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suiting Engineer to the Society on the 
same terms as Messrs. Easton & 
Anderson. 
Suggestions for regulations for the 
trial of haymakers and tedders in 
connection with the Darlington 
Meeting of 1895, drawn up by Mr. 
Courtney, had been preliminarily con- 
sidered, and instructions given for 
them to be printed and circulated to 
each member of the Committee in 
anticipation of the next meeting. 
On the motion of Mr. Frankish, 
seconded by Mr. Sanday, it was for- 
mally resolved that Mr. F. S. 
Courtney, C.E., be appointed Consult- 
ing Engineer of the Society on the 
same terms as Messrs. Easton & 
Anderson, Limited, and that he hold 
such office during the pleasure of the 
Council. 
General Cambridge. 
Mr. Dent reported that the Cor- 
poration of Cambridge had arranged 
for the following cab fares to be 
charged between the Showyard and 
all the railway stations at Cam- 
bridge: — Cabs, &c., fare for one per- 
son, Is. ; for each additional person, 
6d. : Omnibuses, hraltes, &c., 6 d. per 
person. The Local Committee had 
nominated as agents for the sale of 
dairy produce Messrs. Hallack & 
Bond, of Market Street, Cambridge. 
A request made by the Chairman of 
the Chesterton Local Board, on behalf 
of the residents of that place (popu- 
lation 8,000), for a separate entrance 
to the Show by way of the Victoria 
Bridge, which, it was represented, 
would be a great boon to visitors 
coming into Cambridge from the north 
side of the county, had been con- 
sidered, and, under the special cir- 
cumstances, the Committee recom- 
mended that this request beacceded to. 
Questions arising out of the closing 
of some of the paths running through 
the Showyard, which the present state 
of the works rendered necessary, had 
been discussed, and, after hearing the 
views of the local representatives, it 
had been decided to leave the matter 
in the hands of the Honorary Director 
for settlement with the Local Com- 
mittee. Arrangements had been made 
for the holding of a service in the 
Showyard on Sunday, June 24, and 
the Bishop of Ely had kindly con- 
sented to preach the sermon. A letter 
had been received from the Master of 
Jesus College, offering to place at the 
disposal of the Society as many sets 
of rooms in the College as might be 
required for the stewards and chief 
officials during the time of the Show, 
and the Committee recommended that 
this kind offer be gratefully accepted, 
with the best thanks of the Society. 
Footpaths across Cambridge 
Showyard. 
The Hon. C. T. Parker (Honorary 
Director) observed that whilst the 
Council would naturally be anxious 
to consult local convenience as far as 
possible with regard to the closirg of 
the numerous footpaths that inter- 
sected the Showyard, yet he could not 
ignore the fact that it was indispens- 
able that some at least of the paths 
should be closed almost immediately, 
and the remainder as soon as the pre- 
parations for the Show made it ne- 
cessary. He must remind the Council 
that the question of the closing of the 
footpaths from March 1, 1894, was 
made the subject of special inquiry 
from the Chair when the deputation 
from Cambridge came before the 
Council in February, 1893, and definite 
assurances were given that there 
would be no difficulty in the matter, 
and that the Town Council were ready 
to take the responsibility of closing 
the paths at the time named. A 
clause to this effect was accordingly 
inserted in the rormal agreement 
executed by the Corporation and the 
Society as to the holding of the 
meeting at Cambridge this year. With 
every desire to minimise any local 
inconvenience that might arise, he was 
bound, as responsible for the orderly 
managementand punctual preparation 
of the Showyard, to say that it would 
not be possible to get the buildings 
and shedding erected in time unless 
some very considerable limitations 
were at once imposed upon the use by 
the public of the footpaths across the 
common. 
It was agreed that the matter should 
be left in the hands of the Honorary 
Director, to arrange with the Local 
Committee in the way best calculated 
to meet the convenience of all parties. 
