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of Increased Subscriptions and Donations appended to this 
Report. [See Appendix, page xiii.] 
28 . A cordial invitation was received from the Mayor and 
Corporation of Derby to hold the Show of 1906 in that town, 
an eligible site for the Showyard having been placed at the 
disposal of the Local Authorities by the Midland Railway 
Company. This invitation the Council decided unanimously 
to accept, their decision being greatly influenced by the 
guarantee which had been so generously given by a Member 
of the Council, under which he was prepared to make 
good any loss which might result from the Derby Show. 
In connection with this year's Exhibition, the Derbyshire 
Agricultural Society co-operated most heartily and decided 
to suspend its own Show in favour of the u Royal.” The 
Council thereupon resolved that every Member of the Derby- 
shire Society should be granted the same privileges in con- 
nection with the Show as were enjoyed by Members of the 
Royal Agricultural Society. The total amount of the Prizes 
offered was 6,868Z., of which sum 797 1. was contributed by 
the Derby Local Committee, and 2,070?. by the various Breed 
Societies. The Local Classes of the Derbyshire Agricultural 
Society were exhibited in the Showyard for one day only, 
on Friday, June 29. Butter-making Competitions were held 
in the Society’s Dairy on Thursday, June 28, and Saturday, 
June 30, for residents in Derbyshire who had been pupils of 
the Travelling Dairy School in Nottinghamshire or Derby- 
shire, or of the Midland Agricultural and Dairy College. The 
Horticultural Display in the Special Tent was most attractive. 
The space available for the purposes of the Show was fully 
utilised ; the number of feet of Shedding allotted in the 
Implement Department was 13,000, in addition to a large 
number of Open Space Exhibits. The entries of Live Stock 
numbered 2,319, and were above the average, 
29 . An interesting feature of the recent Show was the trial 
of Suction Gas Plants. Fourteen plants were entered for 
competition by twelve firms, and, as the result, the Society’s 
Gold Medal was awarded to the National Gas Engine Com- 
pany, Ltd., Wellington Works, Asliton-under-Lyne, for their 
20-B.H.P. National Gas Engine with 20-B.H.P. National Suction 
Gas Plant ; and the Silver Medal to Messrs. Crossley Bros., 
Ltd., Openshaw, Manchester, for their 15-B.H.P. Gas Engine 
and 15-B.H.P. Suction Gas Producer. The official Report on 
these trials is now in the press and will shortly be published. 
30 . His Majesty The King, accompanied by His Grace the 
Duke of Devonshire, honoured the Society by visiting the 
Show on Thursday, June 28, and was received in the Show- 
yard by H.R.H. Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the 
