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which must be shorn before being 
exhibited ; and the Committee re- 
commended that the regulation re- 
respecting the shearing of sheep be 
amended to meet these views. 
The Committee had finally revised 
the prizes and regulations for the 
Darlington Meeting, including the 
prizes proposed to be offered by the 
Darlington Local Committee, and 
they recommended that the Prize 
Sheet be issued forthwith (see p. cxci.). 
They also recommended that the 
Chairman be empowered to accept 
any champion prizes from breed 
societies which might be offered be- 
fore the Prize Sheet was printed, 
and which complied with the regula- 
tions. The Committee had met eight 
times during the year, and made eight 
reports. 
• On the motion of Mr. Sanday, the 
following further offers of champion 
prizes were accepted with thanks : — 
(1) From the Shire Horse Society : 
two champion gold medals for the best 
Shire stallion and the best Shire mare 
or filly ; (2) from the Kerry and 
Dexter Cattle Society : two champion 
prizes of 10 guineas each for the best 
Kerry and the best Dexter Kerry 
animals exhibited at the Darlington 
Meeting. 
Implement. 
Mr. Frankish (Chairman) reported 
that the Committee had considered 
and approved the arrangements 
which had been made by Mr. 
Rowlandson, as Steward of Forage, 
for securing land and crops for the 
trials of haymaking machines in con- 
nection with the Darlington Meeting. 
As in all probability the trials of hay- 
making machines would take place in 
the first week in July, the Committee 
recommended that the Society should 
take charge of the competing ma- 
chines exhibited in the Showyard 
during the interval between the 
closing of the Show and the time of 
the trials. The Committee had met 
eight times, and made eight rrports 
during the year. 
General Darlington. 
Sir Matthew Ridley reported 
that the list of prizes for stock pro- 
posed to be offered by the Local 
Committee, as amended by the Stock 
Prizes Committee, had been con- 
sidered and approved, and an addi- 
tional class for Stilton cheese made in 
1891, offered by the Local Committee, 
had been accepted. The Local Com- 
mittee had nominated the following 
agents : — For lodgings : Mr. H. G. 
Steavenson, Houndgate, Darlington ; 
for dairy produce : Mr. R. Wilkin 
Drury, Blackwellgate, Darlington ; 
for season tickets : Messrs. Ba'ley 
and Co., Horse Market, Darlington. 
Showyard Works. 
Sir Jacob Wilson (Chairman) 
reported that instructions had been 
given to the Survey or for a revalua- 
tion of the Society’s permanent 
plant. The Committee recommended 
the acceptance of the following 
offers : — (1) Messrs. Shand, Mason, 
and Co., for the supply of fire ap- 
pliances at Darlington ; (2) Messrs. 
J. A. Haward and Son, of Darlington, 
for the furnishing and decoration of 
the Royal Pavilion ; (3) Messrs. 
Thomas Walker and Sons, of York, 
for the sale of timber, Ac., after the 
Darlington Meeting. 
Committee of Selection. 
Earl Catiicart (Chairman) repor- 
ted that the Committee recommended 
Professor Wilhelm Fleischmann, 
Director of the Agricultural Institute 
of the Royal University of Konigs- 
berg, for election as an Honorary 
Member of the Society, in recognition 
of his distinguished services to Euro- 
pean agriculture, and especially to 
the industry of dairying. The Com- 
mittee were of opinion that, as the 
first Wednesday in June, 1895, 
fell in Whit-week, it would be more 
generally convenient to hold the last 4 
Council meeting before the Darlington 
Show on the previous Wednesday, 
May 29. The ordinary May meet- 
ing of the Council would be held on 
May 1, and the Council meeting 
in the show week on June 26. The 
appointment, therefore, of May 29 
as the date of the intervening Council 
meeting would have the additional 
advantage that it would be four 
weeks after the previous Council 
meeting of May 1, and four weeks 
before the next Council meeting ip 
