Report to the General Meeting. 
the Members in the last number of the ' Journal.' The perma- 
nent funded capital of the Society remains the same as at the 
last half-yearly meeting, namely, 24,112/. 7s. 8<f., and the balance 
in the hands of the bankers on the 1st instant was 618/. IGs. 10(/. 
These figures are sufficient to show that the financial position of 
the Society continues to be satisfactory. 
The Council have increased the salary of the Secretary by 
100/. per annum in consideration of the efficient services he 
has rendered to the Society during the period he has held that 
office. 
In the Report of the Council last December it was stated that 
a Special Committee had been appointed to consider the whole 
question of the receipts and expenditure of the Society, espe- 
cially at the Country-meetings, and the possibility of securing 
equal results at less cost. After a most exhaustive enquiry the 
Committee made a series of recommendations, which, it is 
hoped, may exclude from the Show-yard a large number of 
articles not connected with agriculture, and thus attain the 
double object of curtailing the expenditure of the Society, 
and reducing the area of the exhibition without diminishing 
its usefulness. 
Cathays Park, liberally placed by the Marquess of Bute at 
the disposal of the Society for the Cardiff Meeting, formed a 
most commodious and picturesque Show-ground, possessing the 
additional advantages of being well drained and walled in, and 
in every way adapted to the requirements of the Society. No 
exertions were spared by the Mayor of Cardiff (Mr. E. David), 
Lord Bute's agent (Mr. J. S. Corbett), and the Local Committee 
to ensure the success of the Meeting at one of the most distant 
spots which the Society has yet visited. The Council are, 
therefore, gratified in stating that the results of the Meeting at 
Cardiff have, in their opinion, justified their choice of that 
locality for the Society's Exhibition, more particularly in 
reference to its future- effect on the agriculture of the adjacent 
districts. 
The trials of Portable Steam Engines, Threshing Machines, 
Straw Elevators, &c., with which the Cardiff Meeting com- 
menced, were carried out by the Stewards, Judges, and Engi- 
neers, with the utmost care and patience, during a week of rain 
and storms. An illustrated report on the trials of all the Imple- 
