VI 
Report to the General Meeting. 
12,000Z. has been required to meet the deficit in the receipts at 
the Kilburn Exhibition, while the balance has been devoted 
to the building of the new laboratory and to the purchase of 
plant and materials for the Carlisle Meeting next year. The 
funded property of the Society at the end of the year will 
stand at 12,430/. 7;?. Od. New Three per Cents., and the 
balance of the current account in the hands of the Bankers 
on the 1st inst. was 1895Z. 195. 6rf., which, however, is not 
sufficient to meet outstanding claims connected with the London 
Meeting. 
The half-yearly statement of accounts to the 30th of June 
last has been examined and approved by the Society's auditors 
and accountants, and has been published for the information of 
the Members in the last number of the ' Journal.' 
In their Report to the Annual General Meeting held last 
May, the Council described the special features which the 
London Meeting would include ; and the programme then pre- 
sented was duly carried out, though under the most un- 
favourable circumstances as regards weather. The Kilburn 
Exhibition was certainly the largest and most varied Agri- 
cultural Show hitherto held ; and amongst the novel features 
which specially attracted attention may be mentioned the 
International Dairy, the Comparative Loan Collection of 
Ancient and Modern Farm Implements, the Railway Waggons 
for the Conveyance of Fresh Provisions, and the Competing 
Plans of Farm Buildings. The Foreign Exhibits of Stock and 
Implements, although not numerous, were generally charac- 
teristic and interesting. The Live Stock department attained 
unprecedented dimensions ; and the Council rejoice to add that 
owing to the precautions taken, and to the vigilance of a most 
efficient staff of Veterinary Inspectors, no case of Contagious 
or Infectious Disease appeared amongst any of the animals. 
Notwithstanding the very inclement weather, the proportion of 
animals affected with ordinary ailments, in comparison with 
the number exhibited, was reported as not so great as in the 
average of years. 
The Presidency of the Prince of Wales, the visit of Her 
Majesty the Queen and of nearly every member of the Royal 
Family ; the attendance of an unusually large number of 
Members of the Society ; and the admission of about 200,000 
