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and the following rates shall be paid by Exhibitors at the time of making 



their Entries : — 



Members. 



S. (/. 

 Stallions — 3 year old — and 2 year old entire 



Colts, 10 



All other Horses and Cattle 2 years old and 



upwards, . . . . .76 



Yearling Colts, Fillies, Bulls, and Heifers and 



Calves, 5 



Sheep and Swine, per pen, . . .50 



Poultry, per coop, . . . .16 



ADMISSION OF STOCK. 



23. The Yard will be open for Stock on Saturday, 25th July, and Monday, 

 27th July, and between Six and Eight o'clock on the morning of Tuesday the 

 2Sth of July, after which hour no Stock can be admitted. 



24. One Servant will be admitted in charge of each Lot. Bulls must be 

 secured by a nose ring, with chain or rope attached. 



25. Cattle, Sheep, or Swine cannot be removed from the Yard till Five p.m. 

 on Thursday, 30th July, except on certificate by the Veterinary Surgeon 

 employed by the Directors. 



26. Horses may be withdrawn at Six each evening on a deposit of £2 for 

 each animal, which shall be forfeited if the animal is not brought back at 

 Seven o'clock the following morning. 



27. Servants in charge of Stock must bring their own buckets or pails. A 

 first bedding for Horses, Cattle, and Swine, will be provided by the Society, 

 but all other fodder and food for Stock will be supplied, at fixed prices here- 

 after to be published, by a Contractor employed by the Society. Any Servant 

 removing bedding from an adjoining stall will be fined in double the amount 

 taken. Exhibitors may fetch their own cake or corn to the Yard, but not 

 grass, hay, nor straw. 



PLACING AND JUDGING STOCK. 



28. On Tuesday, 28th July, Exhibitors, and all others except Servants in 

 charge of Stock, must leave the Yard at Eight a.m. The Judges will com- 

 mence their inspection at Nine o'clock, when the public will be admitted. 

 There shall be no award unless the Judges deem the animals to have sufficient 

 merit, more especially if there is only one lot in a Section ; and it shall be in 

 their power to suggest the' removal of any lot which appears to them unworthy 

 of being placed in the Yard. 



29. Two Members of Committee will attend each Section of the Judges. 

 It will be their duty to see that no obstruction is offered to them, and that 

 the space reserved for them is not encroached on ; to communicate to the 

 Secretary any question that may arise for the consideration of the Committee ; 

 to complete their reports ; and to ticket the prize animals. 



30. It shall not be competent for any Exhibitor, nor for his Factor or Land- 

 Steward, to act as a Judge or Attending Member in any class in which he is 

 competing; and no Exhibitor shall remain in charge of any lot, whether be- 

 longing to himself or another, while the Judges are in the Yard. 



ADMISSION OF PUBLIC. 



31. The public will be admitted to the Stock- Yard on Tuesday at 9 a.m., 

 immediately before the inspection by the Judges commences. Holders of 

 Members' tickets, and Exhibitors of Stock, will be charged 5s. for admission 

 to the judging ; all others 10s. The space reserved for the Judges will be 

 enclosed by ropes, and no encroachment will be permitted. 



