King  Edward  VI /. 
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the  year  after  his  election,  on  which  occasion  he  was  accom- 
panied by  the  Princess. 
In  1868,  on  the  proposal  of  Lord  Bridport,  seconded  by 
Sir  Walter  Stirling,  he  was  unanimously  elected  President  of 
the  Society  for  1868-9,  and  as  such  attended,  together  with  the 
Princess,  the  Royal  Show  at  Manchester.  During  this  year  he 
was  on  several  occasions  present  at  the  Council  meetings, 
sometimes  taking  an  active  part  in  their  proceedings. 
Again,  in  May,  1878,  His  Royal  Highness  was  elected 
President  of  the  Society  for  the  ensuing  year  on  the  motion  of 
the  Earl  of  Powis  who,  in  the  speech  in  which  he  proposed 
him,  alluded  to  the  “ hearty  goodwill  and  satisfaction  which 
his  position  as  President  of  the  British  Section  of  the  Paris 
Exhibition  has  spread  among  our  French  neighbours  across  the 
channel.”  Although,  as  is  well  known,  the  demands  on  his 
time  and  activity  were  most  numerous,  we  find  the  then 
Prince  of  Wales  attending  the  Council  meetings  several  times 
during  his  term  as  President.  In  the  same  year  he  visited  the 
Society’s  International  Show  at  Kilburn  on  four  occasions,  on 
two  of  which  he  was  accompanied  by  the  Princess,  and  at  the 
close  of  his  year  of  office  he  sent  a gracious  letter  to  thank  the 
Council  for  their  co-operation  during  the  course  of  it. 
In  1879,  having  signified  his  desire  to  take  an  active  part 
in  the  proceedings  of  the  Society,  he  was  elected  a Trustee. 
Passing  over  the  next  few  years  and  simply  remarking  that 
during  this  period  the  Prince  continued  to  show  in  many  ways 
his  real  interest  in  the  Society,  we  find  him  once  more 
accepting  the  office  of  President  to  which  he  was  elected  in 
1885.  On  the  16th  of  July  of  that  year  he  visited  the  “ Royal  ” 
Show  at  Preston  when  he  had  a most  enthusiastic  reception. 
As  in  other  cases  he  “ did  ” the  Show  most  thoroughly, 
inspecting  minutely  the  various  details,  including  the  working 
dairy  and  the  parade  of  horses.  Later  on  he  attended  the 
general  meeting,  and  returned  the  day  after  to  see  the  parade 
of  prize  cattle,  and  also  the  parade  of  sheep,  with  all  of  which 
he  seemed  very  well  pleased. 
The  next  year — 1886 — His  Royal  Highness,  having 
previously  inspected  the  preparations,  visited  the  Implement 
Yard  and  Working  Dairy  at  the  Show  at  Norwich  on  three 
occasions,  and  was  pleased  “ to  express  his  appreciation  of 
the  machinery  brought  under  his  notice  and  to  make  a 
practical  test  of  the  butter  and  soft  cheese  produced  at  the 
Dairy.”  He  also  arranged  for  the  special  reception  of  a 
large  number  of  Colonial  and  Indian  representatives  who 
were  in  this  country,  and  who  attended  the  Show  on  the 
Wednesday.  During  this  year  the  Prince  attended  several 
times  at  the  Council  Meetings,  speaking  on  different  subjects 
