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Avholo or any part of such Essays ; and the other Essays will lie' 
returned on the applieation of the writers ; hut the Society do 
not make themselves responsible for their loss. 
Conditions. 76. The Society are not bound to award a prize unless lhe\- 
consider one of the Essays deserving of it. 
77. In all reports of experiments the expenses shall be accu- 
rately detailed. 
78. The imperial weights and measures only are those by wliieli 
calculations are to be made. 
79. No prize shall be given for any Essay which has bt.cn 
already in print. 
80. Prizes may bo taken in money or plate, at the option ut 
the successful candidate. 
81. All Essays must be addressed to the Secretary, at the 
house of the Society. 
Library. 
Libraiy. 82. There shall be a Library of the Society, of which a catalogue 
shall be kept ; and all donations ot books shall be referred to the 
Journal Committee to decide whether the books shall be accepted. 
A register shall be kept in which an entry shall be made of all 
presents of books which are so accepted, and of all seeds, ijiiplc- 
ments, and models, together with the names of the donors. 
83. Ko model, implement, or other object can be exhibited !(> 
the Society Avithout leave from the Council. 
Country Mkktixgs. 
CoimtiT Jlce!- 84. The Council reserves to itself the right to adopt, at all 
'"S-''- Country Meetings, such arrangements as may seem most con- 
ducive to the general objects of the Society, without binding 
itself to adopt or follow the arrangements of j^revious years. 
85. In all matters of compensation the responsibility resls 
with the local authorities, and not Avith the Council of the Royal 
Agricultural Society of England. 
86. No person who shall have been shown, to the satisfaction 
of the Council, to have been excluded from exhibiting for prizes 
at the exhibition of any society, in consequence of having been 
convicted of an attempt to obtain a prize by giving a false certi- 
ficate, shall be allowed to comjietc for any of the prizes offered 
by the Royal Agricultural Society of England, at any of its 
meetings. 
