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account the number of brakes to be used ; and the Judges should so begin the 
trials as to ensure their being completed by the evening of the Friday before 
the show opens, and thus ensuring I'or tlieniselves time on tlie Saturday care- 
fully to consider the resulls and make their awards, so that the exhibitors may 
have them on the first day oi the show. 
The water tanks should lie placed at a height of not less than 10 feet above 
the level of the trial platform, and tlie hose-pipes and all outlets should be 
not less than 2 inches inside diameter, and should be proved all tight and 
secure. 
With respect to the printed "conditions" of trial, we think that — 
Each boiler sliouUl bo fitted with check-valve for the feed-water in addition 
to the two pump-valves specified in Clause 9. 
Clause 13. Tlie examination should be made at such time and in such 
manner as the Judges may determine. 
" Special Arrangements." 
Clause 4 should follow Clause 7, and read " his own driving strap " for each 
description of engine. Several exhibitors at the Bury Show appeared to be 
under the impression that the Society provided straps for portable engines. 
Clause 8. Is not the first wiiek in July much too near the time of trial to 
allow the necessary arrangements to be perfected '? 
Clause 9 we think should be modified as follows : — All the fixed engines 
intended for trial must be fixed in their places according to the order of trial 
on the trial jjlatform by a given time, viz. by the of , 
and strictly in the position and under the conditions required ; and all portable 
engines must be placed (so far as the allotted space will allow) also in the 
order of trial : and those for which there is not room on the platform must be 
drawn up in front of it not later than the evening of the day above-named. 
We have the honour to be, my Lord, your obedient servants, 
John V. Goooh. 
F. J. Bramwell, 
Jas. Easton, 
Judges of Steam Engines. 
November 7, 1867. 
XII. — Statistics of Live Stock and Dead Meat for Consumption 
in the Metropolis. By Robert Herbert. 
Notwithstanding that the importations of foreign stock into 
the United Kingdom during the last six months of 1867 were 
considerably less than in the corresponding period in 1866, a 
rather heavy fall took place in the quotations ; so that both 
beasts and sheep have now declined to about their average value. 
Several causes have operated seriously against price : — viz., the 
unusually prime condition in which the stock has made its 
appearance from nearly the whole of our grazing districts ; 
the great increase, both here and on the continent, in the 
slaughter of animals destined for consumption in the metropolis ; 
and the restrictive measures in reference to the removal of 
