viii  Report  to  the  General  Meeting. 
they  afforded  to  the  Society's  exhibitors,  and  particularly  to  the 
Eastern  Counties  Company  for  the  great  attention  paid  by  them 
to  the  local  requirements  of  the  occasion. 
The  Council  have  fixed  the  period  for  the  Exeter  Meeting  as 
the  week  commencing  Monday,  the  15th  of  July — Thursday- 
being,  as  usual,  the  principal  day  of  the  Show.  They  have  also 
determined  the  Prizes  to  be  offered  for  that  Meeting,  and  the 
various  terms  and  conditions  connected  with  the  competition,  all 
of  which  will  be  found  detailed  in  the  Prize-sheets  printed  for  the 
occasion,  and  to  be  obtained  on  application  to  the  Secretary. 
They  have  decided  not  to  have  a Council  Dinner  at  Exeter,  but  to 
have  a Pavilion  Dinner  to  accommodate  900  guests.  They  have 
resolved  that  the  J udges  of  Stock  shall  be  requested  to  commence 
their  duties  at  six  o’clock  on  the  Wednesday  morning,  instead  of 
nine  o’clock,  in  order  that  admission  may  be  given  to  inspect  the 
stock  on  that  day  by  one  o’clock  in  the  afternoon,  or  as  soon  after 
as  the  Judges  may  have  delivered  in  their  awards. 
Lectures  and  Chemical  Investigations. — The  Society  at  the 
Norwich  Meeting  were  favoured  by  Professor  Simonds  and  the 
Rev.  Edward  Sidney  with  valuable  lectures,  which  will  appear, 
with  interesting  illustrations,  in  the  ensuing  number  of  the 
Society's  Journal.  To  Professor  Simonds  and  Professor  Way 
they  have  also  been  indebted,  at  the  present  Meeting  in  London, 
for  the  delivery  of  valuable  lectures  on  topics  of  scientific  and 
practical  interest  to  the  farmer.  Agreeably  with  the  arrange- 
ment made  with  Professor  Way,  as  the  Consulting  Chemist  to 
the  Society,  important  chemical  investigations  are  in  active  pro- 
gress in  his  laboratory;  of  these  some  of  the  results  will  be  given 
in  the  next  part  of  the  Journal.  He  has  also  kindly  offered  to 
deliver  before  the  Council,  after  each  of  their  Weekly  Meetings, 
during  the  ensuing  Spring,  a course  of  twelve  familiar  chemical 
lectures,  on  topics  of  practical  interest,  and  elucidated  by  experi- 
ments. 
Veterinary  Inspection.  — The  Council  have  received  and 
adopted  the  following  Report  from  their  \ eterinary  Com- 
mittee : — 
