STOCK SOCIETIES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2787, 3 June 1916, Page 8

STOCK SOCIETIES

eojinW marsh sheep. S. - Tho annual ineetiiig of,': the. New Zealand Roinney Mai'slft'Sheep" Breeders' As- *■ sociation will' bo' 'Hold '' at: -vPaJmcrstoa •; North on June 22. ;v : ,. •/: Tho annual report .of -theassociation I. states:— ■■ A:-'' } :>''Your council desires .to point out'the

■g continued advancement of tho associaf- tion. The cash at bank stands at JillG - 7s. Bd., and the sum of .£774 is placed on ?.-fixed deposit, malting a total ot £89.3:75. $ 83.;: wliile, "affer "making, provision for; all ' liabilities, tlio Accumulated funds of tho ■ association amount to J61119 12s.—an iu- " urease, of ,£76 13s. sd. for the past twelve ■ inonths. The. number of registered flocks ■ at the commencement of the year was 31!) .* during. tho year 27 now flocks were ad-' 1 mitted; 22 flocks were dispensed, during tho' twelve months; leaving 324 registered ; flocks, at December 31, 1915.. Volume XII i ot\\|he':;:Fl6ck"vßook is now in hand, and

•J. will"bo-,circulated to members as soon as it ■is published. Your/' council reported 4 Mast jearLth'ati a representative collection I of . hadv.been . forwarded to the fiaiiam'a-Pacific .'Exposition at.San i PranSlseo.J.iiriiisi exhibit, has .been aw.ardof: honour; wbicli'lias still to'- - be received from the Exhibition authori- / ties. It has/been decided to display the •- show case iii 'the; Wheeler Memorial Pavi--1 lion at Palmerston North. Your council

has drawn up a revised list of inspectors ■to carry>out the work of esajqjning and tattooing sheep as required by members, and vit lias decided to give members the

;' 'right of appeal against tie report of in- » spcctors. The championship shields of the • association were competed for. at ton ■ and Southland A. arid P.' Societies' ■ ■; Shows, and the Wheeler Memorial' Shield -was presented to Ma'nawatu : and .West ■ Coast A. and P. Association for competition during the year. In accordance •with the rules the following members oi the council retire by rotation:—Messrs. D. P. Buchanan, R. Gray, J. W./Harding, J. -.' E. Hewitt, and P. Mungavin, all of whom ■ are eligible for Te-election."