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Section III., Classes 12 to 18,—H. K. Williams, Esq., Shirley Hibberd, 
Esq., Mr. Joseph Cheal, and Mr. Lewis Castle, Hon. Sec. B.F.G.A. 
Section IV., Class 19.—Sir James Whitehead, Master; Mr. S. T. 
Wright, Dr. Robert Hogg, LL.D., and Mr. G. Woodward. 
Section V., Class 20.—G. J. Brocklesby. Esq., Upper Warden ; Mr. 
Brooks. Class 21.—Mr. A. F. Barron, R.H.S. ; Mr. Coomber. Class 22. 
—Mr. Geo. Wythes. 
Sections VI. and VII., Class 23.—R. S. Mason, Esq., Rev. W. Wilks, 
STOKEHOLES AND BOILERS. 
Nothing connected with horticulture under glass is of so much 
importance as the heating appliances ; hence the reason that all such 
should be found in perfect order ere the frosty nights are upon us, for 
then the work can only be very incompletely performed by reason of 
the hurry and bustle to have things in working order at the moment 
they are required. Moreover, when it is done at the last moment 
F.R.H.S., Samuel Barlow, Esq. Class 24, Mr. T. Francis Rivers and Mr. 
George Bunyard. 
Section VIII., Class 25.—Henry Martin, Esq., Renter Warden ; 
Messrs. Fortnum & Mason, John Barker, Esq., Mr. W. Warren. 
Section IX., Class 27.—Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Lady White- 
head. Class 28 and 29.—Mr. T. W. Beach. 
Experts for awarding certificates of award.—Chairman, Dr. Robert 
Hogg; Messrs. T. Francis Rivers and Joseph Cheal. Secretary, Mr. 
George Bunyard. Superintendent of the Exhibition, Mr. Richard 
Dean. 
in many instances has to be repeated or patched up before long ; while 
another reason for having such work done when fires are not needed is 
because hot-water engineers are invariably taxed to their utmost later 
in the season. In those instances where fresh stokeholes have to be 
made this constitutes an important item, particularly in those districts 
having a deep subsoil of gravel overlying a stratum of clay, for not 
unfrequently the construction of the stokehole in such places is a serious 
item, not to say troublesome, and a continuous worry if they are not 
properly made in the first instance, and if the first chance is lost it is- 
an expensive matter to deal with afterwards when the boiler has been 
