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but also to the judicious limitation of ground hitherto allotted to 
implements under the recent rules as to charges. It has been a 
common complaint of late years that the ground was getting 
unwieldy in size, and I believe the new rules meet with the 
approval of many exhibitors as well as of the majority of 
visitors. 
The Show was distinguished by no remarkable novelties, but 
medals were obtained by several exhibitors. The implements 
to which they were awarded will find full description in the 
Judges' Report, to appear in the next number of the ' Journal.' 
Mr. Hemsley's absence from ill-health was a source of much 
regret to the Stewards, and especially to his colleagues in the 
Implement department, who much missed his ripe experience 
and thorough knowledge of the merits of machinery, as well as 
his genial companionship. 
The reputation of the North for hospitality was amply 
sustained. The sumptuous banquet given by Lord Armstrong 
at Jesmond Hall was followed by the luncheon of the Mayor 
and Corporation in honour of the visit of the Prince of Wales, 
and both entertainments were fully appreciated and largely 
attended by those who were privileged to receive invitations. 
I cannot conclude my Report without acknowledging the 
uniform kindness I have received from my colleagues during 
my three years' Stewardship, and the ready assistance always 
rendered me by the officials of the Society in every department, 
and without expressing the pleasure with which I look back on 
my experience as Steward. 
XXV^III.— ^e;;or^ on the Trials of Portable Agricultural Steani' 
engines, self-moving or otherwise, at Newcastle. 
By Dan. Pidgeon, Assoc. Inst. C.E., Reporting Judge. 
Judges.- 
Hon. C. A. Parsons, of Eyton-on-Tyne. 
H. Yates, of Grantham, Lincolnsliire, and 
Dan. Pidgeon, of Holmwood, Putney Hill, London. 
Advised by the Society's Consulting Engineers, Sir Fkederick Bramwell 
and Mr. William Anderson, as well as by Messrs. Pattinson and J. E. Stead, 
specially retained as chemists and analysts. 
Agricultueists are aware that no trials of engines have been 
held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England since those 
which took place at Cardiff in 1872, and it will be well, 
therefore, in the first instance, to state what were the objects in 
