Report of Society's Meetings. 173 
classes during the last seven Shows will be found in the 
following table : — 
i8g2 i8g4 i8g^ i8g6 i8gy i8g8 /8gg 
Class of Plants, A 37 108 135 390 373 516 535 
>» 
Flowers, B 39 
47 
45 
69 
47 
121 159 
»> 
Fruit, C 74 
168 
105 
271 
541 
546 904 
» 
V'tables,D 80 
172 
125 
271 
552 
498 1 08 1 
1> 
Economic 
Produ6ls, E — 
84 
71 
298 
479 
451 912 
)» 
Miscel- 
laneous, F 5 
17 
12 
30 
7 
_— — 
» 
Poultry & 
Bees, G — 
42 
96 
?7 
66 III 
Ptls 235 
596 
535 
1425 
2086 
2198 3702 
The competition under many heads was excessively 
keen, as for instance in mangoes, limes, sweet and Seville 
oranges, cocoanuts, plantains, sweet and bitter cassava, 
breadfruits, ochroes^ peppers, cofTee, corn, cornmeal, 
plantain-meal, cassava meal and starches, there being 
for instance more than 80 entries for five prizes under 
peppers and cassava meal, respe6lively. In many such 
cases, the quality of the exhibits is so nearly equal that 
the difficulty can only be met by the giving of a number 
of extra prizes, as provided tor in the Prize-list. 
The total number of ordinary prizes reached the sum 
of $641 76, distributed among 309 persons, the indi- 
vidual amounts varying from one shilling to as many as 
60 shillings. Besides there were extra prizes of $25, 
total value, for leaf tobacco given by the Dire6\ors of the 
Society; and two special prizes of $5 each, given by the 
Governor for bananas. The principle of giving a large 
number of small prizes, instead of a small number of 
larger prizes, has continued to give general satisfa6tion, 
the very great proportion of the exhibitors carrying ofl 
one or more prizes, and being thus satisfied even though 
the prizes be of small value. Contrasted with the con- 
ditions under the earlier Shows in which the few won 
comparatively large amounts and the many gained 
nothing and went away grumbling, the present system 
may be said to be an entirely satisfa6lory one, 
