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from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whose agents have shown 
themselves most desirous' of furthering the objects of the Society. 
The land selected is situated between the London and North- 
Western and the North London Railways, and adjoins the new 
Salusbury Road station on the former, and the Kensal Green 
station on the latter line. It is three-quarters of a mile from 
the West End station on the Midland Railway, the same distance 
from the Westbourne Park station on the Great Western Railway, 
and two miles and a half from the Marble Arch. 
The Prize-sheet will contain classes for all the distinctive 
breeds of English Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, and also for 
the distinctive breeds of Foreign Stock from countries which 
are not prohibited by any Orders in Council issued under the 
Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, 1878. Prizes will also be 
offered for Asses, Mules, Goats, Butter, Cheese, Wool, Hops, 
Seed-corn, and Meat. The Shorthorn Society have offered 
Prizes for Foreign Shorthorns ; the Hop-growers have offered 
the Prizes for English-grown Hops, and the Mansion House 
Committee have offered the Prizes for Foreign Stock and 
Produce. 
The Mansion House Committee have also offered handsome 
Prizes for Sewage Farms and Market Gardens, and the Council 
are glad to report that there will be a fair competition in all the 
classes. 
In addition to the exhibition of British and Foreign Imple- 
ments, Live Stock, and Produce, it is proposed to enhance the 
interest and the instructiveness of the Meeting by showing some 
of the processes of Foreign dairying in actual progress in the 
enclosure, as well as Traction-engines and Automatic Imple- 
ments in action. It is also proposed to exhibit side by side 
representatives of ancient and of modern Farm Implements and 
Machines, which the Council trust will be lent by their possessors 
for the purpose, and thus aid in the comprehension of the 
great advance which has been made by Agricultural Machinery 
during the forty years which have elapsed since the Society was 
established. 
The Exhibition will commence on Monday, June 30th, and 
will close on Monday evening, July 7th. 
The district assigned for the Country Meeting of 1880 
includes the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, 
