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Thursday, the first shilling day. At the close of the first day, 

 the Acting-President telegraphed a report of the day's doings to 

 the King, and at the General Meeting next day, the following 

 telegram from His Majesty was read to the Ciovcrnors and 

 Members : — 



"To Ailwyn Feliowes, 



"Royal Agricultural Show, i>iorwicli. 



" 1 am delighted to heaa: that the Royal Agricultural iShow has 

 been opened under such favourable auspices, and that the hope 

 expressed in my letter to you of January 'Aovd that we shall be 

 able to record an eminently successful »5how has been realised. 

 Fiease convey to the Governors and Members at the General Meeting 

 my sincere appreciation of all they have done to bring about this 

 result, i much look forward to visiting the fcihow to-morrow, and 

 to thanking you personally for the very ethcient manner you have 

 discharged the duties of President of the tsociety on my behalf. 



(Signed) " GEORGE, R.I." 



17. His Majesty himself honoured the Show with his presence 

 on tlie Wednesday, the second Half-crown day, and evinced the 

 liveliest interest in all sections of the great exhibition. The 

 lioyal visit was made the occasion for conferrmg a knighthood 

 on the Lord Mayor of Norwich (Sir Jiustace Gurney;. His Majesty 

 also presented the Acting-President of the Society with the 

 insignia of a Knight (Jommander of the V ictorian Order, and tne 

 Honorary Director (Sir Gilbert Greenall, Bart.), with that of a 

 (Jommander of the Victorian Order. 



18. The Ministers of Agriculture of several of the Overseas 

 Dominions attended the Show, as also did a party of Members of 

 Parliament from the Dominions who were the guests in this 

 country of the Lords and Commons Committee. Visitors, indeed 

 came from all quarters of the British Empire, and from many 

 other parts of the world. The Show was visited by a party of 

 Members of the Netherlands Agricultural Society, who after- 

 wards made a tour of typical farms and breeding establishments 

 in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. The party were much 

 interested in all they saw, and a letter was subsequently received 

 by the Secretary expressing the thanks of the Dutch Society for 

 the facilities extended to their Members in connection with the 

 Show, and the assistance given them in arranging their 

 excursion. 



19. The third visit to Norwich was characterised by the same 

 cordial reception accorded to the Society on the two previous 

 occasions by the City and County. The Local Committee spared 

 no pains to make every preparation for the reception of the 

 Society and for the success of the Show. The Lord Mayor 

 showed himself to be most anxious that nothing should be left 

 undone to make the Show successful, and in this he was following 

 in the footsteps of his father, the late Mr. Gurney, who was 

 Mayor of Norwich on the occasion of the Society's previous 

 visit in 1886. By the kindness of Mr. Russell Colman, the Show 



