Report to the General Meeting. 
ix 
The Council being strongly of opinion that all manures and 
feeding stuffs should be bought of a guaranteed composition, 
and that a sample of the bulk should be afterwards sent for 
analysis, have reduced the fees for analysis charged to Mem- 
bers of the Society in one important respect. They regret, 
however, to report that the analvtical work of the Laboratory 
shows a falling off as compared with last year, the number 
of samples sent having been 1058 this year as against 1201 
in 1880. 
Thirty-one candidates were entered for examination for the 
Society's Junior Scholarship from the following schools : — Albert 
Institution, Glasnevin, 3 ; Aspatria Agricultural School, 3 ; 
Bedford County School, 2 ; Devon County School, 2 ; Sandbach 
Grammar School, 1 ; Surrey County School, 20- According to 
the Reports already received from the Examiners the following 
five candidates have been successful in the order named : — 
Surrey County School P. H. Puechase. 
Bedford County School J. D. Twtxbeeeov.". 
„ „ „ H. L. Jexkixs. 
Surrey Comity School Chables Brooks. 
„ „ „ A. G. AxKDfs. 
By order of the Council, 
H. M. JEXKIXS, 
Secretary. 
