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as  oni*  of  the  stewards  of  the  implement-yard  at  the  Society’s 
Country  Meetings,  expired  at  the  close  of  the  Norwich  Meeting, 
when  he  went  out  by  rotation  as  senior  steward,  the  vacancy  being 
filled  up  by  the  appointment  of  Sir  Matthew  White  Ridley  as 
junior  steward  of  that  department,  who  has  accepted  that  office. 
On  the  motion  of  the  Honourable  Captain  Dudley  Pelham,  the 
Council  have  resolved  in  future  to  appoint  a steward-elect  of 
implements,  who  being  nominated  a year  in  advance  of  that  in 
which  he  comes  into  actual  office,  will  have  the  opportunity  of 
qualifying  himself  by  attendance  at  the  steward's  departments, 
and  careful  examination  into  the  numerous  details  and  duties  of 
his  office,  for  the  actual  duties  he  will  have  himself  to  perform, 
and  the  operations  he  will  have  to  superintend  and  direct,  when 
he  comes  into  office  by  rotation  in  the  following  year.  The 
Council  are  assured  that  this  important  preliminary  qualification 
will  render  the  duties  performed  bv  the  stewards  more  valuable 
to  the  Society,  whilst  they  will  be  more  easy  and  satisfactory  to 
themselves.  The  means  for  testing  the  power  given  off  by  agri- 
cultural machinery  having  this  year  been  perfected  in  so  striking 
and  satisfactory  a manner  by  the  consulting-engineer,  Mr.  Amos 
(of  the  firm  of  Hasten  and  Amos),  as  to  render  what  had  been 
previously  n laborious  and  uncertain  task  nothing  more  than  a 
simple  registration  of  facts,  or  mechanical  results,  alike  convinc- 
ing to  the  Judges  and  to  the  implement-makers  themselves,  the 
Council,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  stewards,  decided  to 
present  to  Mr.  Amos,  the  Gold  Medal  of  the  Society  for  having 
effected  this  important  object.  The  Council  before  leaving 
Norwich  conveyed  to  the  Mayor  and  Corporation  of  that  city,  to 
the  L<ical  Committee,  and  to  the  owners  and  occupiers  of  sites  of 
ground,  as  well  as  to  the  various  other  parties,  who  had  so 
zealously  co-operated  with  them  on  the  occasion,  their  cordial 
thanks  for  the  kind  attention  they  had  paid  to  the  wishes  of  the 
Society,  and  the  admirable  manner  in  which  they  had  made  every 
arrangement  required  of  them  for  promoting  the  success  of  the 
Meeting.  The  Society  were  also  especially  indebted  to  the 
various  railway  companies  for  the  great  privileges  and  facilities 
