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Reports of Committees. 
be enforced. The Committee had 
arranged a preliminary prize-sheet 
for the Chester Meeting, which would 
be printed and sent out to all mem- 
bers of Council before the December 
meeting, when the Committee would 
bring up a formal motion for its 
adoption. The Committee had care- 
fully considered Mr. Pell’s motion as 
to the preparation of dead poultry, 
referred to them by the Council, 
and were of opinion that the time 
of year at which the show was held 
was not suitable for this kind of 
competition. They regretted, there- 
fore, that they could not recommend 
any steps to be taken to carry out Mr. 
Pell’s suggestion. 
Various letters with reference to the 
prize-sheet for the Chester Meeting 
had been read, and instructions given 
thereon. 
A resolution by the National Sheep 
Breeders’ Association, asking for a 
class for ewe lambs to be added to the 
prize-list in all the sections which 
included a class for ram lambs, had 
been considered. The Committee 
were unable to recommend the inclu- 
sion of such classes in the Chester 
prize-sheet, but they proposed to 
bring the matter up for consideration 
when the time arrived for settling 
the prizes for the follov/ing year 
(1894). 
An ofEer by the Shorthorn Society 
of two champion prizes of 201. each 
for the best male and the best female 
animal in the Shorthorn classes at 
the Chester Meeting had been ac- 
cepted with thanks. 
On the motion of Mr. Sanday, an 
offer from the Shire Horse Society, 
received since the meeting of the 
Committee, of two champion gold 
medals for the best Shire stallion and 
Shire mare or filly exhibited at the 
Chester Meeting, was also accepted 
with thanks. 
Implement. 
Mr. Fbankish (Chairman) reported 
the recommendation of the Com- 
mittee that a prize of lOL be offered 
at the Chester Jleeting for a sheep- 
shearing machine (other than the 
ordinary shears) worked by hand or 
by foot, in addition to the prize already 
settled for a sheep-shearing machine 
worked by power. The prize-sheet 
and regulations for the trial and exhi- 
bition of implements at the Chester 
Meeting had been settled, and the 
Committee recommended their adop- 
tion by the Council. 
General Chester. 
Mr. Dent (Chairman) reported that 
the Local Committee had submitted a 
list of prizes, which would be included 
in the draft prize-sheet, and be issued 
to members of Council before the next 
meeting. The Local Committee had 
undertaken to make the necessary 
arrangements for the regulation of 
cab fares from the railway stations to 
the showyard, and to nominate agents 
for the sale of dairy produce and for 
the letting of lodgings. 
Showyard Works. 
Mr. Clay reported that the whole 
of the Society’s plant had been trans- 
ferred from Warwick to Chester, and 
had been stored under temporary 
sheds erected for the purpose ; and 
that all the old materials had been 
sold, and had realised satisfactory 
prices. The Committee recommended 
the acceptance of the following 
tenders 1. Messrs. Walter Hill and 
Co., for advertising the Chester 
Meeting. 2. Messrs. Shand, Mason, 
and Co., for the supply of fire-engines 
at Chester. 
Correspondence had been received 
from the Agricultural Exhibitors’ As- 
sociation, enclosing copies of resolu- 
tions passed at a meeting of the 
exhibitors held during the Society’s 
Meeting at Doncaster, with reference 
to obtaining from the railway com- 
panies the issue of return tickets at a 
single fare to exhibitors and their 
assistants, and a reasonable tonnage 
rate for carting to and from the show. 
The Committee recommended that 
the Council should co-operate as far 
as possible with the Agricultural 
Exhibitors’ Association in endeavour- 
ing to obtain the concessions sought 
for, and that the Inspection Com- 
mittee should be in.structed in future 
to give this matter their attention 
when visiting the sites offered for the 
annual Country Meetings of the 
Society. 
