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the working of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act have been 
found of considerable benefit. In consequence of the approaching 
transfer of the Society’s offices, a re-arrangement of the Chemical 
Department has been under consideration, and will shortly be 
carried into effect. Under the new arrangement it is hoped that 
more time may be devoted to original researches than has hitherto 
been possible. 
30 . As usual during the winter season, feeding experiments have 
been carried out at the Woburn Experimental Farm. Those upon 
sheep-feeding have been concluded, and point to the economy of 
feeding sheep with a moderate diet for a longer period in preference 
to more rapid feeding with large quantities of cake and corn, and 
also to the value of hay as an addition to a diet for sheep. The 
experiments on fattening bullocks have shown that the place of 
roots cannot be taken by straw- chaff to which linseed oil has been 
added, and that for fattening bullocks linseed oil is not a desirable 
article of food. 
31 . The insects with regard to which the advice of the Zoologist 
has been most frequently sought during the winter season belong to 
the weevil tribe. The vine weevil, the turnip gall weevil, and, of 
late, the pea and clover weevil ( Sitones ) have been the subjects of 
complaint. The Zoologist has devoted considerable attention to the 
investigation of substances likely to prove useful as insecticides. He 
has also instituted, upon the spot, a careful inquiry as to the 
methods which have proved most efficacious in dealing with the 
beetle so destructive to mustard crops in the fen district. 
32 . Sir J ohn Thorold and Mr. Charles Whitehead have been re- 
elected as the Society’s representatives upon the Lawes Agricultural 
Trust for a further period of five years. 
33 . Thirty-two candidates entered and 28 actually competed 
in the Society’s Senior Examinations, held from the 8th to the 12th 
of this month. The answers of the candidates are now under con- 
sideration, and the results will be announced as soon as possible. 
The Council have resolved to discontinue after the present year the 
award of free Life Memberships to the winners of First Class 
Certificates in these Examinations. 
By Order of the Council, 
ERNEST CLARKE, 
Secretary. 
