Report to the General Meeting. 
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The Prize of Twenty Soverkigns for an Account of the best Experi- 
ment in Agriculture to Mr. John Hannam, of North Deighton, 
near Wetherby, for his Essay on the Theory and Application of 
Bone Manure. 
NEW PRIZES. 
On the Agriculture of North Wales £50 
On the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire . . .50 
On the Agriculture of Cambridgeshire . . . . .50 
On the Advantages or Disadvantages of breaking up Grass-land . 50 
On the Improvement of the Condition of the Agricultural Labourer, 
so far as it may be promoted by private Exertion without 
legislative Enactment ....... 30 
On keeping Farm Accounts ....... 10 
On Employment by the Piece ....... 20 
On Peat-Charcoal as a Manure 10 
On Sulphuric Acid and Bones ....... 10 
On White Mustard 10 
On the St. John's Day Rye 10 
On draining Running Sands . . . . . . .10 
The Council have received from the Journal Committee a 
highly favourable opinion of the character of the Essays sent in 
this year to compete for the various prizes offered by the Society. 
The Council have reason to anticipate from the extensive entry 
already made of implements, and the numerous applications for 
certificates of stock, that the Country meeting of the present year, 
to be held at Shrewsbury for the North Wales District in the 
week commencing the 14th of July next, will be fully as large 
and satisfactory as on former occasions. 
The Council have accepted the invitation of a public meeting 
convened at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to hold the Country meeting 
for the Northern District at that town in the year 1846. 
The Council, in conclusion, have the satisfaction, at the close 
of the seventh year of the establishment of the Society, of con- 
gratulating the Members on the steady advance of the Society in 
the accomplishment of its various practical objects, and the 
gradual development of Its prospects and resources : among which 
