XXX Report to the General Meeting. 
of the Marquis of Stafford, M.P., and Mr. R. A. Warren, of 
Preston Place, Arundel. 
The accounts for the year 1881 have been examined and 
certified by the auditors and accountants of the Society, and 
have been published in the last number of the ' Journal,' 
together with the statement of receipts and expenditure of the 
Derby Meeting. The funded property of the Society has been 
increased by the investment of 3000Z., and now stands at 
18,423/. I5. 9f7. New Three per Cents. The balance of the 
current account in the hands of the Society's bankers on 
the 1st instant was 4951Z. Os. 8f?., and 2000/. remained on 
deposit. 
The Reading Meeting will commence on Monday, July 10th, 
and will close on Friday, July 14th ; but the Implement Yard 
will be open to the public on Saturday, the 8th. 
The Reading Local Committee have added to the Society's 
Prize-list offers of Prizes for Agricultural Horses, Hackneys 
and Hunters, Dairy Cattle, Cheese and Butter ; while two 
Members of the Council have added to the list of Prizes for 
Horses, and the Hereford Herd-Book Society have offered 
Prizes in a class for families of that breed. 
The continued interest which has attached to the exhibition 
of Dairy machinery at work, coupled with the expressed desire 
of manufacturers of Dairy implements to have the opportu- 
nity of showing their own methods of production in so favour- 
able a manner, has led the Council to try the experiment of 
throwing open the Working Dairy, in sections, to those exhi- 
bitors who choose to take space for the purpose and to comply 
with the Society's regulations. 
The district assigned for the Country Meeting of 1883 is 
restricted to the County of York, and the Council have accepted 
a very cordial invitation which they received from the Lord 
Mayor and the Town Council of the City of York to hold the 
Show next year on a portion of the well-known race-course. 
The Council are very glad to announce in addition that the 
