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Report to the General Meeting. 
years been exliibited in the Society's Show-Yard, but which had 
no immediate connection with the purposes of agriculture. 
The number of stock entered for competition in almost every 
class in which prizes have been offered leads the Council to 
anticipate a very important Show. 
It has been determined to erect strong weather-proof horse- 
boxes, for all the entire horses, in a distinct portion of the Yard, 
where, at stated periods, they will be led out for exhibition. 
The arrangements for giving tlie Metropolitan Meeting an 
International character have been much advanced by the assist- 
ance received from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign 
Affairs, in communicating with the Ministers of Agriculture in 
foreign countries ; and the Council cannot do less than recognise 
in this public manner liis Lordship's cordial co-operation with 
the objects of the Society. 
In compliance with the very generally expressed wish of the 
Members, the Council have directed a programme of the arrange- 
ments connected with the Meeting at Battersea Park to be 
forwarded to every Member of the Society, Avho will thus be 
duly informed of the subjects of interest during the Show. 
The collection of wool exhibited by the Society in Class IV. 
in the International Exhibition will be found to contain specimen 
fleeces of nearly all the breeds of sheep and their crosses in the 
United Kingdom, while the various uses to which they are 
applied by the manufacturer are exemplified in smaller cases. 
The Council have to thank numerous contributors for the liberal 
support and assistance received in making this collection. 
The Council have decided, subject to the usual conditions, to 
hold the Society's Country Meeting next year at Worcester. 
By Order of the Council, 
H. Hall Dare, Secretary. 
