Report to the General Meetinrj. 
xlvii 
Saturday the 7th of July, which will allow of their recovering 
from the fatigue of the journey to the Show previous to tlie 
Judges commencing their inspection on the Monday morning 
following. That the exhibition shall close on the Thursday 
eveninar, thus enabling exhibitors' servants and animals to return 
home without breaking into another week. 
It has been determined to add to the Prize List a Class for 
Heifer Calves in the Shorthorn, Hereford, and Devon divisions ; 
also to form separate divisions for the Shropshire breed of 
Sheep, and the Kentish or Romney Marsh breed of Sheep ; and 
to classify Pigs as follows, viz. : Large breed of anv colour ; 
Small white ; Small black ; and pigs not eligible for the pre- 
ceding classes. 
The Schedule of Prizes for Implements and Machinery for 
1860, according to the quadrennial system which came into 
operation last year, will contain Classes for Thrashing Machines, 
Chaff-cutters, 3Iills, Crusheis, Oilcake Breakers, Bone Mills, 
Turnip-cutters, &c. ; and to these the Council have added addi- 
tional Classes for the application of Steam-power to the Culti- 
vation of the Soil, for Hand Tools used in Hop Grounds and 
Land Tillage, and for Field-gates. 
The Local Committee at Canterbury having expressed their 
wish to offer certain Local Prizes, the Council have determined 
to accept those for Hops and Wool, to be competed for under 
such conditions as the Council may determine. 
The Schedule of prizes offered for essays and reports, to be 
sent to the Secretary by the 1st March next, will be found 
on page liv. 
A reprint has been made of Dr. Lang's Prize Essay on the 
Potato. This can now be purchased at a reduced rate. 
The Society have from time to time been favoured, by order 
of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with copies of 
despatches received by Her Majesty's Government relative to 
guano and mineral deposits. Extracts from these communica- 
