cxx General Meeting of Governors and Members, 
who knew him. Those who had sat 
with him in the House of Commons 
knew what an excellent Member of 
Parliament he made ; and those who 
had worked with him on the Council 
of the Royal Agricultural Societj r , 
whether as President or in any other 
capacity, knew what an excellent 
man of business he was. To Sir 
Massey Lopes and to the other mem- 
beis of the Local Committee, he was 
sure they would be glad to render 
their sincere and hearty thanks, and 
he had therefore great pleasure in 
moving, " That the best thanks of the 
Society are due and are hereby ten- 
dered to the Local Committee for 
their exertions to promote the success 
of the Show." 
Sir Nigel Kingscote seconded, 
referring to the thorough success of 
the Meeting from an agricultural 
point of view, and said it seemed as 
if it were going to be a thorough 
success as regarded attendance. He 
only hoped they would see the 
Cornish and Devon farmers trooping 
to the Show with their wives and 
families, in order to see what differ- 
ences had taken place in the live stock 
and implements during the past 
twenty-live years. (Cheers.) 
The vote of thanks having been 
unanimously accorded, 
Sir Massey Lopes, on behalf of 
the Local Committee, returned most 
hearty and sincere thanks for the way 
in which their services in endeavour- 
ing to make the Meeting a success had 
been acknowledged. He must say that 
the encomium which fell from the 
noble Duke was one which was 
peculiarly acceptable and gratifying 
to them, inasmuch as His Grace had 
always been considered one of the 
first and foremost champions of the 
agricultural interest, not only in 
England but in Scotland. 
It was his good fortune some 
quarter of a century ago to have been 
also the Chairman of the Local Com- 
mittee, and he had been associated 
during the past two years with many 
gentlemen who had assisted him on 
that occasion. Every one had exerted 
himself to the utmost to secure the 
success of the Meeting. He recol- 
lected that twenty-five years ago it was 
predicted that the Plymouth Meeting 
was 1o be a failure, but they were ex- 
ceedingly pleased to find that the 
whole Council and a great number, if 
not the majority, of the members ad- 
mitted it to be not only a financial 
success, but also, in a pleasant and 
agreeable way, one of the nicest 
Meetings they had ever held. There 
was another side to the picture. 
Those who took some little trouble in 
getting the money together for that 
Meeting had the gratification of 
knowing that the Society left its 
mark behind it and gave a great 
stimulus to the agriculture of the 
neighbourhood. They fully expected 
to see the same good results from the 
present Meeting. It was true that 
the Executive had on this occasion 
some little difficulties to overcome. 
They had but one possible site in the 
district, and that site could only be 
secured by a considerable expenditure. 
But they did not for a moment regard 
that as an insurmountable obstacle, 
and they were determined from the 
first to do their very best to make the 
Meeting a success. They felt that 
they had a character to lose and a 
character to maintain, and it had been 
their anxious desire to deserve a re- 
newal of the encomiums which had 
been hitherto passed upon them. 
They were essentially an agricultural 
district in the West of England. 
Agriculture was their staple com- 
modity. Agriculture — the oldest and 
noblest of industries — was really the 
backbone of their national industries 
as well as of their national prosperity. 
They were amply compensated by, 
and they very much appreciated, the 
kind terms in which their services 
had been recognised. 
Vote of Thanks to Retiring President. 
The President then asked if any 
Members present had remarks to make 
or suggestions to offer for the con- 
sideration of the Council ; but no one 
rising in response to this invitation, 
Mr. HENBY Smith, of Leamington, 
proposed a vote of thanks to Lord 
Moreton for his services as President 
during the past 3 - ear. He said it 
must be a great gratification to Lord 
Moreton to see such a Meeting as they 
had this year in the extreme part of 
Devon. It was fifty-one years 6ince 
he first joined the lloyal Agricultural 
Society. When he was at Oxford 
