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source of great attraction. The 
Castle Park, he ventured to say, was 
a site that could not be beaten. His 
colleague, tlie JIayor of Leamington, 
was unfortunately too unwell to at- 
tend that day, or he would have been 
present to have supported him in a 
cordial invitation to the Society to 
hold its next year's Meeting in their 
district. 
Mr. T. H. G. Newton would like 
to give two more reasons why War- 
wick should claim the honour of the 
Country Meeting of 1892. He found 
on examination that of the counties 
in the F district one Show had been 
held in Gloucestershire, two in Shrop- 
.'hire, two in AVarwickshire, one in 
Worcestershire, one in Staffordshire, 
and one in South Wales. The finan- 
cial results were most favourable for 
Warwickshire. The total surplus for 
their county was 4,800Z., whereas at 
Cardiff (1872) there was a deficit of 
600/., at Worcester (1863) 1,200/., and 
for Gloucestershire and Staffordshire 
deficits of about 2,000Z. each. The 
last five Meetings of the Society had 
resulted on balance in a deficit of 
some 6,000/., so that 1892 did not 
seem an occasion on which the 
Country Meeting should be held any- 
where but in a county in which they 
might hope to get a surplus. Al- 
though he was perfectly willing to 
admit that at Doncaster they had a 
chance of securing a surplus, yet they 
wanted two good chances, in order 
that they might be sure of getting a 
surplus between them. It was very 
obvious that one necessary element 
of success in a country show was the 
population, which had already been 
adverted to. He found that in the 
area of forty miles from Warwick 
there were no less than 422 railway 
stations ; so that this large population 
had ample facilities for attending the 
Show. 
The President having thanked 
Lord Leigh, Lord Brooke, and the 
other gentlemen for their attendance 
and explanations, 
The deputation retired. 
Inritation from Gloucester. 
The Earl of Coventry introduced 
the following deputation from the 
city and neighbourhood of Glou- 
cester, inviting the Society to hold 
its Show at Gloucester in the year 
1892:— Lord Apsley, Lord Fitzhar- 
dinge. Lord More'on, Lord Sudeley, 
Lord Tredegar. Sir John B. Doring- 
ton, Bart., M.P., Sir Hussey Vivian, 
Bart, M.P., Sir Kigel Kiugscote, 
K.C.B., Mr. B. St. John Ackers, Mr. 
AVilfrid Cripps, C.B., Mr. Fuller, M.P. 
(Wiltshire), Mr. Granville E. Lloyd- 
Baker, Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P. (Car- 
diff), Mr. T. Robinson, M.P. (City of 
Gloucester), the Mayor of Gloucester 
(Mr. J. J. Seekings), the Slayor of 
Cheltenham (Colonel Thoj^ts), and 
Mr. G. S. Blakeway (Town Clerk). 
Lord Fitzhabdinge snid that very 
briefly he should ask them to favour 
Gloucester by holding the Show of 
1892 in their city, for the simple 
reason that they had not been 
honoured with a visit from the Society 
since 1853, whereas their rival and 
neighbour had been visited by the 
Society in 1859. Since 1853 the 
population of South Wales, which was 
included in their district, had enor- 
mously increased, and he felt sure 
that if His Royal Highness the Prince 
of Wales would only honour them 
with his presence, the Welshmen 
would turn out by thousands to do 
him homage. That was the great 
reason why Gloucester should have 
the preference. 
Lord Sudeley said it was not 
necessary for him to say more than 
that they were in the centre of a very 
large district. They had the most 
ample railway accommodation. They 
had two of the largest railway com- 
panies running through their city, 
and there was no doubt that they 
would be able to bring a very large 
population from the West of England, 
from Wales, and from the North. In 
Gloucester they had been very long 
deprived of the presence of the 
" Royal " Society, and he thought that 
a visit from them would do an enor- 
mous amount of good to their agricul- 
tural population. Moreover, they felt 
quite sure that if the " Royal " would 
honour them with a visit they would 
be able to make the Show pay. 
The Mayor of Gloucester (Mr. J. 
J. Seekings) said he had great plea- 
sure in appearing that day to present 
to them a very warm invitation from 
the ancient and historic city of Glou- 
cester, from the town of Cheltenham, 
