598 Report of the Senior Steward of Live-Stock. 
could have been obtained under similar circumstances in most 
parts of the Kingdom. 
The last time the Rojal Agricultural Society visited Carlisle 
was in the year 1855, when the number of classes of stock for 
which prizes were offered was 76, against 182 this year; the 
number of exhibits in stock 808, against 1501 now ; and the 
money value of the prizes offered for stock 1550/., whilst this 
year it amounts to 5716/!. 
The number of exhibitors of implements was 118 in 1855, 
against 269 in 1880; and the latter number would have been 
largely exceeded, had not the Council found it necessary to 
restrict the entries, by making a largely increased charge for 
space, not permitting duplicates to be shown, and also excluding 
many articles which had, in their opinion, no connection with 
agriculture. For these reasons the number of entries, as well as 
the space occupied by machinery and agricultural implements, 
was reduced far below that of recent years. 
The Police arrangements within the Yard were carried out 
by a detachment of the A Division of the Metropolitan Police, 
and were most complete and efficient. It is satisfactory to be 
able to state that no accident of any sort occurred in the Yard 
to mar the pleasure of the Meeting, nor was there any disease or 
sickness among the stock. 
The Dairy-shed, where difTerent processes for the separation 
of cream from milk and the manufacture of butter were carried 
out under the direction of Mr. Aliender, of the Aylesbury Dairy 
Company, was repeated, as at Kilburn, but with the addition of 
a covered stand by the side of the dairy, for the convenience of 
spectators. It was well filled by the public, who paid a small 
admission fee, and the amount received was sufficient to cover 
the cost of its erection. 
The semaphores for signalling between the large ring in 
front of the Grand Stand and the collecting-ring were tried, and 
found to be most useful in saving a great deal of running about 
and calling out to those employed in mustering and parading the 
Horse and Cattle classes. They were first erected last year at 
Kilburn, but had not a fair trial, on account of the state of the 
ground having stopped the parades. 
The Beekeepers' Association had a tent in the Yard, where 
the driving and manipulation of bees were daily exhibited. 
Pisciculture was also represented by Mr. Armistead, of 
Roundhay, Leeds, who had a shed containing, in small tanks, 
specimens of char, American trout, and other fish, as well as a 
set of breeding-troughs for hatching the ova. 
The number of Horses entered for the Show was 487, being 
in excess of the entries of any previous year, except 1879. By 
