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Report to the General Meeting. 
Mr. John Evans, of Uffington, Shrewsbury, is still under the 
consideration of the Council. 
The accounts for the year 1884 have been examined and 
certified by the auditors and accountants of the Society, and 
have been published in the current number of the ' Journal,' 
together with the statement of Receipts and Expenditure 
relating to the Shrewsbury Meeting. The funded property of 
the Society stands at 29,885Z. 4s. Ad. New Three per Cents. ; 
the balance of the current account in the hands of the Society's 
bankers on the 1st instant was 7553Z. 12s. Id., and 2000Z. 
remained on deposit. 
As already announced, the Preston Meeting will commence 
on Wednesday morning, July 15th, and close on Monday 
evening, July 20th, but the Implement portion of the Show 
will be open to Members of the Society and the public on. 
Tuesday, July 14th. 
The practical examination of Dairy workers mentioned in 
the December report will be held in the Working Dairy at 
Preston during the week preceding the Show. The Council 
have decided to give certificates of efficiency to those makers 
of Butter and Cheese who may be certified by the Judges as 
entitled to them ; and also to give Prizes in each class to those 
who show the greatest skill in the various operations. As far 
as practicable, the decisions of the Judges will be annchinced 
at the General Meeting held in the Showyard. The Council 
trust that this new scheme of practical examinations may tend 
to the benefit of the Dairy-workers who obtain the Society's 
Certificate of Efficiency, and at the same time lessen the diffi- 
culty which dairy farmers find in obtaining competent persons 
to make Butter and Cheese. 
An invitation from the authorities of the City of Norwich 
with regard to the Country Meeting of 1886 having been 
received by the Council, it has been resolved, after due 
