BULBS AND REGULATIONS.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 19, 19 November 1874, Page 4

BULBS AND REGULATIONS.

1. All stock must have been the bona fide property of the exhibitor fdr at least one month previous to the Show. Committee may require declaration to this effect. 2. Entries must be lodged with the Secretary on or before Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock, the 26th November, for all classes but sheep, for which entries will positively not be received later than Monday, the 23rd November, unless exhibitors provide their own pens. Tickets will be given on these dates, stating the class in which the entries are made, which the person in charge of the exhibits must pro* duce at the gates in order to show in what position they are to be placed, 3. An entrance fee at the rate of 10 per cent, on the value of the "first prizes, whether offered by the Club or as special gifts, will be charged to non-members, and 5 per cent, to members. The entrance fee on all medals and cups will be 5s to members, and 10s to non-members. When honorary certificates are the first prizes, a uniform, charge of 2s 6d will be made. Entries for Dairy Produce — 2s to nonmembers, and Is to members.

4. On payment of the annual subscription for the year, members will receive a card from the Secretary on application, which will admit a lady and member to every Show during the season. 5. All live Stock must be on the ground not later than 9 a.m., and all Implements and machinery not later than 10 am. The Dairy Produce Exhibits must be brought forward not later than 9 a.m. Exhibitors of poultry must provide their own coops. All sheep must .be exhibited in the wool unwashed, and with a certificate of when last shorn, with exception of fat sheep. Judges may require the sheep to be shorn on the ground. 6. Only one person will be allowed in charge of each exhibit of stock. 7. Admission to Show Ground, Is. ; to Dairy Show Boom, 6d. 8. Butter for exhibition to be made up without any distinguishing marks. Salt Butter to be in crocks. 9. In no case shall a premium be awarded unless the Judges f/hall deem the stock or produce of sufficient merit, and more especially if there is 'insufficient competition.

When an animal obtains a first prize of the Society, it will not be allowed to compete alone again in any other class. 10. All protests must be in writing, and lodged with the Secretary before 4 o'clock on the day of the show. The decision of the Committee of Management in all cases to be final, and five members shall constitute a quorum. 11. Any prize awarded, if not applied for within three months of date of award, will be considered as having lapsed. 12. No animal or article shall be permitted to be removed before three o'clock, without leave of the Secretary. , 13. No diseased animal, or from a know infected flock or herd will be permitted to be shown, and if thought necessary, owners, will require to make a declaration as to the freedom from disease of their .herds or i flocks. N.B. —Brood Mares must be in fo^, to foal before Ist March, 1875, or have a foal at foot. Cheese proved to have been tested or pierced before the Show will be disqualified.

JOHN SMYTH FUMING, Secretary, !