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Monthly Council, February 4, 1891. 
and from the county of Gloucester 
generally, to hold the Show of 1892 
in their city. They had a large and 
satisfactory subscription list — alread}' 
amounting to 4,500Z. — to which addi- 
tions were daily being made. There 
would be no difficulty in raising the 
funds required by the Society, or in 
complying with their requirements in 
other respects. The point upon which 
they laid great stress was the geo- 
graphical position of Gloucester, 
which was situated at a junction of 
two important lines of raihvaj'. 
Gloucester had in itself close upon 
4.5,000 inhabitants, and Cheltenham, 
which was only six miles off, had an 
almost equal population. Bristol with 
its 200,000 inhabitants, was close at 
hand, and within what he might call 
a half-crown railway fare was a popu- 
lation of close upon a million. They 
felt they had special advantages in 
respect to railway conveniences, as 
they had two passenger stations in 
Gloucester, and four goods stations, 
as well as a siding within a few yards 
of the proposed site. He thought the 
Committee of Inspection who visited 
Gloucester the other day would agree 
that the site they offered was a very 
eligible one. It was composed of 
large fields, was pleasantlj' situated, 
and was easily readied from the city. 
There were main roads leading to it, 
and attractive routes both from the 
city and railway stations. Gloucester, 
besides possessing the interesting 
traditions of an old cathedral city, 
had important industries, including 
flour-mills fitted up on the most 
modern principles. Many different 
systems of farming could be studied 
in the district, and they had, besides, 
important agricultural institutions 
lilie Cirencester College. There was 
ample hotel and lodging accommoda- 
tion in the two towns, particularly at 
C'heltenhan!, which had been described 
as a town of hotels and lodging- 
houses, and as the " Garden Town of 
England." He claimed that these 
were definite points of superiority over 
any other offer received by the Society. 
A comparison of the dates when the 
last Show was held at Gloucester and 
at Warwick showed that the Society 
had not paid a visit to Gloucester 
since 185.S, but had been to Warwick 
in 1859. South Wales, with its very 
large population, was far more acces- 
sible for Gloucester than for Warwick, 
which could only be reached by 
changing. If the Council honoured 
them with a visit next year, they 
might be assured of a hearty welcome 
from the district, on whose behalf he 
had the privilege and pleasure of 
presenting the invitation to the 
Society to hold its Country Meeting 
of 1892 in the city of Gloucester. 
Sir HussEY YiYLiN asked leave to 
say a few words on behalf of South 
Wales in support of the invitation. 
Their population was a very large 
one. In Glamorganshire alone there 
were 000,000 inhabitants, and the 
population took a deep interest in 
agriculture, which was manifested by 
their large attendance at the Sliows 
of local societies. They would be 
sure to largely avail themselves of 
the advantage of attending the Eoyal 
Agricultural Society's Show if held at 
Gloucester, as that city was within 
easy distance of the great centres of 
population in South Wales. He did 
not think, however, that the popula- 
tion of South Wales would go in any 
numbers so far as Warwick. He 
therefore begged very earnestly to 
urge the importance of holding the 
Show of 1892 at Gloucester rather 
than at Warwick. 
Lord Tredegah said that one of 
the great objects of the Society was 
the promotion of agricultural in- 
terests ; and as they had a great deal 
to learn with regard to farming in 
South Wales, he thought the Society 
would be doing more good and would 
be acting up to its principles in 
deciding to go to Gloucester, which 
was readily accessible to South Wales, 
rather than to the Midlands, where 
people were supposed to know every- 
thing. * 
The President thanked the depu- 
tation for attending, and said the 
Council were in the position of having 
an emhnrras ties ricJicsses. 
Lord CovEXTKY thanked the Coun- 
cil for their courteous reception of 
the members of the deputation, who 
then retired. 
Mr. MAiNWAmyo having read the 
report of the Committee of Inspection 
on the various sites which had been 
submitted to their inspection at War- 
wick and Gloucester, the Puesidest 
