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notice that this was 600?. in excess of 
what was granted to them last year. 
The Committee had most carefully 
gone into the proposal, and consider- 
ing the very handsome additions from 
the Lincolnshire Local Committee 
(900?.). the Lincolnshire Agricultural 
Society (134?.), and from the various 
Breed Societies, they felt bound to 
endeavour to enlarge their prize list 
for all classes of stock. He would like 
to point out that although 4,000?. was 
voted last year for their prize list, they 
had received 4,120?., so that this 
addition was the small one of 480?. 
in excess of what had been received 
last year. He therefore trusted that 
the Council would vote this amount, 
as it was hoped that the extra prize 
money would attract more exhibits 
and make the Royal prize sheet what 
it ought to be. 
With regard to the reduction of fees 
for horses, there had been very great 
complaints of late years that they had 
been too high. There had been a 
separate charge for the entry fee and 
a separate charge for stabling, but now 
it had been reduced and the entry fee 
included the charge for stabling. 
The Hon. Cecil Parker said that 
it seemed to him that this was the old 
battle being started again between 
the Finance and the Stock Prizes 
Committees. If they had a Finance 
Committee, why should they not be 
guided by them ? He was of opinion 
that they should support the Finance 
Committee and adhere to what they 
said. 
Mr. Wilson appreciated very much 
the guarded way in which the Chair- 
man of the Finance Committee had 
brought forward his report. He 
thought their object was to make the 
Show as good as possible, and he 
believed that the increase would not 
be money thrown away. He would 
certainly support the Council in giv- 
ing the extra money. 
Mr. Stratton said he had been 
unable to attend the Stock Prizes 
Committee on the previous day, but 
had he been there he should certainly 
have opposed the proposition which 
had been made. Considering the 
financial position of the Society, the 
action which had been taken with 
regard to the Special Committee, 
and the paramount importance of en- 
deavouring to impress upon everybody 
the necessity for economy, he did 
think it was premature to increase 
the amount of the prizes so soon. 
Naturally, he would like to see the 
prizes as high as they could possibly 
afford, but it was most important 
that they should, at all events for the 
present, be economical. One thing 
had beeu clearly established, and that 
was that a first-class show by no 
means depended upon a large prize 
sheet. He observed that the pro- 
posed increase was mainly to be given 
to horses, and not only was there to 
be an increase of prizes, but the 
entry fees were to be considerably 
reduced, so that there would be a loss 
on the entry fees, and all for the 
particular benefit of one section, or 
mostly so. He did not think that 
it would give general satisfaction. 
They had an excellent Show this year, 
and he certainly thought it premature 
to do anything further in the way of 
prize money. He therefore supported 
Mr. Parker. 
Mr. Rowell remarked that, seeing 
the very handsome way in which the 
Breed Societies had met them, and 
the very careful way in which the 
Stock Prizes Committee had gone 
through the prize list, he hoped the 
increase would be granted. They 
could not expect these Societies to 
contribute unless they gave a fair 
prize list, and he thought the worst 
step they could take would be to 
pare down their prize sheet below the 
amount asked by the Stock Prizes 
Committee, as they could not again 
expect to be met so well by the Breed 
Societies. Last year they had asked 
for the smallest amount that could be 
offered, and he thought that in view 
of the successful Show they had had 
and the support they received from 
all the Breed Societies, the additional 
300?. or 400?. they had asked for 
could well be granted. If it was 
refused, he thought it would be a 
backward step. 
Mr. Palmer said that the Council 
must make themselves secure by 
economy, and heartily supported Mr. 
Parker. 
Sir Gilbert Greenall thought it 
would be a very false economy indeed 
