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Show ending on a Saturday. They 
recommended therefore that the Show 
be open on Wednesday, June 27, 
1906 (admission 5s.), Thursday, June 
28 (admission 2s. 6d.), Friday, June 
29 (admission Is.), and Saturday, 
June 30 (admission Is.). They re- 
commended also that in view of 
the Derbyshire Agricultural Society 
having consented to suspend its show 
of 1906 in favour of the Royal Show, 
every member of the Derbyshire 
Society (numbering some 700) who 
was on that Society’s books at the end 
of 1905 and who paid his subscription 
to it for 1906, be granted without 
payment the same privileges of 
admission to the Show as a Member 
of the Royal Agricultural Society. 
In view of the present financial 
position of the Society, the Committee 
were of opinion that the Council 
would not be justified in voting from 
the Society’s own funds a larger sum 
than four thousand pounds (4,000Z.) 
in prizes for the Show of 1906. They 
hoped that this sum might be supple- 
mented by grants from the various 
breed societies, and they were of 
opinion that in the distribution of the 
prize money every established breed 
of live stock should as far as possible 
have classes and prizes allocated to it. 
Sir Gilbert added that it seemed to 
him that in these recommendations 
of the Special Committee they had 
every promise, so far as it was possible 
to make a forecast, of a successful 
Show at Derby if they went there 
next year, and he therefore concluded 
by moving the adoption by the 
Council of such recommendations. 
Mr. Harrison seconded the motion, 
which was agreed to. 
A deputation from the borough and 
county of Derby being in waiting, it 
was decided to receive them before 
the passing of a definite resolution on 
the subject. 
Mr. John T. C. Eadie, the Member 
of Council representing Derbyshire, 
then introduced a deputation from 
the borough and county of Derby, 
consisting of the Mayor of Derby (Mr. 
W. Hart), the Chairman of the Derby- 
shire County Council (Mr. G. Herbert 
Strutt), the Chairman of the Derby- 
shire Agricultural Society (Mr. J. 
Pakeman), Sir Thomas Roe, M.P., 
Alderman E. T. Ann, and Mr. C. Salt, 
with the Town Clerk of Derby (Mr. 
G. Trevelyan Lee). 
Speeches in support of the object of 
the deputation having been made by 
the Mayor and others, and the depu- 
tation having withdrawn, 
Mr. Victor Cavendish, M.P., 
moved, Mr. J. T. C. Eadie seconded, 
and it was resolved unanimously 
“ That the invitation which has been 
tendered by the Mayor of Derby and 
representatives of the county be 
accepted, and that the Society’s Show 
of 1906 be held at Derby from June 
27-30 next, subject to the usual formal 
agreement being entered into by the 
Mayor and Corporation.” 
The Park Royal Estate. 
Sir Gilbert Greenall said there 
was another matter which had come 
before the Special Committee at their 
last meeting on October 17, viz., the 
question of the sale of the Society’s 
estate at Park Royal. In their Report 
of September 21 the Committee had 
recommended that “ immediate steps 
be taken for the disposal of the Society’s 
interest in the Park Royal estate,” 
and this recommendation had been 
referred back by the Council to the 
Committee for further consideration. 
The Special Committee, after again 
going fully into the matter, felt that 
they must adhere to their previous 
recommendation. They were of opinion 
that the Society would not be justified 
in incurring the large animal expense 
for interest, upkeep, &c., which would 
be necessary if Park Royal were 
retained in the Society’s possession 
until the pre-emption period expired 
at the end of 1911 ; and they recom- 
mended, therefore, that the Council 
should forthwith instruct the Directors 
of Park Royal, Limited, to offer the 
property to the original vendors at 
the price of 375Z. per acre stipulated 
in Clause II of the agreement of pur- 
chase, dated September 30, 1901. He 
was fully conscious that there might 
be considerable differences of opinion 
as to this re-assertion of the attitude 
the Special Committee took up in its 
original report of September 21, viz., 
that the Society having no further use 
for Park Royal as its Showground, 
the property had better be sold. 
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