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Secretaiy Sessions. As the scci-etary of the Board of 

 Agriculture I have no power, and I cannot state just why 

 the Board made these rules. But, as I understand it, the 

 Board believes that an advance should be made in this system 

 of judging. It is intimated here that none of the societies 

 have done exactly what is required of them. Perfection 

 cannot be expected in one year. I have no doubt that the 

 Board will be lenient with societies which have honestly en- 

 deavored to come up to what is required of them. I hope 

 every society has made an effort to comply with the direc- 

 tions of the Board. I should expect, if any have refused 

 to make the effort, that they may be dealt with. I cannot 

 say how that will be. That power is with the Board, not 

 with me. This is an effort to advance the system by wdiich 

 the judging of all live stock, fruit and vegetables is done, 

 and this may be perhaps enlarged in the future, or, if the 

 Board thinks it made a mistake, it may go back. I cannot 

 tell what the Board will do at the next annual meeting. 



The meeting was then adjourned until 7.30 o'clock. 



Evening Session. 

 The meeting was called to order at 7.45 by the chair- 

 man, who said : Gentlemen, the sul)ject of the lecture this 

 evening is The Horse. The lecturer is the Hon. John E. 

 Russell of Leicester, whom I now have the pleasure of in- 

 troducing to you. 



