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Covninj Meeting of 1893 . 
great towns in every part of the king- 
dom, and the railways running through 
North Wales gave great facilities of 
access to the Show from those parts 
of the district. Ample accommoda- 
tion was afforded by the railway 
station at Chester, which was on a 
very large scale, both for goods and 
passengers. It was now being en- 
larged, and would be finished long be- 
fore the time that it would be needed 
for the Show. The site at Hoole was 
a very extensive one, and a very im- 
portant element in connection with 
it was that the soil was dry and 
gravelly. The Society had been three 
times into Lancashire since the 
Meeting at Chester, but he thought 
that on the whole their case was 
strongest, because the Society had 
never held a Meeting in North Wales. 
Chester was situated so conveniently 
that it must be considered as the 
capital of North Wales, and it was 
extremely convenient for the agricul- 
tural population of that district. The 
Society existed for the purpose of 
encouraging agidculture, and not so 
much in order to hold a Show for the 
sake of obtaining money ; but even 
supposing it were so, he believed that 
Chester would be able to hold its own ; 
and if it were decided to go there, 
they might argue from previous 
Shows that the result would not be 
disappointing. They had a very 
strong and influential Committee in 
Chester, and there would be no diffi- 
culty with regard to the financial 
arrangements. He ventured to pro- 
mise to the Society that nothing 
should be wanting on their part to 
give a cordial welcome, and to make 
the Show a success, if not as great a 
success as some of the Shows, at least 
as great as could be reasonably ex- 
pected. 
The Mayor of Chester, as repre- 
senling the Corporation, said that if 
the Council should decide to come to 
Chester, they would feel it as a very 
g^reat honour, and all that was pos- 
sible would be done to receive the 
Society in a proper manner. He was 
old enough to remember the Chester 
Show of 1868, which was a great suc- 
cess— in fact, the greatest success 
which the Society had had up to that 
date. On behalf of the city he could 
assure them that every possible atten- 
tion would be given to securing the 
success of the Show in 189S if, as he 
hoped, the Council decided to come 
to Chester. 
Mr. Douglas A. Gilchrist, 
representing the University College 
of North Wales, referred to the sup- 
port which he believed would be forth- 
coming from the agriculturists of 
North Wales, in the event of the 
Society deciding to hold its Show at 
Chester, and to the educational 
value which such a visit would have, 
and said that the Society by visiting 
Chester would give a powerful stimu- 
lus to the spread of the system of 
technical instruction in agriculture 
which had been developed in North 
Wales. 
Sir Watkin Williams AVyxx, 
Bart., referred to the convenience of 
Chester as a centre for North Wales ; 
to the cheapness of the railway fare.', 
owing to competition amongst the 
railway companies; and to the import- 
ance of the Society’s Show in bring- 
ing home to the Welsh agriculturists 
the improvement that might be made 
in their live stock, and in their farm- 
ing generally. He felt that if they 
decided to come to Chester they 
would be ver}’ largely supported by 
agriculturists from all parts of North 
Wales. 
Mr. R. A. Yerburgh, M P., desired 
to emphasise most respectfully the 
words that had fallen from previous 
speakers as to the position their 
Society held, and as to the duties 
which it performed. The position 
which the public understood their 
Society to hold was that of being 
at the head of their gi'eat agricultural 
industry, its foiis et oriffo, its tutor and 
guardian. Their object was to stimu- 
late and encourage in the pursuit of 
agricultural knowledge the great 
agricultural class, by showing 
examples of improved agricultural 
implements, of improvements in 
dairying, and of improvement in live 
stock and produce. He ventured to 
urge that they w’ould certainly do 
more good if their Show was attended 
by 160,000 visitors thirsting for agri- 
cultural knowledge than if theyhadan 
attendance of a city crowd of 500,000 
persons merely out for a holiday. 
Lord Tollemaciie thoroughly 
agreed with the views of the Duke of 
