vi Report to the General Meeting. 
accountants, and has been published for the information of the 
Members in the last number of the ' Journal.' The funded capital 
of the Society remains the same as at the last half-yearly meeting, 
namely, 12,430/. 7s. New Three per Cents., and the balance of 
the current account in the hands of the bankers on the 1st inst. 
was 1188Z. 16s. 1(/. 
The Carlisle Meeting was remarkably successful considering 
the very unfavourable weather experienced during the tliree last 
days. The entries of Live-stock were very large, and the show 
of Implements was more compact than has been the case for 
some years. The large attendance of the public in spite of the 
rain was commonly remarked, as well as the fact that the visitors- 
came principally from the agricultural districts in the neighbour- 
hood. Although the receipts were not sufficient to cover the 
expenditure, the Council are glad to announce that the deficit 
will not entail any further diminution of the funded capital of the 
Society, as it can be covered by the surplus ordinary income of 
the year. 
The offer of medals for new inventions for the cultivation of 
the land by steam or other mechanical force, did not call forth 
so much competition as was expected. The trials took place at 
Harraby during the period of the Carlisle Show, and with their 
results are described in the last number of the ' Journal ' by 
Mr. Neville, one of the Stewards. 
The offer by the Local Committee of Prizes for the best- 
manaffed Farms in the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland 
called forth a most interesting and instructive competition ; and 
the Council wish specially to call the attention of the Members 
of the Society to the full and admirably written Report on it by 
Mr. H. J. Little, one of the Judges, published in the last 
number of the ' Journal.' 
The preparations for the Derby Meeting next year are well 
advanced. The Rev. Sir George Wilmot Horton has consented 
to the Show being held in Osmaston Park, close to the town, and 
