506 Report of the Senior Steward of Lice Stock at Newcastle. 
The total amount of money taken at the stand in the Horse- 
ring was 650/., and 500/. was realized by the sale of catalogues. 
The Working Dairy was well attended by a large number of 
visitors, who listened to the lectures and explanations of Miss 
Smithard with advantage, and watched with intelligent interest 
the improved process of butter-making. 
The seed stands, as usual, presented an attractive appear- 
ance, and the old-established firms of Messrs. Webb, Carter, 
Sutton, Dickson, Little and Ballantyne, &c., were well repre-. 
sented. The Hide Inspection Society of Newcastle had a 
stand in the yard, where hides, both raw and tanned, which 
had been depreciated in value by the warble maggot, were to 
be seen. The essay of INIr. Horn, who won the 20/. prize of 
the Society, was given away at the stand. 
The Horse-shoeing Competition attracted considerable atten- 
tion, in a square set apart in a corner of the large yard. In 
another part of the Journal will be found the separate Report 
on this Competition by Mr. Charles Clay, the Steward of the 
Department, to whose exertions its success was chiefly due. 
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and his two sons 
Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales, who were 
staying with Sir Matthew and Lady White Ridley at Blagdon 
Hall, visited the Show on Tuesday and again on Thursday. 
His Royal Highness has always been a consistent supporter of 
the Society, having upon three occasions filled the presidential 
chair ; and his presence in the yard was not only a great encour- 
agement in these dark days of depression, but it also assured us 
of his sympathy and hearty desire to do everything in his 
power to promote the prosperity of agriculture. 
At the general meeting of the Society, presided over by our 
excellent President, Lord Egerton of Tatton, and held in the 
large tent on Tuesday, Prince Albert Victor was elected a 
member of the Society by acclamation. A vote of thanks to 
the Mayor and Corporation for their cordial reception of the 
Society was proposed by the Prince of Wales, seconded by the 
Duke of Northumberland, and carried unanimously, as was also 
one to the Local Committee. All were glad of the opportunity 
of acknowledging the zealous co-operation of the Mayor, Sir 
Benjamin Browne, who had throughout taken a great interest 
in the arrangements, and was most constant in his attendance 
at the Council meetings in Hanover Square. 
Lord Ravensworth, and many others living in the neighbour- 
hood, entertained parties of friends for the week ; and Lord 
Armstrong, with characteristic hospitality, gave a dinner in the 
banqueting-hall at Jesmond Dene to the Council, Judges, and 
other leading oflicials connected with the Society. 
