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false position. He did not mean to 
say that it was not right for the 
Society to object to the rates, but he 
rather wanted to see exactly what the 
rates to be charged by the companies 
were when their scale came out on 
January 1. 
Lord Coventry said that then it 
would be too late to object. 
The Duke of RicniiOND did not 
agree in this, because the railway 
companies could alter their charges 
whenever they liked. 
H.R.H. Prince Christian said it 
had been settled that the deputation 
should go to-morrow from the Smilh- 
lield Club. 
Mr. Bowen-Jones said that the 
Duke of Richmond's arguments only 
applied if the railway companies’ 
charges were reduced in other direc- 
tions. If this were not so, then it 
would be a reasonable thing to accede 
to the request of Lord Coventry. But 
the general impression in the agricul- 
tural world was that the railway 
companies had not shown themselves 
particularly favourable to agricultural 
interests. They would not prejudice 
theircase by going before the Clearing 
House and making this reasonable 
request. He heartily supported Lord 
Coventry’s motion. In regard to the 
deputation being received to-morrow, 
he understood from the Secretary of 
the Smithfield Club that the railway 
companies were not prepared to meet 
them at so early a date ; but that at 
a later date they would receive a 
deputation which was proposed to be 
sent by other societies. He heartily 
concurred in the suggestion that they 
should join those other societies, and 
by unity strengthen their case as much 
as possible. 
Mr. Walter Gilbey thought their 
position would be very much stronger if 
they went to the companies before the 
new regulations were put into force. 
The motion was then adopted nem. 
dis., and the names of Mr. Martin 
Sutton and Mr. Garrett Taylor were 
suggested by Lord Coventry as the 
Society’s representatives upon the 
proposed joint deputation. 
Implement. 
Mr. Sanday reported that the ar- 
rangements for the trials of sheaf- 
binders at Chester had been con- 
sidered, and the Committee recom- 
mended the appointment of three 
judges for these trials. They further 
recommended that trials of oil-engines 
take place in connection with the 
Country Meeting of 1894. The Com- 
mittee had met eight times, and made 
eight reports. 
General Chester. 
The Earl of Feversham reported 
that the Local Committee had under- 
taken to submit a listof twelve typical 
farms in District G, from which the 
Council could select certain farms for 
their Commissioner to visit. The 
question of free tickets to subscribers 
to the local fund had been discussed, 
and the Committee concurred in the 
proposals of the Finance Committee. 
'The Local Committee had nominated 
as agent for lodgings, Mr. W. E. 
Brown, Newgate Street, Chester, and 
as agent for the sale of dairy produce, 
&c., 6Ir. Challinor, Secretary of the 
Cheshire Dairy Farmers’ Association, 
Chester. 
Showyard 'Works. 
Sir Jacob Wilson (Chairman) 
reported that the tenders for the 
supply of timber and for lavatories 
at the Chester Meeting had been consi- 
dered, and he presented the Commit- 
tee’s recommendation that the tender 
of Messrs. Wade, Son, and Co. for 
timber, and of Mr. George Barlow for 
lavatories, should be accepted. The 
Surveyor had submitted plans for the 
re arrangement of the offices in the 
Showyard, and the Committee recom- 
mended that a cloak room be provided 
in the Members’ Pavilion, in which 
coats and parcels could be deposited 
by members of the Society on receipt 
of tickets, the Society in no case 
accepting any responsibility; that 
the stables be removed from the 
Stewards’ offices and placed behind 
the Royal Pavilion; and that the 
lavatory and Council-room be placed 
behind the Stewards’ offices. A 
let'er had been received from the 
Agricultural Exhibitors’ Association 
asking the Society to appoint two 
representatives on the deputation to 
the Clearing House Committee on the 
8th inst. on the subject of rates, fares, 
and carting to and from the Show 
