CANTERBURY AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1092, 29 April 1863, Page 4

CANTERBURY AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

This association, which resulted from the exhibition of last year, shows unmistakeable signs of vitality.* At the first meeting held in January, the association was formed, under the patronage of his Honor the Superintendent and an efficient committee of management, of which Mr. R. Wilkin was named president, and Mr. Wm. Thomson secretary. By the rules of the society, an annual subscription of one guinea constitutes any person a member for that term, and anyone making a donation of ten pounds shall be a member for life. We are glad to say that no less than sixty - four life members are already enrolled. The funds thus raised, added to the balance left over from the last exhibition, and a donation of £105 from the late owner of the land which has been purchased for the purposes of the society, will enable the committee to commence operations on an effective scale. From the favor already shown to the undertaking, we may fairly presume that a large number of annual subscribers will be enrolled for a purpose which must personally I interest a large number of the people of Canterbury. A block of land, of nearly 14 acres in extent, suitably situated at the end of Colombo street, within a short distance of the proposed railway station, has been purchased, at a cost of £1560, being £120 per acre. It was for the purpose of electing trustees to this estate that a special meeting was held at the Town Hall yesterday, at 1 p.m., at which time, R. Wilkin, Esq., having taken the chair, and the minutes of the former meeting having been read and confirmed, it was proposed by the secretary, Mr. Thomson, and seconded by Mr. Moorhouse, that Messrs. Brittan, Wilkin, Palmer, J. Studholme, and W. Wilson be appointed Trustees, in whom the real and personal property of the association should be vested, which was unanimously carried. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. We gathered that a ploughing match is in contemplation, to come off at an early date, when our ploughmen will have an opportunity of showing their skill in raising the furrow.