vi Report to the General Meeting. 
take place in the week commencing the 13th of July; Thursday, 
the 16th of thai month, being the principal day of the show, and 
the day of the Pavilion dinner : and in order to increase the in- 
terest and usefulness of the occasion, they have been led by the 
success of their weekly Council Meetings in London, at which 
discussions and communications of important matters have so 
frequently occurred, to give up the Council dinner on the Wed- 
nesday, for the purpose of adopting in its place discussion and 
interchange of opinion, having reference to agricultural topics of 
practical interest, on a more extended scale, and under distinct 
regulations for insuring to the members present the opportunity 
of both acquiring and communicating information. The Council 
have accordingly arranged that on the evening of Tuesday, the 
14th of July, at five o'clock, Professor Johnston, of Durham, 
one of the honorary members of the Society, will read a paper 
' On the Chemical Principles involved in the Preparation of 
Manures, and their Action upon Crops; with chemical demon- 
strations;' and on the following evening, at the same hour, Mr. 
Parkes, the consultmg en2:ineerof the Society, will read a paper 
on the subject of ' Draining ;' each of these papers being intended 
to form only preliminary introductions to the practical discussions 
which it is hoped will follow their perusal, under such regulations 
as the President may at the time decide to adopt. The Judges' 
award of prizes will be read at the close of the discussion on 
Mr. Parkes's paper. 
In addition to the Society's Prizes for "Sheep best adapted to 
a Mountain District," the Newcastle Local Committee have 
offered special prizes, under the 27th rule of the Prize-sheet, for 
Sheep of the Black-faced Breed ; and the North-Tyne and 
Redesdale Cheviot Sheep Show, also special prizes for Sheep of 
the Cheviot Breed, under the same Rule. 
By a distinct regulation, the Council have made it a condition 
with the exhibitors, that they shall execute all orders for Imple- 
ments given to them in the Show-yard, at the price stated in their 
certificates. 
The Newcastle Local Committee have undertaken to j)lace tlie 
