GOG Jippoj-t on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Wolverhampton. 
— and Lord ChesLam carried away the palm into Buckingham- 
shire, after beating all the best native breeders. Butter and 
cheese also formed an imposing exhibition, with 47 entries for 
tlie former, and 69 for the latter, whilst the Local Committee in 
their arrangement of these prizes were not forgetful of the fair 
<lairymaids to whose careful manipulation was due, in a great 
measure, the excellence of the produce thus exhibited. 
In conclusion, then, let me obicrve that in spite of all the 
difficulties of the occasion, the Wolverhampton Show will for 
years to come be remembered for its unparalleled exhibition of 
Shropshire sheep, as well as for the marvellous array of steam- 
cultivating machinery and traction-engines, and the important 
results of the trials to which they were subjected. I would 
further express a hope that, although not generally considered 
a financial success, yet the Wolverhampton Meeting may bear 
some good fruit in improving the agriculture of the county of 
Stafford and the surrounding districts, and be a means also 
of uniting more closely the interests of agriculture and manu- 
factures, as well as showing to the inhabitants of the " black 
country " that whilst they, on the one hand, are labouring to 
furnish tis with the mechanical means of cultivation — immensely 
developed in recent years — we, on the other hand, are recipro- 
cally labouring to increase the produce of the soil, and thus 
furnish them with an ample supply of food. A word of thanks 
is due to the Local Committee, and more especially to the 
ex-Mayor Mr. Bantock, Mr. Matthews, and Mr. Barnett, the 
Secretary of the Local Committee, all of whom laboured as- 
siduously and anxiously throughout for the success of the Show ; 
nor must I omit mention of the labourers who acted in the 
capacity of yardmen on the occasion, for a more intelligent and 
obliging set of men I have seldom met with in their sphere of 
life. 
With this Report my term of stewardship comes to an 
end, and my duties as senior steward are fulfilled. To my 
fellow-stewards, with whom I have laboured with the utmost 
harmony and greatest pleasure, — as well as to my friend 
Mr. Brandreth Gibbs, — I would express my warmest thanks 
lor their advice and assistance at all times in the discharge of 
our common duties. Nor can I ever forget the many pleasing 
associations and happy moments spent during my three weeks 
of office at Manchester, Oxford, and Wolverhampton, and the 
numerous friendships there formed, which, I earnestly trust, 
may be both mutual and lasting. 
WooJhorn Manor, August, 1871. 
