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CIRCULAR 



NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The undersigned respectfully represent : — 



That in pursuance of a Vote of said Society, in conformity with 

 authority delegated to its Building Committee, a contract has been 

 concluded with a competent Architect for the erection of an Agri- 

 cultural Hall in Dedham, which it is believed will supply the 

 present wants and promote the future welfare of the Society. 



The site selected for this building faces the Common on the South, 

 and the road to Needham on the East, giving an extended front with 

 the side and pediment end, of one hundred and eighty-five feet. It 

 will be two stories in height, of good architectural proportions, and 

 cover an area of one hundred and thirty feet in length by fifty-five 

 in width. The lower story will be appropriated for an Exhibition 

 Room and offices for the Internal Departments of the Show ; the 

 upper story, a spacious dining-room, capable of seating at the tables 

 one thousand persons, and will on other pubhc occasions accom- 

 modate a much larger number. The whole is to be finished, painted 

 and ready for occupancy by the 10th of September next. 



To accomplish this object, the available funds of the Society will 

 be exhausted, and further means must be obtained to meet the 

 expense to be incurred by this measure. The extreme uncertainty, 

 the great inconvenience, and the large expense of obtaining the 

 Mammoth Tent, heretofore used for our exhibitions, render it not 

 only desirable, for economy and convenience, but absolutely neces- 

 sary to our prosperity and progress that a suitable and permanent 

 building should be erected at once. 



It is therefore hoped and confidently believed that the temporary 



