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Monthly Council, June 1, 1892. 
ation of the prize sheet for the Chester 
Meeting of 1893 had been proceeded 
with, and the Committee recom- 
mended that the schedule of prizes 
for live stock, as at present arranged, 
be printed for further consideration 
at the meeting of the Committee to 
be held on July 26. 
A schedule of prizes for Cheese, 
Cider and Perry and Jams, &c., had 
been agreed to, and was recommended 
for adoption (see page Isxiv.). 
Implement. 
Mr. Crutchley reported that 
various letters from implement e.^- 
hibitors as to further tickets required 
by them had been considered, but 
the Committee recommended that the 
Secretary be authorised to limit the 
issue of tickets to the number laid 
down in the regulations. Arrange- 
ments had been made for a field to 
be placed at the disposal of the 
Society, if necessary, for the purpose 
of exliibitions of steam digging during 
the period of the Warwick Meeting. 
The Committee recommended that 
prizes for sheep-shearing machines 
be offered in connection with the 
Chester Jleeting. 
General Warwick. 
Mr. Dent reported that various 
applications from Mr. C. W. Wilson 
on behalf of pony breeders, from the 
National Sheep Breeders’ Association, 
the British Berkshire Society, the 
Agricultural Exhibitors’ Association, 
&c., for permission to hold meetings 
in the Showyard had been granted on 
the usual conditions. Letters had 
been received from the Tennis Court 
Club of Leamington, conferring the 
honorary membership of the club on 
the Members of Council during the 
period of the show, and from the 
Borough Club, Leamington, stating 
that tlie club would be open to ex- 
hibitors at the show as honorary 
members ; and the Committee re- 
commended that these invitations be 
acknowledged with the thanks of the 
Council. The Committee had con- 
sidered the programme for the War- 
wick Meeting, which, with certain 
amendments, had been finally ap- 
proved and ordered to be issued. 
The following time-table had been 
arranged for the meetings of the 
several societies that had requested 
permission to use the large tent 
during the show : — 
Mondai/, June 20. 
Shropshire Sheep Breeders’ Asso- 
eiiition 2 0 p.m. 
Tuesday, June 21. 
Hunters’ Improvement Society . .11 0 a.m. 
Royal Agricultural Society . . . 12 30 p.m. 
Shire Horse Society 2 0 p.m. 
Shorthoru Society 2 30 p.m. 
Hereford Herd Book Society ... 3 0 p.m. 
British Berkshire Society .... 3 30 p.m. 
Cotswold Sheep Society .... 4 0 p.m. 
Wed/iesday, June 22. 
Bony Breeders 11 30 a.m. 
National Sheep Breeders’ Asso- 
ciation 12 noon. 
Agricultural E.vhibitors’ As.socia- 
tiou 3 0 p.m. 
Showyard Works. 
Sir Jacob Wilson reported that 
the implement yard at Warwick was 
cjinpleted, and that the exhibits were 
arriving daily. 'The whole of the 
stock yard was well in hand, and 
would all be completed in good time. 
Various accounts had been pa.«sed for 
payment. A letter dated May 26, 
1892, had been read from the Agri- 
cultural Exhibitors’ Association as to 
facilities and accommodation in the 
showyard, but its consideration was 
of necessity postponed until after the 
Show, in view of the late period at 
which it had been received. The 
Committee also recommended that 
tlie Surveyor be instructed to make 
arrangements in the large tent for the 
convenience of the meetings of more 
than one societ}’ held at or about 
the same time. The plan of the 
Chester Showyard had been pro- 
visionally considered and approved. 
Selection. 
Earl Cathcaet, Chairman of the 
Committee of Selection, reported 
with regret the death of Dr. 
Hofmann, the distinguished German 
chemist, who had been an honorary 
member of the Society since the year 
1846. With the exception of Sir 
Lyon Playfair, Dr. Hofmann was the 
oldest of the Society’s honorary 
members. 
Education. 
Lord Moreton (Chairman) pre- 
sented a detailed report (see page 353) 
