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Cents. In addition, the sum of 2000Z. lies on deposit with the 
Society's bankers, and the balance of the current account, on the 
1st instant, was 3362Z. 7s. d>d., both these sums being available for 
defraying the expenses of the Wolverhampton Meeting. 
During the past half-year the Council have sustained a heavy 
loss by the death of their valued colleague Lord Walsingham, a 
vice-president of the Society ; and they have also received, with 
much regret, the resignation of Mr. T. W. Bramston, as trustee, 
and of Mr. W. Hassall, as Member of Council. The vacancies 
thus created have been filled up by the election of Major-General 
Viscount Bridport as trustee in the room of Mr. Bramston ; by 
the election as vice-president of Lord Vernon in the room of the 
late Lord Walsingham, and of Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart., in 
the room of Viscount Bridport ; and by the election of the 
following Members of Council : — Mr. R. H. Masfen, of Pende- 
ford, Wolverhampton, in the room of Mr. W. Hassall ; and 
Mr. J. Wells, of Booth Ferry, Howden, in the place of Lord 
Vernon. 
Mr. Juhlin-Dannfelt, Superintendent of the Experimental 
Farm and Agricultural College at Stockholm, has been elected 
an Honorary Member of the Society. 
The Wolverhampton Local Committee are making every 
exertion to promote the success of the Country Meeting, and 
have added to the Society's list, prizes for Hunters and Roadsters, 
also for Carriage and Agricultural Horses, as well as for Dairy 
Cattle, for extra classes of Shropshire Sheep, and for Wool, 
Butter, and Cheese, amounting in all to upwards of 1000/. 
The Farm Prize competition in connection with the Wolver- 
hampton Meeting promises to equal in interest that of last year. 
The conditions of competition have not been varied more than 
was required by the addition of Dairy Prizes, but some of the 
regulations have been more clearly defined than they were 
previously. It has been decided that competing arable farms 
must be not less than 200 acres in extent, and that the dairy 
farms be those on which not less than 20 cows are kept, and 
which are chiefly devoted to dairy purposes, including the sale 
of milk, either to towns or cheese factories. It has also been 
decided that every competitor must enter all the land in his 
occupation within the area of competition ; and that a tenant- 
farmer, in order to be eligible to compete for the prizes offered, 
