Ixvi 
Monthly Council, May 4, 1892. 
he miist call the attention of the 
Council to the very serious proposition 
made by Mr. Sunday for a grant of 
5.000Z. to be given in prizes for the 
Chester Meeting. Last year, when 
they went to Doncaster — probably 
about the best paying place to which 
they would go for a long time — they 
only cleared their expenses by lOOi. 
Was the Council prepared to give 
5.000Z. each year for the Stock Prizes 
Committee to divide ? He would 
remind them that when this question 
was raised last year, the Finance 
Committee reported in April, 1891, 
that “ they had again carefully con- 
sidered the question of the limitation 
of the Society’s prize sheet for stock 
and produce, as to which they had 
submitted repeated recommendations 
in the past. They desired to refer to 
their memorandum on the subject, 
presented to Sir John Thorold’s Com- 
mittee on February 1, 1888, and to 
again express their adherence to their 
resolution of December 12, 1883, that 
in future the limit of 3,500Z. for prizes 
for live stock should not be exceeded. 
They thought that an additional sum 
of 600Z. should be sufficient for the 
poultry and produce classes in the 
prize sheet.” They were now asked 
to increase the grant from 4,000Z. to 
5,000Z. Certainly, the Society had 
decided not to give the 6001. for the 
stallion premiums, but still there 
seemed to him to be no limit. Almost 
every year, or every two years, they 
were asked by the Stock Prizes Com- 
mittee to add another 500Z. or 1 ,000^. 
to the prize sheet. He thought the 
Council ought to know that, while 
they were continually augmenting the 
prize sheets, their tinancial prospects 
as regarded their shows were not im- 
proving, as the attendance did not 
increase in proportion to the growth 
in the size of the yard and the conse- 
quent expenditure. He thought that 
to give so large a sum as 5,000Z. re- 
quired, on financial grounds, very 
careful consideration. 
Mr. Sanday said he felt that the 
sum asked for was a very large one. 
But he would also say that they had 
very great outside complaints that 
their prize-.sheet was not made popu- 
lar enough, and, as had been noticed 
that day, they had many claims upon 
them for prizes from other committees 
which a few years ago did not exist 
at all. He could only say, with regard 
to his own position a« Chairman of 
the Stock Prizes Committee, that he 
thought the sum of 5,000f. ought not 
to be exceeded, and that, so far as he 
was concerned, he should use his best 
endeavours to see that it was not, if 
the Council acceded to the request. 
Mr. Sanday’s motion was then 
carried unanimously, together with 
the rider moved by Sir Matthew 
Ridley. 
Implement. 
Mr. Neville Grenville reported 
that the Allotment Committee had 
allotted the stands to the several ex- 
hibitors who had applied for space in 
the Implement Department at the 
Warwick Meeting, and that the amount 
of shedding allotted was: Ordinary 
shedding, 8,241 ft. ; special shedding, 
2,151 ft. ; machinery in motion, 2,119 
ft. ; total, 12,511 ft. (exclusive of open 
ground space). The Committee had 
settled the regulations for the trials 
of sheaf binders at Chester in 1893, 
and recommended their adoption by 
the Council as follows : 
Frizes for Sheaf Binders. 
In connection with the Chester 
Meeting of 1893, a first prize of 501., 
a second prize of 30/., and a third 
prize of 20/. are offered by the Royal 
Agricultural Society of England for 
the best self-binding harvester (using 
other binding material than wire). 
Regulations foe Trials. — 1. 
The trials will take place during 
the harvest of 1893, on land selected 
by the Society in the neighbourhood 
of Chester. 
2. The necessary arrangements 
for the crops required for the trials 
will be made by the Society. 
3. Notice of the place and date 
of the trials will be posted to every 
competitor as soon as they are fixed. 
4. Every competitor must himself 
provide for the delivery of his 
machines on the trial ground, and 
for the removal of the same after 
the trials. 
5. Horses will be provided by 
the Society to work the machines 
during the trials, but competitors 
who desire it may provide their own 
horses. 
