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rities more reasonable, or else be 
pleased to take the whole manage- 
ment into their own hands as they 
had done in the case of pleuro-pneu- 
monia. He was quite sure that this 
would be for the good of the country, 
and would give great satisfaction 
throughout the kingdom. After ex- 
pressing his great gratification that 
the small ditference which existed 
between the Entomologist and the 
Society had been cleared up, he form- 
ally moved the adoption of the report. 
Sir John Heron Maxwell se- 
conded, expressing his pleasure as a 
north countryman that amongst the 
eighteen candidates who had passed 
the Junior Examination no less than 
nine were from the north, whilst 
amongst the ten who would receive 
scholarships no less than six were 
from the Aspatria Agricultural Col- 
lege ; and one from the other side of 
the border, at Maybole. When so 
much was being done for technical 
education, this was very creditable, 
and was another evidence that they, 
the north countrymen, were not be- 
hindhand. 
Mr.KALPH Palmer, with reference 
to the large amount of credit which 
the last speaker claimed for north 
countrymen, and especially for the 
Aspatria College, pointed out that 
two years ago, when there were fifty- 
one boys in that college, more than 
half came from the south of the 
Thames. 
Mr. Foster wished to say, as he 
said last year at that meeting, that it 
was entirely owing to the grant given 
to the college by the Board of Agri- 
culture and their predecessors that 
Aspatria had been able to achieve the 
results it had. Whilst the last speaker 
was perfectly right that many of 
their boys came from the south, it 
was gratifying to think that although 
they were southern born they were 
northern educated. 
The report was then unanimously 
adopted. 
Vote of Thanks to Auditors. 
Mr. W. SCOTSON then moved the 
usual vote of thanks to the Auditors 
(Messrs. Francis Sherborn, A. II. 
Johnson, and C. Gay Roberts), and 
their re-election for the ensuing year. 
Mr. George Girrons, in second- 
ing, took the opportunity of express- 
ing his pleasure at the proposal of 
the Council to offer increased prizes 
for Dairy produce in the year 1893, 
and pointed out the immense im- 
portance of stimulating the dairy 
industry and of improving the tech- 
nical education of those interested in 
it, seeing that an annual sum of 
twenty million pounds was paid by 
this country for foreign produce. He 
also referred to tlie subject of pleuro- 
pneumonia, insisting upon the wisdom 
and importance of prohibiting the 
importation of animals from any 
country that was not known to be 
free from the disease. 
The vote of thanks was passed 
unanimously. 
Suggestions for Consideration of 
Council. 
In response to the usual inquiry 
from the Chair as to whether any of 
the members present had any ques- 
tions to ask or suggestions to offer 
for the consideration of the Council, 
Mr. George Barham expressed 
regret that no reference had been 
made in the report to railway rates. 
He regretted this the more because 
the Mansion House Committee had 
issued their Report, in which they 
thanked the representatives of the 
Society for the services they had 
rendered. He did not know anything 
that affected the value of land or of 
agriculture more than their railway 
rates. Although they hadgainedagreat 
deal by the action taken before the 
Joint Committee, yet there were many 
things to be done, and he thought it 
behoved the Society to keep a watch- 
ful look-out for the future, and to 
study the matter in every possible 
way in the interests of agi-iculturists. 
One other point was the railway rates 
in connection with the implement 
exhibits at the Shows. Their Council 
had very great power ; and when they 
were deciding the locality of the Show, 
that was the time for them to ap- 
proach the railway companies and 
ask for advantages for those who 
largely made the success of the Show. 
Owing to the joint action of that 
Society and other agricultural bodies 
not very long since, exhibitors were 
given half-rates for the return of imple- 
ments and live-stock from the Shows. 
