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Colonist, Volume III, Issue 215, 11 November 1859, Page 2

AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF NELSON. THE FIRST GREAT ANNUAL EXHIBITION of LIVE STOCK will take place on WEDNESDAY, December 7, in the Richmond Cattle Fair Ground, when the following prizes will be awarded. Stewards: Mr.Harkness, I Mr. W. Schroder Mr. M-Rae, I Mr. Saunders,; . ■-■• Mr. Kelling. Class A.—HORSES. £ s. d. Best Entire Draught Horse ... ... . - 50 0 Second best ditto . '. . •' • 210 v Third best ditto (Honorary. Certificate) Best brood Draught Mare, with foal or in foal . . • "'■? • .-...• 30 0 Second best ditto, ditto ■. . . . * iV; v Third best.ditto , (Honorary Certiacate) . - • Best two-year old Foal . . ♦ • }*"." Best yearling Foal >■ '. • '.■•_•'■ 1 Best thoroughbred weight-carrying En- Q Q tire Horse . . • • • oVn n Second best ditto, ditto. . . .■ J >«» -V Third best ditto, ditto (Honorary CertiU- ; • ; t6)* Class B—CATTLE. ■■''■•■■*"« Beet Bull. . . •■ • • • J-J -J Second best ditto .: . .. • r'J i 0 Third best ditto' (Honorary. Certificate) > n ' Best yearling: Bull. ... • \l% Best Cow, in milk .. . . ■;., ,• %" $ Second best ditto .■ . • ;• • * v Third best ditto (Honorary Certificate) . i Class C;—SHEEP. , ■ ••: Best Ram, with reference principally to -<, the Carcass . . • -•••■• • '■• "" -1 Second best ditto, ditto (Honorary. Cer- . % tificate) n ■■■■ n "n <> Best Earn, with reference to fine wool ■■; *v VSecond best ditto, ditto (Honorary Cer■tificate) ■ o \n a Best pen of five Ewes, with lambs . . *» v Second best ditto, ditto (Honorary Cer- ,■ i Class D.—PIGS. , ■ ■■ . . Best Boar . ... . • • , ' 2 ° Second best ditto (Honorary Certificate) . Best Sow, with litter . ... 2 0; v Second best ditto, ditto (Honorary Certificate) • on o Best Sow, without litter . .-■.... *V- v Second best ditto, ditto (Honorary CertifiCat6) Class E.-POULTRI. Best Cock and pair of Hens . . . 13- 0 Second best ditto, ditto .. . . . OJ* « Third best ditto, ditto . . . . <> ™|J Fourth best ditto, ditto . •■■■•■• ■?■■£: J Best Gander and pair of common Geese . l v " Second best ditto, ditto . \ • ? S""n Best Drake and pair of Ducks . . 1" ! « .Second best ditto, ditto .. ..• , • <P 1J I1 ® , Best Turkey Cock and pair of Hens . I «i•« . Second best'ditto, ditto .. . . . ..•. .°X >,' Entries for the Exhibition of Stock will he receiyed. up to the day of the Show till Ten o'clock, a-m., by any of the Stewards. • ~',•• v Subscribers who have not already paid their subscription are requested to do so before the dayof the Show at the Examiner. Office,. Nelson, or to any ffiemberoftheCommHtee F EDOR KELLING, ! 693 . Secretary. _ - iofament jtofe. "■_ THE following PLACES are POLLING PLACES for the Electoral District of the County of Cheviot:—- ■„,,,,„ .•• « Mr. Thomas Wilson's Wolshed, Mount brey Run, near the Kowai river; ! Robinson's Station, Cheviot Hills • • !• Masos's Old Station at Waituhi Creek, ' ' "GEO. LESLIE LEE, -■■• ■ Returning Officer. t Dated the Ist day of November, 1859. ' -. 596-i "~~ . . ELCTION NOTICE.' . | ELEvOTORAE DISTRIcFoF THE COUNTRY. OF CHEVIOT. ' I TN pursuance of the provisions of an ; Act of 1 the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled <■ The Begulation of Elections Act, 1858,* I Ceobge Lksuk S E ,Returning.Officev for the Electoral Dis, trict of the Country of Cheviot, do hfereb y give noticethat by virtue of a writ, bearing date the 6th^day of, October, 1859, issued under the hand of hjs Ex- , cellency the Goveenoe of New Zealand aa- ELECTION Vill be held fot: the> return, of a ,qnM person to save as a MEMBER of the HOUSE ot BEII «BSENTATIVES for the said Electoral District, and that the NOMINATION of Candidates wiil take place at Mr. Thomas- Will's Woolshed' -Mount Grey Run, on MONDAY, the lSjfcdjjr of December 1859, at noon, and that the POLL of necessary, w.ll be taken on THURSDAY the Fifteen^ day of December, 1859. ■ .geo.lesltew . . Returnng Officer, j Dated the Ist day of Novsmber, 1859. 597 ■{