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The Agents-General and other authorities are most kindly render- 
ing every assistance, and we trust that both growers and shippers 
will do their best to send in Exhibits worthy of our Colonies, and to 
show what can be produced for the Home markets. No entrance 
fee or charge for space is made and Tabling is also provided free of 
expense. If desired any produce may be consigned direct to the 
Society and it will be stored in the cellars at Vincent Square and 
staged by the Society’s officials, but the Society cannot undertake 
to repack and return any exhibits. 
In order to allow intending Exhibitors and others time to make 
their arrangements, the Council have ordered the subjoined advance 
Schedule to be issued. The Secretary of the R. H. S., Vincent 
Square, Westminster, will be pleased to furnish them with any 
further information and to forward Entry Forms and Schedule, 
The judging will take place at 11 a.m. on the first day of each 
Show, unless otherwise notified to the Exhibitors. 
The hours* of opening will be i p.m. on the first day and io a.m. 
on the second day. 
Lectures on the Colonial Fruit Industry will be given on the first 
day of each Show. 
The Show's will remain open until 6 p.m. on all the dates 
announced. 
The price of admission to the public will be 2/6 on the first day, 
and 1 /- on the second day. 
Medals and other Prizes are offered by the Council in each class. 
Staging must be completed by 10.30 a.m. on the first day of the 
Exhibition. 
If the above show's are well supported by the Colonies concerned, 
three further exhibitions will be held in 1909, on or about March 
nth and 12th, June 10th and 1 ith, and November 25th and 26th. 
Shows of Colonial-Grown Fruits and Vegetables, 1908. 
The following Schedule will apply (as far as possible) to Show's 
of Colonial Fruit and Vegetable Produce: — 
Division I. — Colonial-Grown Fruits and Vegetables. 
Awards will be made in Classes 2 — 24 only when staged separately 
from Class /, and not when included in it. 
The Colony in which the Fruit has been grown must in all cases 
be stated . 
Class. 
1. — Collection of Fruit and Vegetables. 
Medals or other Prizes at the discretion of the Council. 
2. — Collection of Apples (Dessert). 
Medals or other Prizes at the discretion of the Council . 
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