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Report to the General Meeting. 
o. At the suggestion of the British Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, the Council have resolved that a chemical 
analysis of the ashes of plants grown in different localities and on 
different soils throughout the kingdom shall be made at the 
expense of the Society, and they have voted the sum of 350Z. 
towards carrying out that desirable and imj)ortant object. At the 
request of the Stalham Farmers" Club, the Council have in- 
structed their consulting chemist. Dr. Playfair, to analyze at the 
expense of the Society specimens of the soil and subsoil of a 
wheat-field in Norfolk remarkable for its productiveness. 
The Journal Committee have reported the following awards to 
the authors of prize essays, and also a list of subjects of prizes 
amounting to 310Z. for the reports and essays of next year : — 
AWARDS. 
The Prize of Twenty Sovereigns to Mr. Henry White, of War- 
ringtoUj for his Essay on the Details of making Cheshire Cheese. 
The Prize of Fifty Sovereigns to Mr. R. W. Corringham, of 
Bolham Hall, near Retford, for his Report on the Farming of 
Nottinghamshire. 
The Prize of Fifty Sovereigns to Mr. W. F. Karkeek, of Truro, 
for his Report on the Farming of Cornwall. 
The Prize of Fifty Sovereigns to Mr. George Buckland, of Benen- 
den, for his Report on the Farming of Kent. 
The Prize of Twenty Sovereigns to Mr. John Watson, jun., of 
Kendal, for his Essay on Reclaiming Heath Land. 
The Prize of Ten Sovereigns to Mr. Edward Bowly, of Cirencester, 
for his Essay on the Advantages of One-horse Carts. 
The Prize of Twenty Sovereigns to Mr. James Grigor, of Norwich, 
for his Essay on Fences. , 
The Prize of Ten Sovereigns to Mr. George Dobito, of Kirtling 
Hall, Newmarket, for his Essay on Fattening Cattle. 
The Prize of Twenty Sovereigns to Mr. Frederick William 
Etheredge, of Park Street, Westminster, for his Essay on the 
cheapest and best Method of establishing a Tile-yard. 
