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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Second prize of £5 to No. S85, Edward Kingsnorth, of Orlesione, Ham 
Street, Kent. 
Class II. —To the owner of the best Ten of Tire three-years-old Tices. 
Eirst prize of £10 to No. S91, Charles Collard, of ITichainbreux Court, 
Wmgharn, Kent. 
Second prize of £5 to No. 889, Frederick Murton, of Smeetli, Ashford, 
Kent. 
INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS. 
The fourth session of the Congress, held this year in 
London, was opened on Monday, July 16th, by his Royal 
Highness the Prince Consort, who delivered an eloquent 
address on the occasion, in which he pointed out the true 
position and value of statistical knowledge. Besides a nu¬ 
merous attendance of British savans , scientific representatives 
from the governments of nearly every European state were 
present, as also from our own distant colonies, and the 
United States of America. To facilitate the discussion of the 
several subjects to be brought before the Congress, a division 
into sections was made, which comprised—1st, Judicial sta¬ 
tistics; 2d, Sanitary; 3d, Industrial, including Agricultural; 
4th, Commercial; 5th, Census, with Military and Naval 
statistics ; and 6th, Statistical Methods. 
The branches most interesting to our leaders being those 
of agriculture and health, more especially of animals, we add 
a few remarks explanatory of the principal proceedings which 
took Diace relative thereto. 
The first of these important matters was brought before 
the section (Sir Roderick Murchison, D.C.L., F.R.S., in the 
chair) by the reading of papers by Mr. Caird, M.P., and 
Mr. Donelly, Registrar-General of Ireland, when it was pro¬ 
posed : 
“ That in the case of agriculture the area of the land under each crop 
should be annually returned, and a return of the live stock obtained not less 
frequently than once in every five years, and if possible every year. The 
quantity of the produce should also be estimated. The means to be em¬ 
ployed should vary according to the circumstances of each state; but 
especial care should be taken to avoid exciting the prejudices or appre¬ 
hensions of cultivators by unnecessary inquiries.” 
