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Report of the Senior Steward of Live-Stoch. 
Our friends the Colonists, at the request of His Royal 
Highness, were not overlooked. Mr. Jacob Wilson placed at 
their disposal a " reserved " portion of the " Grand Stand," and 
the Council entertained them at a luncheon presided over by 
Sir John H. Thorold, Bart, They were also most hospitably 
received at Carron House by Mr. Col man, M.P., and were 
afterwards shown over his extensive and interesting works. 
The ancient city of Norwich was handsomely decorated, and 
received the Society with a hearty welcome and great hospitality. 
To the Mayor, ]\Ir. Gurney, and to the Local Committee the 
greatest praise is due for their zealous co-operation with the 
Society. 
The Great Eastern Railway Company, at whose mercy we 
found ourselves, deserve our best thanks. Quite exceptional diffi- 
culties, entailing a large outlay of money, were met and over- 
come by them ; and the exhibits were most promptly received 
and delivered into the Show-ground ; and much credit and 
thanks are also due to their most able manager at Crown Point. 
The conduct of those employed in the Show-ground was very 
good, only one case of drunkenness having been reported to the 
Stewards during the whole week ; while the A. Division of Police, 
who were as usual in attendance, stated they had never had a 
more orderly crowd of visitors to handle. 
It is my pleasant duty to thank Mr. Garrett Taylor, our most 
active Steward of Forage, for his great services, and I do so 
very heartily. Mr. Taylor not only most efficiently filled the 
duties of his office, but was constantly appealed to, and was 
always to be relied upon, to give help wherever it was v/anted. 
I do not forget also to acknowledge the value of the work done 
by our most energetic Assistant-Stewards, INIessrs. Beck, Green- 
wood, Cobbett, and Fair, to whom in a great measure the success 
of the parades was due. 
My predecessors, I note, have generally recorded that they 
look back upon their four years' stewardship as a period of 
great bliss. Whilst sharing in some degree this feeling, I 
cannot go quite so far. The duties of the office are instructive, 
and give one an insight into the ramifications of our National 
Show ; at the same time they entail a vast amount of detail 
and anxiety, and have led me to look upon our Steward of 
General Arrangements with increased respect, but not with 
covetous eyes at his office. What I do, however, look back 
upon with unalloyed pleasure is the companionship of my 
brother Stewards, and the kindness and willing assistance given 
whenever required b}' the officials of the Society ; and to each 
and all of these 1 beg to tender my sincerest thanks. 
