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had increased, and the numbers were for that year : bulls 46, cattle 

 1,766, calves 194, sheep and lambs 16,901, and pigs 5. In 1870 the 

 numbers were; bulls 72, cattle 1,817, calves 6, goats 56, sheep and lambs 

 18,466. A few years after its commencement the day was changed 

 to Wednesday, and this was again changed to Monday in July, 1867, 

 a petition having been presented to and granted by the Privy Council 

 in that respect. The tolls paid to the London and North-Western 

 Railway Company, upon whose land the fair was held, were, up to 

 1863, id. per head for sheep up to 15 and 1/3 per score, 2d. per head 

 for cattle and 3d. for bulls. These tolls were altered in that year 

 by agreement with the Farmers' Club to |d. each for sheep, id. each 

 for calves, 2d. each for cattle, and 3d. for buUs. 



In 1851 a deputation of farmers waited upon the Mayor, who 

 sanctioned the holding of a horse fair, to be known as the New Horse 

 Fair, on February 22nd each year ; it was held for the first time in the 

 following year, 1852. The next year the Wool and Cheese Fair was 

 started on the 9th of August, when 17 carts of wool and 15 carts of 

 cheese, of which only four were of new milk cheese, were shown — the 

 new milk cheese brought 60/- to 63/- per cwt. — the blue milk cheese 

 4d. to 4^d. per lb. The show of cheese would seem to have surprised 

 some of the farmers — one of them said : " Well they're a bonny lot, 

 but wha ivver wod a'thout ov seeing sec cheese as them, frea a hey 

 en cald fell top spot like Lambrigg Park." The Wool and Cheese 

 Fairs were held three times a year, in June, July, and August, but 

 were only continued for a few years. 



What must be looked upon as the commencement of Auction 

 Marts in Kendal was an advertisement of Adam Walker, the virestler, 

 that he would " Sell by Auction " at the Fortnightly Fair starting on 

 December 2nd, 1867, cattle and sheep sent to him for that purpose — 

 there is no record that this continued very long. An auction sale 

 was started fortnightly for cattle by T. Gass in Whitwell, Busher Co.'s 

 grounds on December 14th, 1868, and this continued till April, 1870. 

 In the same place another attempt was made in 1873 by J. B. Watson, 

 but previous to this an auction mart was opened by John Rook in 

 a field near the Duke of Cumberland Inn in 1S69 on Monday, 

 January nth, and also an auction sale in the Market Place on each 

 Friday for hides and skins — these, however, only lasted about a year. 



