wire away and leave the poles. The cost, in his opinion, between wire and ordinary hop-poles, did not vary to the extent mentioned by the Chairman, in fact it could be done almost as cheaply as poles, where three 14 ft. poles had to be used. Those who have grown hops on wire have come to the conclusion that it takes less out of the bine than poles, and how a landlord could refuse to take it he failed to understand. He did not think there could be two opinions as to the way in which it should be valued. It should be taken at its actual value at the time and in no other way. SECTION OF STRATA PASSED THROUGH IN CARRYING OUT THE BORING AT NEW LODGE, Windsor FOREST.* (Published by permission of Messrs. Le Grand and Sutcliff.) FOOTNOTE.-It is understood that the geological details will form the subject of a Paper by Mr. Whitaker and Mr. Jukes Browne, to be read before the British Association and the Geological Society. Statistics. CORN PRICES. RETURN OF THE AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, IMPERIAL MEASURE, AS RECEIVED FROM THE INSPECTORS AND OFFICERS OF EXCISE DURING THE UNDER-MENTIONED PERIODS. SUMMARY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE STATISTICS (WHEAT, Barley, [DECEMBER 1893.] PROFESSIONAL NOTES. SECTION I SHORT PAPERS. Some Thoughts on the Agricultural Situation. Mr. STURGE's brief but excellent Paper on the agricultural situation, in the last number of "Professional Notes," should be read side by side with the speech of Mr. R. L. EVERETT, in the House of Commons, in seconding Mr. LOPEZ's motion of censure on the Government for their apparent indifference to the severity of the present crisis, on the 27th July last. The fact of the mover of the resolution, Mr. LOPEZ, being on the Opposition side of the House and Mr. EVERETT on the side of the Government, is quite sufficient to divest the motion of any party character. Mr. EVERETT, it will be seen, agrees absolutely with Mr. STURGE as to the periods of adversity and prosperity in agriculture. Mr. EVERETT (and his statements cannot be upset) contends that periods of agricultural prosperity march with those of monetary expansion, and adversity with those of contraction. It is now, I submit, the duty of everyone who has thought about the question at all, to advance any |