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the Council he would move that a 
grant of 5,000/. be made for prizes for 
live stock, poultry, and produce at 
the Cambridge Meeting of 1 894. The 
Committee had received various 
suggestions as to the prize sheet, 
which would be duly considered. 
The Committee proposed at a future 
meeting to reconsider the fees at which 
entries of poultry and produce were 
now accepted from members for the 
Country Meetings. 
Implement. 
Mr. Sanday reported that the 
draft regulations for the trials of 
explosive oil engines at the Cam- 
bridge Meeting, in 1894, had been 
considered and amended, and the 
Committee recommended that the 
regulations as settled by them be 
issued forthwith, as follows : — 
Cambridge Meeting , 1894. 
PRIZES FOR EXPLOSIVE OIL ENGINES. 
In connection with the Cambridge Meeting 
of 1894, the following prizes are offered by the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England for 
fixed oil engines and portable oil engines : — 
Eirst Second 
Prize. Prize. 
Class I. Fixed Oil Engines, of £ £ 
4 to 8 brake horse power 50 25 
Class II. Portable Oil Engines, 
of 9 to 16 brake horse power 50 25 
General Regulations of Trials. 
1 . Notice of the place and date of the trials 
will be posted to every competitor as soon as 
they are fixed. 
A covered and locked building, under the 
charge of the Society’s officers, will be pro- 
vided, in which the trials will take place, the 
space for each engine being partitioned off 
from that of the others. 
3. Every competitor must himself provide 
for the delivery of his engine to the trial shed, 
not later than a week previous to the date on 
which the trials will be commenced, and for 
its removal as soon as finished with. 
4. Each competitor in Class I. must state the 
nature and give detailed dimensions of the 
foundation he may require. The Society will 
find the necessary material and labour for 
such foundation, but the responsibility for its 
sufficiency and for the fixing of the engiue 
must rest with the exhibitor. 
5. The necessary supply of petroleum and 
water for the trials will be provided by the 
Society. All the engines will be worked with 
the same sample of oil, which shall be one of 
the well-known brands, e.g. Russolene oil— and, 
if considered desirable by the judges, a further 
trial of the selected engines will be made with 
a cheaper oil. 
6. Each engine must be fitted with suitable 
indicating gear — to be approved by the 
engineers— revolution counter and flywheel 
with turned flat face, on which the brake gear 
may be applied. 
7. The adaptability of each engine for general 
purposes on a farm will be considered, especially 
as regards simplicity of design, strength, 
durability, stability, and freedom from fouling. 
8. After each engine is fixed, the competitor 
will be allowed a preliminary run, to satisfy 
himself that the engine is in proper working 
order. 
9. The engines must all be ready to start for 
trial on a given date ; they will then have to 
run for three days — running ten hours per day 
on their declared brake load — the petroleum 
and lubricating oil being weighed out. 
10. Each competitor will be allowed one 
attendant only in charge while the engine is 
running. Such attendant will be under the 
direction of the judges. 
1 1. At the end of the above run, each engine 
will go— just as it stands— on to a full-load 
trial, during which indicator diagrams will be 
taken, brake load recorded, and oil used 
weighed. This will be followed by a light and 
half-load trial under similar conditions. 
12. The points to which the special attention 
of the Judges and Engineers will be particu- 
larly directed are : — 
(1) Simplicity, workmanship, and dura- 
bility, combined with facilities for 
repairs. 
(2) Economy in getting to work and 
attendance. 
(3) Consumption of oil and circulating 
water. 
(4) Governing power and uniformity of 
speed. 
(5) Efficiency. 
(G) Cost. 
(7) Weight 
(8) Facility of transport 
and stability 
(9) Arrangements and 
capacity for carry- 
ing oil and circula- 
ting water. 
1 3. Should the Judges find any of the engines 
to be of practically equal merit, they are em- 
powered to bracket them as equal, and so 
divide the prize-money. 
14. Entries for these prizes must be made by 
exhibitors on the ordinary forms of application 
for space in the implement department of the 
Cambridge Meeting, which will be issued in 
January, 1894. The last date for receiving 
entries for the prizes will be Saturday, March 
31, 1894. 
By Order of the Council, 
Ernest Clarke, Secretary. 
12, Hanover Square, London, W., May 3, 1893. 
General Chester. 
Sir Matthew Ridley reported 
that the draft programme of the 
Chester Meeting had been prelimin- 
arily considered, and would be finally 
settled at the next meeting, which 
the Committee recommended should 
be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 
30. The Committee recommended 
that Messrs. Philipson and Golder 
and Messrs. Minsbull and Meeson, 
both of Chester, be appointed local 
agents for the sale of season tickets. 
Various applications for permission to 
In Class II. 
(Portable 
engines) 
only. 
