Report to the General Meetbuj. 
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under deep obligation by their zealous and efficient co-operation, 
the Council have had the grateful task of returning their unqua- 
lified thanks. 
In consequence of parties having in many Instances made 
entries for the Society's Shows and subsequently failed to send 
their stock or implements so entered, the Council have found 
it requisite to agree to the following rule, for the purpose of 
prevention : — 
" That for the purpose of checking tlie entry of cattle and imple- 
ments, which are not intended to be exhibited, a fine of lO^. per heacJ* 
for beasts and horses, and IQ.y. per pen for sheep or pigs, and os. for 
implements under, or IO5. for those of the price of lOZ. or upwards, be 
charged on every animal or pen of animals, or implement entered and 
not exhibited, unless a certificate shall be sent to the Secretary on or 
before the day of exhibition, that the non-exhibition is caused by un- 
avoidable accident. And that the Director and Stewards of the Yard be 
requested to report the names of the parties who have not exhibited as 
entered at the Show, or neglected to pay the fines." 
The Council have also resolved to discontinue the Sale by 
Auction in the Show-yard at the Country Meetings of the 
Society. 
The Journal Committee have reported during the past half- 
year, the following adjudication of prizes for Essays, namely — 
To George Phillips, analytical Chemist to the Excise, the prize bf 
Fifty Sovereigns, on the Duke of Northumberland's foundation, for 
the best Essay on the Remedy for the Potato Disease, and on its 
treatment in the various stages of planting, growth, and preserv- 
ation. 
To Hemry Cox, of Longford's House, Minchinhampfon, the prize 
of Twenty Sovereigns, on the Duke of Northumberland's founda- 
tion, for the second best Essay on the same subject. 
To F. J. Graham, of Cranford, near Hounslow, the prize of Thirty 
Sovereigns, on the Duke of Nortlmmberland's foundation, for the 
best history of the Disease at the present time affecting the Po- 
tato, involving a condensed detail of facts developed by expe- 
riments. 
To Hugh Ratnbird, of Bury St. Edmund's, the prize of Twenty 
