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friends, and the fact that Mr. Waring 
had been elected by his fellow-citizens 
three times Mayor was a pretty good 
index of the kind of- man he was. 
Sir Jacob "Wilson, in seconding 
the motion, said that, having person- 
ally been very frequently in the 
society of the Mayor during the last 
two years, he could only assure them 
that he had never met with anyone 
in a similar position who had so 
thoroughly fulfilled all that was re- 
quired by the Society. In fact, he 
might say, they could describe the 
Mayor of Plymouth as " the best 
Mayor for agricultural purposes." 
The resolution was then put by 
the President, and carried unani- 
mously. 
The MAYOR of Plymouth said that 
the most kind words of His Grace, 
and the way in which the meeting 
had endorsed them, had almost over- 
whelmed him. He had from the first 
taken an active interest in the visit 
of the Royal Agricultural Society to 
Plymouth, and he should continue to 
do so up to the end of the chapter. 
As His Grace had mentioned, he had 
great faith in doing things for him- 
self ; but he could not take all the 
praise to himself. Single-handed, he 
could have done nothing compared 
with what had been accomplished. 
His colleagues one and all had as- 
sisted him in every possible way, and 
they had worked most harmoniously 
together. The warmest thanks of 
everyone were due to Sir Massey 
Lopes, Chairman of the Local Execu- 
tive Committee ; and he could assure 
them that a better leader than Sir 
Massey it would be impossible to find. 
He most cordially thanked Lord 
Moreton and the members of the 
Society on behalf of himself and the 
Corporation of Plymouth. What they 
had done had been a labour of love 
from the very commencement. The 
work was now brought very nearly to 
a close, and if they wanted any proof 
of the success of their labours they 
saw it in the Showyard that day. 
Vote of Thanks to Local Committee. 
Mr. Dent said he supposed he had 
been asked to propose the next vote 
of thanks because he was one of the 
surviving officials of the show held 
in Plymouth twenty-five years ago. 
When he came down to Plymouth in 
1865 to carry out his duties as Senior 
Steward of Stock, he had just been 
fighting a sharply contested election 
and had been canvassing and fighting 
for five weeks ; and, although he won 
his seat, the friends of his opponent 
had pelted him with eggs on the bust 
ings at the final part of the proceed- 
ings. They might well suppose that 
when, after such an experience as 
that, he came to a pleasant place 
like Plymouth, amidst such beautiful 
scenery and such charming people 
— many of them very old friends — 
he had thoroughly enjoyed the week, 
and he hoped he should enjoy the 
week on the present occasion equally 
well. 
But twenty-five years' remin- 
iscences, however pleasant, could not 
but be mingled with a good deal of 
sadness, and he could not help think- 
ing of the losses which the " Royal " 
Society and England had since then 
sustained in the agricultural world. 
He thought of the kindly and accom- 
plished President of 1865, Sir Edward 
Kerrison, who after many years of 
suffering had gone over to the great 
majority, and of two colleagues as 
Stewards of Stock — Mr. Randell and 
Mr. Bowly — than whom there were no 
better specimens of the British Agri- 
culturist. He remembered also that 
the (irsc to greet him on coming into 
the yard twenty-five years ago was 
Professor Simonds, who told him that 
the rinderpest had broken out in the 
dairies of London. When one thought 
of these things, and of the sad times 
agriculture had gone through since 
then, one's reminiscences became a 
little tinged with sadness. However, 
there was now a brighter gleam, and 
there were better hopes for British 
agriculture, and the young men of the 
Council had shown that the}' were as 
good as their predecessors. 
But what could they have done had it 
not been for the exertions of the Local 
Committee ? He was glad to think that 
the Chairman of the Local Committee 
twenty-five years ago was his present 
genial host, Sir Massey Lopes, and 
that he was still acting in the same 
capacity. It needed no words from him 
to an audience of Wcst-counlrymen to 
inform them how much he was re- 
spected and esteemed by everyone 
