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of judges, of which eight are to be elected annually by the 

 votes of the general members of the club. No one but a 

 member is open for nomination as a judge. It may be 

 interesting to state that at the first election of this kind the 

 following gentlemen were chosen to officiate for the year 

 1890-91, viz., Mr L. C. P. Astley, Dudley ; Mr. S. Bodding- 

 ton, Birmingham ; Mr. Carpenter, Acock' s Green, near 

 Birmingham ; Dr. McGiil, Littleborough ; Mr. A. H. 

 Megson, Manchester ; Mr. W. W. Steward, Rugby ; Mr. 

 T. H. Stretch, Ormskirk ; and Mr. C. Wheeler, Birmingham. 

 The annual subscription is fixed at thirty shillings, with 

 an entry fee of one guinea after the expiration of 1890, 

 and life members can be made by the payment in one 

 sum of ten guineas. The honorary secretary is Mr. H, 

 Macbeth, Priory Bank, Sale, Cheshire. 



