■178 licport of the Senior Stcimrd of Implements at Windsoi', 
In the morning of Friday Her Majesty again visited the 
Show and inspected the prize cattle, sheep, and ]iigs, as well as 
several of the implement stands. On two subsequent occasions 
(the last time accompanied by Princess Louise and the Marquis 
of Lome) the Queen drove into the Showyard, and appeared to 
be very greatly interested in its various departments. 
Throughout the week the Windsor Show basked in the sun- 
shine of Royal favour and presence. The Society has been 
honoured for many years by the active support of H.R.H. the 
Prince of Wales, and it had in earlier years the high privilege 
of counting the late Prince Consort among its best friends. 
Never before, however, has the Society been brought so closely 
into relationship with the Royal House or received such dis- 
tinguished marks of favour from the Crown. Among the many 
modes in which Her Majesty expressed her interest in the 
event may be mentioned her gracious permission to allow the 
State apartments to be accessible to the public, notwithstanding 
her presence at the Castle, and to permit the public to visit the 
Prince Consort's Shaw and Flemish Farms during the Show week. 
The bestowal of a knighthood on Mr. Jacob Wilson, the Honorary 
Director, was also felt to reflect honour on the Society for which 
he has during so many years assiduously laboured. 
At the Council Meeting held on July 3, the following auto- 
graph letter from Her Majesty was read and ordered to be 
entered on the minutes : — 
Windsor Castle, July 2, 1889. 
It gave me very great pleasure to visit the Show of the AoTicultural 
Society, of which I am this year the President, and I can assure you that I 
was extremely g-ratified with this man-niticent Kxhihition. 
I must thank the Council for the care and attentinn they have devoted 
to this work, which has been so successful, aud I am especially anxious to 
convey my acknowledgments to Sir Jacob A\'ilson and Mr. Ernest Clarke 
for their exertions iu organising this Show. 
(Signed) A''ictoeia, Il.I. 
To the Council of the Koyal Agricultural Society of England. 
The details of the several departments of the Show which 
appear in the reports printed in the following pages make it 
unnecessary to refer to the various exhibits ; but it may be per- 
mitted to me briefly to mention two novelties in the Show- 
ground — one of which added greatly to the entertainment, the 
other to the comfort of the visitors. For the first time since 
1878 a band was added to the attractions of the Meeting, and 
throughout the week Lieut. Dan Godfrey and his musicians of 
the Grenadier Guards had a numerous and gratified auditory. 
The St. John Ambulance Association considerately provided in 
the Showyard a completely fitted ambulance station^ which was 
