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but those already made indicate the probability of a very large 

 show in that department, including, from the peculiar situation 

 cf the place of meeting, an interesting exhibition in the classes 

 of Hereford, Devon, and Welsh Cattle, Welsh Ponies, Sheep, 

 Pigs, and Farm-poultry. The termination of several lines of 

 railway at the Gloucester station will prove highly favourable to 

 the convenient transit of goods and passengers from every part 

 of the country. The Council have made increased preparations 

 for the due trial of the Implements competing for the Prizes of 

 the Society, and for the exhibition of Thrashing Machines to be 

 kept in motion during the show, for the public display of their 

 construction and powers. 



The Council have decided that the City of Lincoln shall be 

 the place for the Country Meeting of the Society next year ; and 

 \}mX the district for the Country Meeting to be held four years 

 in advance of the present year, namely, in 1857, shall comprise 

 the counties of Dorset, Wilts, Somerset, and Hants. 



The Council have the pleasure of remarking, in conclusion, 

 that there never was an epoch in the history of the Society, since 

 the date of its formation, when its practical objects were more 

 fully recognized than they are at the present moment, by the 

 spontaneous desire of so many promoters of agricultural improve- 

 ment of every class in different parts of the kingdom to become 

 enrolled as jNIembers on its list, the number of new Members 

 elected into the Society during the last five months being nearly 

 equal to the total number of those elected during the whole of 

 the previous year. 



By order of the Council, 



JAMES HUDSON, 



Secretary. 



