48 GENERAL SHOW AT EDINBUEGH IN 1877. 



6. The Society shall not be liable for any loss or damage which Stock, 

 Poultry, Implements, or other articles may sustain at the Show, or in 

 transit. 



7. The decisions of the Board of Directors are final in all questions re- 

 specting Premiums, and it shall not be competent for any Exhibitor to appeal 

 against such decisions to, nor seek redress in respect of them from, any other 

 tribunal. 



8. Covered Booths for Offices, purely for business, not for exhibition of 

 goods, can be had from £2>, 10s. to Members, and £b to Non-Members, 

 according to size. Intimation to be made to the Secretary before the 1st of 

 July. 



9. No lights allowed in the Yard at night, and Smoking is strictly pro- 

 hibited within the sheds. Those infringing this Rule will be fined 10s. 



10. As the command of water in the Yard is limited, it is particularly re- 

 quested that waste be avoided. 



11. When the ground requires to be broken, the turf must be carefully 

 lifted and laid aside, and the surface must be restored to the satisfaction of 

 the Society, and at the expense of the Exhibitor. 



12. All persons admitted into the Show- Yard shall be subject to the 

 Rules and Orders of the Directors. 



13. The violation by an Exhibitor of any one of the Regulations will involve 

 the forfeiture of all Premiums awarded to him. 



14. Railway Passes for unsold stock and implements must be applied for 

 at the Committee Room in the Yard between 9 and 11 o'clock on the fore- 

 noon of Thursday and Friday. 



15. The Show terminates at 5 p.m. on Friday, and no animal or article can 

 be withdrawn before that hour. Stock and Implements may remain in the 

 Yard till Saturday afternoon. 



16. The Premiums awarded will be paid in November 1877, and, with the 

 exception of Silver Medals, may be taken either in money or in plate. 



STOCK AND POULTRY. 



17. Stock and Poultry to be entered with the Secretary on or before Wednes- 

 day, 6th June. Received in the Yard on Monday, 23d, and till 10 a.m. on 

 Tuesday, 24th July. Judged at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Exhibited on Tues- 

 day, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th July. 



18. No animal to be allowed to compete in more than one section, except 

 Horses in Sections 13, 14, 15, 16, and 18, which may be also entered in 

 Section 19. 



19. AU animals must be entered in the sections applicable to their ages, and 

 ciinnot be withdrawn after entry. 



20. Stock must be 'bona fide the i^'n'oinrty and in the ^possession o/the Ex- 

 hibitor from the 6th June (the last day of Entry). 



21. The schedule of Entry must be filled up so far as within the knowledge 

 of the Exhibitor. 



22. The name of the Breeder, if known, must be given, and if the Breeder 

 is not known a declaration to that eflect, signed by the Exhibitor, must be sent 

 along with the Schedule, and no pedigree will be entered in the Catalogue 

 when the Breeder is unknown. 



23. Should it be proved to the satisfaction of the Directors that an animal 

 has been entered under a false name, pedigree, or description, for the purpose 

 of misleading the Directors or Judges as to its qualification or properties, the 

 case shall be reported to the first General Meeting, in order that the Exhibitor 

 shall be disqualified from again competing at the Society's Shows, and his 

 name, if he be a Member, struck from the roU. 



24. When an animal has previously been disqualified by the decision of any 



