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SINKING FUND—

Report of joint committee of the House and
Senate, relative to the—H. doc. N, 1 to 4.

Same, Senate doc. H.
STATE LANDS—remarks of Executive upon the sale of—

H. doc. A, 26.
SCHOOL FUND—report of Treasurer relative to the—H.

doc. 2, 1 to 4.
SENATORS—reports of majority and minority of committee

on elections—Senate doc. G.

STAMP DUTIES—remarks of Comptroller upon the—H.
doc. 4, p. 6.

Remarks of Comptroller upon the—H. doc. 5,
P. 5.

SECRET SOCIETIES—report of the majority of the commit-
tee on—H. doc. 9, 1 to 16.

Report of the minority of the committee on—H.
doc. 10, 1 to 74.

Response of the Governor to the chairman of
the select committee on—H. doc.

SUSQUEHANNA AND TIDE WATER CANAL COM-
PANIES—remarks of the Comptroller on—H.
doc. 4, p. 10.
Remarks of the Comptroller on—H. doc. 5, p. 9.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE—memorial of Judge John Thomp-
son Mason, relative to, and report of committee of
—Senate doc. C, 1 to 12.

STATE CHEMIST—report of the—H. doc. 6, 1 to 90.
Manures, 23.

Introductory remarks on the functions of the
soil, mechanical texture, and directly nourishing
capacity, 23.

The supply of the directly nourishing substan-
ces of the soil, 24.

The extent to which the supply of water, car-
bonic acid, and ammonia, depends on the mechan-
ical texture of the soil, 24.

The spirit of Leibig's mineral theory, 21.

Nitrogeneous manures, 30.

Stable and barn yard manures, 30.

Peruvian guano, 39.

Nitrate of soda, 42.

Phosphatic manures, 42.