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cial"-some wags say a misprint for "officious"-as a means of pointing out to them where they are to be seen. That part of the " Guide" official-or officious, as the case may be-which informs the patient reader of the weary mass of print of which the "Guide" is made up as to the contributions to the Belgian departments certainly gives the list of these implements among the number, but they are not there; and if by any chance he thinks it likely that they may be in the Eastern Annexe amongst the British agricultural machinery, he will not find them in the catalogue of that place, nor in that place itself. Again, if he peruses the catalogue of the Western Annexe, or the machinery in general, he will not find them given there, although it so happens that the Western Annexe is precisely the place where they are to be found. The same perplexing position is given to some interesting agricultural implements of Austria and Denmark. France is somewhat better off, as she has got all her agricultural machinery not far from-in fact, behind-her general court; but even they are unfortunately placed, and some time was it before we could discover their position-not, indeed, till after weary wanderings and cross-questionings of policemen, patient enough and polite withal, but unfortunately just as much perplexed about the matter as ourselves. It has been a great mistake not placing all the agricultural machines and implements in one department. It would have been quite an easy matter to have given one division of it to the machinery of British makers, and the other to the various makers of various countries. Immense advantages would have accrued from this arrangement to the visitor desirous to get information on the subject of agricultural machinery in its cosmopolitan aspects; and most ingenious and interesting comparisons might have been made between them. As it is, the visitor has to rush from one part of the building to another, to see the machines of different countries; and when he arrives at the place where the Guide" says they ought to be, in more than one instance he will find that is just the place where they are not. Of course to the purely "commissioner" and "official" mind there are grave objections-very grave indeed, sir!-to the simple and philosophical plan we have pointed out above, "Foreign exhibiters, sir, are different from British exhibiters, and must have different departments. If otherwise, endless confusion would arise !-endless confusion, sir." To such bow-wow explanations as we know would be, and have been offered, when criticising with the lack of arrangement in the agricultural department, it might be easy to reply, that the rule, as a rule, may be all very good, but that at all events the Commissioners have themselves broken it, and broken it too with immense advantage to the public in the case of the "machinery in general." In the Annexe which is the attractive and fascinating home of perhaps the finest collection of machinery the world ever saw, British and foreign machinery are placed, if not entirely side by side, at least in the same apartment: so that we have presented to us in consequence a magnificent display, by which comparative observations can be made. Why could not this have been done with the agricultural implements and machines ? Of course this would have necessitated a more liberal policy on the part of the Commissioners towards agriculture than they have adopted. "Cribbed, cabined, and confined" in a narrow strip of a shed, our British makers have not room to display their own machinery properly; so that they could not, if they would, receive the contributions of foreign makers. But the truth is, that agriculture, and all pertaining thereto, is held in wretchedly small account by minds official; and while pains have been taken to give proud position to other departments, that of agriculture has been wretchedly treated, because

apparently to the official mind wretched treatment is all it deserves. Is not the bucolic mind the slowest of the slow? and why should complacent Commissioners trouble themselves with any of its manifestations? Truly, this may be so; but, nevertheless, one fine day, and that perhaps sooner than they think of, agriculture will prove itself, in the eyes of all men, to be the back-bone of the nation. We have a Government Department of Science and Art, in which, while other things are petted, Agriculture-the mother of all the arts-has no position whatever. Well, well! Agriculture has an inherent pride of place and beauty which may well dispense with the tinselled trappings of Government patronage. These considerations are not altogether unsuggestive, nor are they out of place, when recording the doings of an Exposition in which agriculture ought to have had higher honours paid to it than seem to have been thought necessary by those in the place of power. We may regret that they have not in this matter come up to the height of their position, but we are at all events free to confess that we consider that, in the long run, they will be more the losers than the friends of agriculture. As it is, a splendid opportunity has been lost of forming a most complete collection of agricultural implements and machines of all countries, and so forming it, that comparative observations of high value might have been easily made. All parties would have learned something from these observations, for even our own makers, who stand deservedly high for constructive skill, might learn something from the rudelymade implements of other countries. We may regret that all this has been lost, but, the thing being already legislated for, regret we may have-but regret is now in vain.

But, to return to the subject of Belgian implements, commenced in the first of our present series of papers, and in which we gave a description of the Flemish plough. We regret, for the sake of comparison, if for no other lesson which might be learned from it, that no specimen of a Flemish plough is exhibited-at least none is seen where it ought to be. That, however, is no proof that some confiding maker in Flanders has not sent one. The Catalogue gives us no clue as to whether this is the case or not; for its wording is amazingly ambiguous. M. Van Maele, of Thielt, exhibits two iron ploughs, the mould-boards of which are capable of being adjusted to any desired breadth. These present some of the features of the Flemish plough, as in the Avant soc," or skim coulter; but being of iron, they are light, and give no notion of the heavy clumsy look of a wooden Flemish plough. The Flemish harrows are in their native original form very simply arranged, and in no way calculated to do very accurate work. The tines are generally set to work in line, one after the other, thus:

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in place of tines being placed to work in the intervallic spaces, as shown by the dotted lines. A very common form of harrow as used in Belgium is the triangular, as thus:

the tines being placed on the cross parts as well as the side butts, and so placed that the line in advance, works within the space of those behind, thus:

The roller, as with us, plays an important part in Belgian husbandry. In its normal condition it is a very simple affair, consisting of two side beams curved in outline thus

and connected at either end with a flat piece of wood, to which bolt and shackles are attached, so that it may be drawn from either end. The roller-part of the bole of a tree-revolves in the centre of this framing on very rough iron centres. An implement of this class, quite peculiar to Flemish husbandry, is the traineau. This is used to break clods as well as to roll smooth a pasture, and consists of a rhomboidal frame of timber, with its underside covered with planks. Its under-side is sometimes provided with two rows of iron or wooden tines, placed at a very obtuse angle to the plane of the implement, so as not to project very far from its surface. It is to be regretted that none of the old-fashioned implements used still in great numbers-have been exhibited. The reason for this we can divine easily: the makers are evidently desirous to show implements more advanced in construction and arrangement, and are desirous to stand well with the agriculturists of England; they have evidently displayed their best. What their best is, is easily discovered. In the department of implements now under consideration, M. O. Desoer exhibits a skeleton roller or clod crusher. This consists of four discs of cast-iron revolving on a horizontal shaft, carried by framing dragged by a horse. The discs work in pairs, a short interval of two or three inches being placed between them. The discs are cast with a series of corresponding slots in their outer edges, and into these zlots a series of wrought iron bars are placed. These stretch between the two discs, and the distance between them corresponds to the distances between the slots in the edges of the discs. The bars of wrought-iron are not flat, but have their outer edges, those which come in contact with the soil, flanged like a rail, thus T. This shape enables the bar to act upon the soil more effectually than if left plain. To prevent the bars from working out of the slots in the discs of the wheels, the lower edge of the bars is also flanged, but with less projection than the outer edge; the slots are of corresponding shape, so that the bars have to be driven up from the end; there are some points in this implement worthy of consideration.

A very ingenious sowing-machine is exhibited by M.Van. Maele, of Thielt. This in general appearance resembles our hand turnip-sowing barrow, but with one wheel only. The seed is carried in a long tin-box supported above the barrow; and generally narrows to a small opening in front. Before this opening a small cup-shaped wheel or dasher revolves on a horizontal shaft. This receives a rapid motion from the carrying-wheel of the barrow, through a driving-band, pulley, and bevel gearing. The cupshaped wheel is divided in the direction of its face into four compartments by cross-arms or partitions. As the seed passes out of the aperture of the hopper which contains it, it is met by the rapidly revolving arms of the cup-shaped dasher, and as it passes finally from this through the end, it is scattered over the soil in all directions. This scattering part of the mechanism resembles very

closely the movement in a broadcast sowing apparatus, exhibited some two years ago at the Smithfield Show, and last year at Perth. We gave at the time a full description of it in the pages of this Journal. While on the subject of sowing machines we may notice, that in the Austrian collection, in the Western Annexe, not far from the Belgian implements, will be seen a simple mode of adapting a broadcast-sowing machine to the purposes of a drill or a line-sowing machine. This is very simply effected, by allowing the grain to fall upon an inclined board in a continuous stream; but this is divided by having the board covered with a series of simple channels, formed thus

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The seed drops in a continuous stream on the upper part of the board, and falls between the inclined bars a a, the triangular" points" or blocks catch this, spread it out, and it is finally delivered to the ground in lines, at distances corresponding to the distances between the base of the triangular blocks bb.

In the Belgian department is a model of the celebrated Britannia Farm, of M. Bortier at Ghestelles, near Ostend, in West Flanders. The following very rough type sketch will give some notion of its arrangements. Of course in such type diagrams, no accuracy of scale or proportion is attempted.

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The position of the farm house is shown at a; the accommodation consists of a large kitchen, with three bed rooms, a vestibule, and dairy cellars underneath; 6, is the infirmary for the horses; c, that for the sheep; de, implement and cart sheds; ff, the position of a range of sheep sheds; g g. that of a range of cattle boxes; hh, that of a range of pig huts, and yards. In the back range, the central part i is the cooking chamber for the cattle food; j, a steam-engine house;

k, the beet-root distillery; 7, the thrashing machine, straw-cutting room, &c., &c. Behind the back range is the boiler for the engine, the liquid manure tanks, and the stacks and heaps of roots; no, show the position of covered dung pits. In this building a complete system of rails is put down, to carry produce, manure,

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&c., &c., from place to place; and pipes are also laid down, to convey the liquid manure to tanks, and others to convey pure water to various parts.

There is yet much interesting matter to detail connected with the foreign section, which we propose to give in future papers.

ON ARTIFICIAL FOODS FOR STOCK.

This is becoming one of the most important questions of the day to graziers and all others engaged in fattening domestic animals for human food. It well deserves the gravest consideration, as upon its satisfactory solution depends mainly the prosperity of the modern system of fattening stock by such adventitious aids. This system, too, has now received universal favour, and astonishing results have been derived from its adoption. The weight of food produced for the consumption of a meat-loving people by it exceeds belief. Take a case of summergrazing. Some years ago I occupied a field of excellent grass land, upon which I considered myself doing well to fatten on grass alone fifteen head of Shorthorned cattle. The present occupier has, by the aid of artificial food (i. e. linseed oilcake), been able to fatten twentytwo equally good Shorthorns upon the same field; the quantity given to each animal not exceeding four pounds daily. The system applies with greater benefit to sheep grazing. I name an instance under my knowledge of a field upon which the grazier fattens thirteen sheep per acre, giving them half-a-pound of linseed cake each daily. Another instance I give where the grazier fattens ten sheep upon half an acre, with a similar allowance; and on some of his larger fields he grazes them in nearly the like proportion. The kind are good" halfbreds," i. e., from Leicester, Lincoln, or Cotswold rams, to Southdown ewes. Another case I could name of a grazier who fattens fifteen Lincoln longwools per acre with the aid of artificial food, but I am not conversant with the kinds used. I could also instance cases almost innumerable where graziers are depasturing from eight to twelve fatting sheep per acre, and getting them fat with the like aids. Now in most of these instances these fields, under the old order of summer-grazing, would be thought heavily stocked at from five to seven sheep per acre. I observe the same additional proportion in fields appropriated to the fatting of cattle. A small field of four acres that I frequently pass by, which used only to fat four Shorthorn cattle, I now observe six upon it, and fine cattle too; but I also observe the cake or meal-tubs lying about. In an adjoining field are twelve head of like cattle, minus the tubs; but this field contains eleven acres. The land of equal value. These instances any casual observer may note. I could name very many of such-like facts, but it is quite superfluous, as the knowledge is patent to every modern grazier. Seeing, then, that such important results follow the adoption of this modern system of grazing or fatting of stock, I repeat that it deserves the gravest consideration, and for this reason, i. e., that since the demand for artificial foods has become so enormously great, the adulteration of these foods has gone on in proportion to it; so that now it is almost impossible to obtain unadulterated food of artificial character. Take linseed cake-the very foundation upon which the system was built-it is shamefully adulterated, and often with substances actually prejudicial to the animal economy. Mr. Wright, in his Essay upon the Management of Cattle, printed by the Royal Agricultural Society, gives a capital exposure of such abominations. He says—“ I am indebted to a correspondent in whom

I have the greatest confidence for the following information respecting the different qualities of linseed cake. He states that the finest quality is made as follows:300lbs. of ground linseed are mixed with 28lbs. of ground nut cake, 28lbs. of rape cake (also ground), and 28lbs. of coarse bran. The second qualities are made of a small admixture of linseed with a considerable part of the undermentioned articles; and the third qualities are made wholly of the last-named of the following articles, without any linseed at all:-Foreign linseed cakes, dodder seed cakes, poppy seed cakes, African ground nut cakes, castor oil nut cakes, rice husks, cotton seed cakes, rape cakes. Sometimes the whole of the above are mixed and worked together; but a supply of each is not always at hand, and some or all, according to circumstances, are introduced to make up the desired quality." Here, then, in the finest quality of linseed cake we have 300lbs. of linseed (I presume the husks or outer coat is meant) to 84lbs. of foreign matters; in the second quality, a small admixture of linseed is made with some of the substances named above, according to circumstances; and the third quality of linseed cake is made without any linseed at all. What imposture to be practised by respectable manufacturers! Can anything be more abominable? What constitutes swindling? Am I not swindled when I buy of a respectable house linseed cake "without any linseed at all" being in it? And why am I thus imposed upon ? It is because if these respectable men would dare to be honest, and advertise their cakes as made of the substances they do contain, they would not only experience a worthless trade, but they would lose caste with their fellows and also the public.

It applies with equal or greater force to the trade which of late years has sprung up in "cattle foods," and "cattle condiments." Who would buy them if they were precisely acquainted with their constituents ? I do not say that they as substances for cattle-food are worthless; far from it. I believe that many of them do, if they are properly and judiciously mixed, constitute a valuable addition to our means of fattening and promoting the healthy condition both of our flocks and herds; but what I deprecate is that the consumer is charged so enormously for such articles of food as Indian corn-meal, bean-meal, pea-meal, wheat-flour, carib or locust beans, barley-meal, oat-meal, rice and rice-cleanings, linseed, cotton-seed, mustard-seed, rapeseed, lentils, tares, malt, malt-dust, bran starch, common salt, and a few trifling additions of fenugreek-seed, coriander-seed, canary-seed, ginger, and other aromatics to give scent and flavour. Now, these enumerated articles, which are known to constitute the base of all such foods, are harmless enough, nay actually beneficial under careful administration, but the purchaser has to give full four times their true value when he buys them in mixture for "cattle-food." I fear, however, that in addition to the above enumerated articles, there are substances actually deleterious pressed into the manufacturer's service, such as chalk, yellow clay, or other like vile materials—in fact almost anything that will give the proper colour and add to the weight.

Well, if graziers and fatteners of stock will so profusely purchase these admixtures, they alone are mainly to blame. There will always be found plenty of cunning and unprincipled men who will provide for them to any extent. My object is to induce all stock-masters to take up this subject, and carefully ponder it over for themselves. They will soon discover that there is a great value in these condiments, and an immense saving in their cost. They will soon adopt means to provide for themselves. What can be easier than to select the most nutritious cereals? grind them, add a little linseed, malt, carob-bean (powdered), and any little aromatic seed, and we have the best of condiments and cattlefoods. A little attention to the progress of the animals feeding will soon give evidence as to the utility of the food. A healthy fatting animal may be supplied with the most nutritious condiment, but a store animal or one in delicate condition must have a less nutritive mixture. This is easily ascertained, as also their medicinal or constitutional qualities. Indian meal, wheat-flour, starch, rice, barley, and oat-meal would form the basis of food for the poorer and younger class of animals; whilst beanmeal, pea-meal, linseed, carob bean and malt would form the basis of the best fattening food. It would by no means be requisite to mix many of the ingredients together. The grazier can select such as he deems best

according to the state of his stock. The most forward in condition may safely be supplied with the richest food i the lowest in condition with the most simple and nourishing, such as oat-meal, with a slight admixture of linseed or linseed-cake and bran—the linseed in all cases to be crushed or boiled. Starch and carraway-seed would form a valuable aid to a scouring animal; common salt, linseed, and malt to a costive animal. Ginger might be added in small proportion for a hoven or flatulent animal. These matters, however, would soon become a part of the grazier's every-day business, and he would look after the admixture and administration of these foods with as much regularity as to his other affairs, and he would soon become as conversant with them and their most profitable application as he is with the best mode of raising and managing his crops. This would put an effectual stop to the adulterations of all kinds of food. It would soon be seen that these ingredients, judicionsly mixed and applied, would supersede adulterated linseed cake and the numerous cattlefood and condiments with which the whole country is pestered. The result would be an immense saving to our stock-masters in the price of artificial foods, and a much more satisfactory progress in the fattening of their fatting stock, and well doing of their store stock and younger animals.

THE SUPPLIES OF RICE.

In view of the increasing demand for rice in this country, as shown by the large imports of the past year, it will be interesting to learn something of the sources of supply in India, and the varieties cultivated. The study of those from the Indian provinces, as well as in the collections from the French and Dutch Indian possessions, offers a wide field for investigation. Last year the imports of husked rice were more than double those of either of the two preceding years, amounting to 3,305,632 cwts. The local consumption in Ceylon, Mauritius, and parts of India is enormous. The Carolina rice is for the present thrown out of culture. Fine rice is, however, produced in British Honduras, Demerara, Brazil, and other South American States; but we cannot look for any supplies of rice from thence. We must, therefore, confine our inquiries to the East, and shall notice principally the collection of samples shown in the East Indian gallery at the Exhibition. There are 54 varieties of rice, shelled and unshelled, shown from Durrang in Assam.

In Moulmein rice is the daily food of the people. All the varieties cultivated are sown in May or June, by the setting in of the south-west monsoon; and reaped from October to December. It is very quick in its growth, and requires little attention. 100 baskets of paddy, when cleaned, will yield 60 baskets of rice.

In Chittagong there are four or five kinds of rice which grow on the hills. In March or April the jungle is cleared, and burnt on the spot when dry. When the first shower of rain falls, the cultivator makes small holes at short distances, and into each drops paddy, cotton, and other seeds. These come to perfection promiscuously, and are reaped as they become ripe; but the produce is too scanty to admit of its forming an article of commercc. Hundreds of varieties of rice are grown in Oude. A heavy soil and plenty of water suits them best. There are five kinds which are most appreciated, Mihee and Bansee being the foremost.

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rice (locally called Dhan), coarse rice, and fine rice. Rice is the staple product of that division of country. It is used as food for man, beast, and bird, distillation of spirit, &c. Its varieties are as numerous as its uses. There are in this locality three distinct crops. The first, grown on somewhat high ground, is the early crop, and is sown for the most part in June, and reaped in August and September; the second is the main crop, sown in June and July, and cut from November to January. It requires a great deal of moisture, some varieties growing in several feet of water. The third is a dwarf crop, cultivated in the months of March, April, and May, on low-lying land, generally on the sides of marshes and pools, where irrigation is easy. The ratio of productiveness is said to be, in a good season, as 1 to 35.

The peculiarity in the cultivation of these two kinds is, that they are transplanted and placed about 5 inches apart. By this method, if the soil be good, they grow to the height of an ordinary-sized man, and produce a much larger quantity than if otherwise treated. The odour and flavour of these two kinds, when cooked, are superior to those of any other kind. They are only used by those who can afford to pay the high price demanded for them.

The bateesa paddy, which produces a white rice, is considered one of the best sorts. Lamba-chawl is another superior kind. Bagree-chawl is a brown rice, produced from the black paddy in Oude, and used by the poorest people. An inferior kind, termed by the natives bagree, produces, when husked, a reddish rice. Some consider Phool-biring the best, as it swells in boiling, and has an agreeable odour.

There is no special preparation of the ground for any particular crop in Oude, but the land is worked up in the same way for all crops, except it is for wheat, when the land is ploughed several times before the seed is sown. The natives generally manure their fields once in the year, and they plough them once or twice before sowing them, excepting those intended for the recep

tion of wheat, which are ploughed as often as possible from May to October, the latter being the month for sowing. They observe some kind of routine, such as wheat followed by maize; wheat followed by gram and linseed; wheat followed by barley and keraw-a kind of pea.

The Burmese recognize nearly a hundred varieties of rice, but the principal distinctions between the different kinds are as follows:-Hard grain, soft grain, and glutinous rice. The Natsieng is the hardest grain, and is the rice which is accordingly principally exported to Europe. The Meedo is the chief of the soft grain varieties; it is much preferred by the Burmese to the hard-grained sorts, and it is certainly superior in taste when cooked. The hard-grained rice is chiefly purchased by the merchants for export, as it keeps better, and the soft-grained is too much broken by European machinery in cleaning. Latterly, on the Continent, this last objection appears to have been overcome, and a greater demand is consequently springing up for the Meedo rice in the markets of foreign Europe.

The koung-nyeen, or hill-rice, is of three kinds, red, white, and black; and is called glutinous rice by Europeans, from the property it possesses, when cooked, of the grains adhering in a thick glutinous mass. It is the chief article of food with the Karens and other hill tribes, but is not much eaten by the inhabitants of the low swampy plains where the common rice is grown. The price of paddy, or rice in the husk, is about £5 per 100 baskets of 52lbs. each, of cargo rice £9 10s. per 100 baskets of 631bs., and of cleaned rice £15 per 100 baskets of 70lbs. There are about five varieties of rice shipped from Akyab, bearing the respective local names of Lak-taw-ree, Guakreen-thee (in large quantities), Loong-phroo, Lakroong, Toungphroo, and Byah. Previous to 1846 Lak-taw-ree and Lakroon were more extensively grown than Guakreen-thee, as they were preferred in China, in the

Straits and coast markets, but Gua-kreen-thee being that most esteemed in the European markets, and the yield per acre being greater, it has almost entirely supplanted the other kinds. The quantity produced in Arracan may be estimated at 200,000 tons of Guakreen-thee and its varieties, and 20,000 tons of Lakroung and Lak-taw-ree.

Last year 125,000 tons were exported from Arracan, of which not more than 5,000 tons were Lakroong and Lak-taw-ree. The average annual export of rice from Arracan during the past eight years has been to Europe 112,000 tons, to the East and Indian ports about 4,000 tons. The wholesale price of rice varies considerably, according to the demand; formerly it might be purchased at from £2 10s. to £3 10s. the ton. The average rate for the past ten years may be set down at £5 per ton. In consequence of this advance in price China and other eastern countries have been nearly driven out of the market.

With regard to the desirability of endeavouring to cause an extension of the cultivation of any particular kind, the natives will readily appreciate that which gives the best return; and there being a very large extent of waste land in the province, were it desirable, with the increase of population, the cultivation of rice could be increased ten-fold. Taking the population into consideration, the export of rice from Arracan is very great, owing, no doubt, to the excellent water communication throughout the provinces.

There are other specimens of rice exhibited. Thus very clean rice is sent, the produce of Kuttinger in the Seonee district, where it sells very cheaply, but owing to difficulty of transport its price at Jubbulpore is 2s. for 15 seers. There is also rice in the husk and shelled from Ulwar and Chota Nagpore. The Bansmutti rice sent from Mooltan is the best in the Punjaub; that of Bora in the Peshawur district is also highly esteemed.

AGRICULTURAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.

On Wednesday, June 11, this society held its annual general | is taken into account, most satisfactory. Donations to the meeting at the London Tavern, to receive the Secretary's report for the year ending the 31st December, 1861, and for the election of officers and pensioners. Present: Mr. THOMAS BATSON, in the chair; Mr. Cantrell, Mr. Bazin, Mr. Scott, Mr. Mechi, Mr. Reeve, Mr. Shackel, Mr. Naish, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Collins, Mr. F. Roach, Mr. P. Roach, Mr. Strong, Mr. P. G. Dodd, Mr. Philpott, Mr. Alger, Rev. C. Klanert, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Weall, Mr. W. Boards, Mr. Knight.

According to the rule of the society the following members of council retired, but were re-elected: Messrs.Batson, Battock, Bazin, Cantrell, Hoskyns, and Johnson.

The SECRETARY read the following report, which was unanimously adopted:

REPORT.

In compliance with the rules, I have the honour of laying before you the following statement of the operations and finances of the institution, for the year ending December 31st, 1861. Founded in 1860, the Institution opened its first complete financial year without any pensioners on its books. The election, however, of May 2nd, 1861, put its youthful vigour to a satisfactory test. On that occasion an annual sum of £455 was appropriated to the maintenance of twenty farmers, farmers' wives, and widows, selected from numerous applicants, as most worthy of its earliest bounties, and about eight-twelfths of that sum, or £292 13s. 4d., is consequently shown under the head of pensioners upon the balance sheet of the year referred to. With respect to the financial position of the society, everything is, when the recent date of its origin

amount of £894 12s. 10d. were received during the year, and the annual subscriptions reached the sum of £1,398 188. 6d. The entire expenditure, including pensioners, amounted to £2,864 11s. 7d., of which two-thirds, or £1,823 11s. 6d., were devoted to the purchase of stock. The funded capital, standing in the names of the trustees of the institution, amounts to £4,000, and the balance at the bankers, on the 31st December last was £135 5s. 2d. A detailed statement of receipts and expenditure, which I have now the honour of submitting to you, verifies the figures above given, and bears the attesting signatures of the auditors appointed by the board.

The Council then proceeded to the election of pensioners, Mr. Chandos Wren Hoskyns in the chair, when the following candidates were declared duly elected. Four male pensioners at £26 per annum :

Age. Acres. Rental. Yrs. County. Votes. £. John Cory .......... 58 450 740 30

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William Stanford
John Rippin
Robert Arnold Faldo.. 57

570 500 29 120 117 30 527 325 21 Beds.

Two married pensioners at £40 per annum : Thomas Tilbury. Sarah Tilbury.. James Way

Warwick. $25 Wiltshire 302 Northamp 178 .... 162

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84 73 78

730 760 21

220 210 28 Sussex... 153 Hants... 282

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Mary Way...................... 74

Four widow pensioners at £20 per annum : Charlotte Mason ..... 62 Ann Raven .......... 78 Sophia Sammons .... 61 Rachel Ann Simson

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