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input  of  the  animals,  will  be  placed  in  the  bands  of  the  Journal 
Committee. 
Professor  Way,  tbe  Consulting  Chemist  to  the  Society,  has  con- 
tinued to  prosecute  his  interesting  researches  on  the  chemical 
constitution  of  plants  and  substances  of  agricultural  use,  the 
results  of  which  arc  in  the  course  of  publication  in  the  Journal  of 
the  Society.  Professor  Way  has  also  favoured  the  Society  since 
the  last  General  Meeting  w ith  a lecture  on  the  chemical  character 
of  water  as  connected  with  its  agricultural  uses. 
The  Conned  have  decided  to  give  Prizes  for  Essays  on  the 
following  subjects,  to  be  sent  in  by  the  1st  of  March  next: — 
Funning  of  Shropshire  ....  £50 
Fanning  of  Northampton  ...  50 
Diseases  from  Mi-management  of  Horses  . 20 
Diseases  of  Cattle  after  Parturition  . . 20 
Agricultural  Geology'  of  England  and  Wales  50 
Production  of  Butter  ....  10 
Any  subject  in  Agricultural  Chemistry  . 20 
The  Council  have  been  favoured  by  Viscount  Palmerston  with 
important  cuanmanicalions  on  the  subject  of  the  supply  of  Guano; 
and  the  Duke  of  Kichmond,  feeling  tbe  great  importance  to  the 
fanners  of  this  country,  that  so  valuable  a manure  should  if  pos- 
sible be  supplied,  not  only  in  its  genuine  state,  but  in  abundance, 
and  at  a cheap  rate,  has  kindly  undertaken,  at  the  request  of  the 
Council,  to  coufcr  w ith  Lord  Palmerston  on  the  subject. 
By  order  of  the  Council, 
(Signed)  JAMES  HUDSON, 
Secretary. 
London,  14 th  December,  1850. 
