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Very neat and pleasing the exhibition looked at 

 the moment of opening. All litter had been swept up, 

 birds were in position, many singing happily in the 

 sunlight, which streamed through the great glass roof, 

 and the ai'- was faintly scented with the disinfectant 

 which liberally besprinkled the floor. The staging 

 was everywhere covered with bright crimson baize, 

 which lent an air of warmth and cheerfulness to the 

 scene. 



The next thing was lunch, and this over, our 

 Council held a meeting in the Concert Room at the 

 Palace and discussed various matters. This in its 

 turn was followed by a meeting of the Members in the 

 same place, due notice of which had been posted in the 

 Secretary's Office. Both meetings were well attended, 

 and in the evening our Council met a Committee 

 representing the N. B. B. & M. C. 



The exhibition closed at ten o'clock, and the next 

 day, after the birds had been attended to, the rest of the 

 time was very pleasantly spent with members and 

 friends. The last day dawned, and at four o'clock all 

 excepting officials left the Show. The birds were then 

 rapidly taken from their classes, carefully checked 

 with the entrance forms, placed in their travelling 

 cages and consigned to the various railway company's 

 men who were waiting to receive them. Some of our 

 members who had a long journey before them were 

 enabled to take their birds away before the crush 

 began, and at five o'clock or a little before, other 

 exhibitors, who had called for their birds, were 

 admitted. 



After this the birds rapidly disappeared, and 

 within three or four hours the benches were practically 

 bare. We hope and believe that all the exhibits 

 arrived home none the worse for their journey. 



Thus has ended our first Show. That it was a 



