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jack. lu this the old pin and cliaiu is done away witli. The lift is pcrpeu- 
dicular, and altcratious of height are easily oft'ccted. Price 12s. G(/. 
Messrs. 11. J. and C. Major were commended for specimens of Bridgewater 
tiles, which are well known, as excellent roofing:; ; the price varies from 9s. to 
15s. a square. These tiles arc lardy used in the West of England, and are 
much liked. 
I cannot conclude this report without expressing my grateful 
sense of the hearty assistance rendered by the Judges in their 
different departments, to which I am in no limited measure 
indebted for the material of the report. 
XXVI. — Report on the Exhibition of Live Stock at Oxford. 
By I). Keynolds Da vies, Senior Steward. 
More than ordinary interest has probably prevailed regarding 
the Royal Agricultural Society's exhibition this year, from the 
fact that it was held at Oxford, where the first-born efforts of 
the Society were welcomed thirty years ago ; and there are hap- 
pily still living not a few who were able, from their own personal 
observation, to note the extraordinary and rapid progress that has 
been made in the appliances of agriculture since the Society's 
first gathering in the same city. Then about seven acres of ground 
more than sufficed for its requirements, whilst on the present 
occasion the space occupied was tenfold the area, with its many 
miles of shedding. 
It is gratifying to know that the exhibition has been thought 
a successful one in many respects, but financially it is feared 
the Society's resources may be taxed to supply a deficit of not 
less than two thousand pounds. Such results as those of the pre- 
vious year could not be looked for at Oxford. The Manchester 
meeting was altogether exceptional, having been held in the 
midst of the most densely populated manufacturing districts, 
and under the presidency of his Royal Highness the Prince of 
Wales, accompanied as he was by the Princess of Wales, whose 
presence so greatly charmed the honest hearts of Lancashire. A 
fairer comparison would probably be that of the Leicester meeting 
two years ago, where the total money receipts were but little 
over Oxford's second meeting. 
A system of season tickets was inaugurated at the Manchester 
Show, and as it has again worked well this year it is probable 
the Council may see fit to make it an established rule for the 
encouragement and convenience of the public to visit the show- 
ground at their pleasure. 
The labours of the Society at Oxford were heartily seconded 
by his Worship the Mayor, to whose personal efforts, aided by 
the Local Committee, much of the success was due ; and the 
recollection of agreeable and warm hospitality and kindness will 
