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The warmest thanks of the Society are due to the Rev. 
Dudley Hart, Rector of the parish of Stretford, for the very 
ready way in which he responded to the request that he would 
hold Divine Service in the Show Yard on the two Sundays 
which occurred during the period of the Stock being at Man- 
chester. The Services, earnestly and impressively performed, 
were very fully attended, and evidently much appreciated ; and 
with reference to the question of the arrangement which prevents 
the Stock getting away before the second Sunday, it is very 
doubtful whether the interposition of a perfect day of rest, 
between the confusion and wear and tear of the previous week, 
and a long and fatiguing journey, is not the best, and a much 
needed, preparation for both man and beast. 
Whether, then, for the brilliant success of the Show itself, or 
for the incidental but all important circumstance connected 
with it, of the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 
the visit to Manchester will be an ever memorable epoch in the 
annals of the Society, and neither the spectacle of the endless 
rows of shedding, with all their varied contents, nor that of the 
ceaseless stream of human beings, eager in their determination 
to see everything, can be readily forgotten. 
The Stewards, and other officers of the Society, must always 
retain a lively recollection of the kindness and attention, not 
only of those with whom they were brought into official con- 
nexion, but also of many others, who welcomed them to their 
houses in the frank and genial manner which has long made 
Manchester hospitality famous. 
The writing of this Report, as Senior Steward, gives me, on 
leaving office, the opportunity of expressing my warm thanks to 
my fellow Stewards for the ready and efficient assistance they 
have always given me in the execution of our common duties, 
any failure in the due discharge of which, I am fully sensible, 
should be laid upon me alone. 
Holme Wood, Peterborough. 
XVIII. — Report on the Exhibition and Trial of Implements at Man- 
chester. By Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., Senior Steward. 
The Show-yard at Manchester contained a larger collection of 
Implements than has been exhibited at any previous Meeting 
of the Royal Agricultural Society. Gradually increasing in 
number year by year, no less than 7724 entries appear in the 
Catalogue for 1869 ; exceeding by more than 1300, or nearly 
