
current  year,  especially  in  connection  with  seeds  for  permanent 
pasture.  The  details  given  in  the  Annual  Report  as  to  the 
impurities  and  defects  in  grass  seeds  are  confirmed  by  the 
examinations  of  the  past  quarter. 
Miss  Ormerod,  the  Consulting  Entomologist,  has  prepared 
reports  on  the  insects  sent  to  her  by  Members  of  the  Society  ; 
and  her  elaborate  memoir  on  the  Wireworm,  giving  the  lile- 
history  of  this  destructive  insect,  and  suggesting  remedial 
measures  against  it,  is  published  in  the  current  number  of  the 
Society’s  ‘Journal.’ 
Twenty-six  candidates  entered  their  names  for  examination 
for  the  Society’s  Senior  Prizes  and  Certificates,  and  of  these 
