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credit of a " special entertainment fund,'' to he used for sul).scrI[Hions to 

 farmers' societies, and to accunralate for proxiding a ball or other enterlaiii- 

 meiit for the farmers and tiieir families. 



Financially, the club is now on a sound basis, as it has, in the main, 

 always been, except during the few early years of its existence, when special 

 calls had to be made on the members to \vi[)e out debit balances. It is clear 

 that the originators of the Hunt tried to work on too small a subscription. 

 Two guineas was too meagre, even had they been able to maintain their 

 numbers at loo. Since limiting the numbeis to sixty, tlie club has always 

 kept full, and usually there are candidates waiting for admission to vacancies. 

 The subscription of four guineas is considered sufficient to pay the expenses 

 of the hounds, and leave a handsome surplus for the fiirmers' entertainment 

 fund. 'J'his surplus varies, as the table given below will show. 



Comparison of Accounts for various years. 



The expenses of the Cheshire Beagles for 1893/4, for the same items as are 

 included in above table, were : — 



Feeding, straw, and coals £105 211 



Wages and clothes 57 7 



Rent and taxes 14 6 



Duty on hounds 13 i 



Purchase of hounds (Cr.) 



Medicine, &c 8 18 



Repairs to kennels 23 5 



Extra expenses, van, &c 45 12 



£2(>7 H 5 



The Cheshire Beagles usually have a greater number of hounds in kcimcl 

 than are kept by the Royal Rock Beagles. 



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