LINCOLN FAIR COMPANY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2614, 10 August 1876, Page 3

LINCOLN FAIR COMPANY.

Tho annual mooting of members of the Association was held at their rooms, Lincoln, on Tuesday last. There was a fair attendance.

Mr A. 0. Knight, President of the Association, oooupiod the ohair, and briefly stated the business of the meeting. Ho said it would be nooessary before commencing business to dooido whother there should bo a Show this year. Tho Rev. A. P. O'Oallaghan moved— "That the annual show be held early;, in November." Carried.

A letter was read from Mr W. H. Comerford, Auditor, stating thut he had examined the aooounts and found them correot, with the oxooption of a payment to Mr Townshend of £2.

The Treasurer explained that he had now the voucher in quoetion, and laid it boforo tho meeting, together with the balanoe sheet, whioh showed— rooeipts, balanoe from 1874, £62 7s lOd : Government Grant, £50; members' subscriptions, £96 lls ; extra subsoriptions, £7 13s 6d j gate money, £25 lls 9d; catalogues, £5 16s; entranoe money, £7d j refreshment booth, £6 j sale of timber, &o, £6 15s ; total, £322 3s 7d. IBxpondituro : Prize monoy, £169 10s } advertising and printing, £40 4s 2d $ show expensos, £20 10s 8d; rent of yards, ground, &o, £f> j balanoe of timber sold on aocount of tho Ohristohuroh Association, £1 16s; material fornewoattlo pens, £77 Bs4dj labour, carriage, &o, on yards, £35 9s 3d j total, £849 17« Bd. Tho report of the Hon Sooretary for the past year was as follows:—

The balonoo shoot, as will be seen, shows a deficit, ot £27188 lOd; against whioh the Association have property whiqh has cost them (inotuding material, labour, carriage? «<*•) £106 2s 7d. of whioh 48314 a 7d waa tho not oost of the material delivered 0$ the Itaooln railway station. Thusii While the cash ucoount shows tho above deficit, actually tbo Association is in a hotter position than it has boon hithorto. Tho principal oauso of tho (lefioionoy is to bo aooounted for by, the gate money falling short of tho Committee's estimate, no doubt caused by the very inolement weather on tho morning of the show. The Assoolatirra: prlzoa, ofaount^d to IJ3 (being sixtyono first, forty-sovoa sooond, and^ftv© third-olass), and tho ayorago. valuo of oaoh HI 10s. In addition to those, six prlvatejorizea were awarded, .to the va.luo of £16 19a. Thoontrance money shows an increase of £815s over that of the previous year. The following is a comparative

'■''■ Tot^l... ,m J96 »*■.; ...laWu'l' This Bliows an lnoroase of twonty-tnroo ovGMOftt of tho previous year, of whioh twenty are ln> 'too horse ofowB».olovou in dairy produce, and eight in tho nig olassoß. Thoro is a alight dooroase in all i tljo otaor olassos. Tho total number of members of ittta ABBOOiation is ninety- one, hoing ten in exooss of that of tho previous year. Thanew oatUej^ns, whiOb wiU acoontnvodftte sixty ontrusghtneTbeon oredtad at a coat of £106 2s 7dj and- wore built by Hugh Byrao, of Prebbleton. Tho timber was aupfche^OhWctrafch Assooiatioh. Through th«se frdts taking up a oonsldorahlo portion of 6 'KkSiuio s^Wd, and the largo inorease ••*the 7r "ontrtoß"'of hoxsos, it was found Hocessttißyi^o'^M^o jarrtinjOTni^ttV for increased accommodation; artd Mr C. P. Pyne was aajolning tho yihAb, at tho dtopaau i 9^,,wa CoffK mitteOt As^this dijfloiUty is jlkejy xo'Ai^e again ,havotVftao»M«^tlon;ottiitato»«tli4.'TWd'tlii4kß of tlio AsßOClauon are due both to Mr Pyno and the 'koyjC P/.^ oo^h w^Pjß u PP llled tho °« ra hurdles r fir[Mßhdepp6nft?Tße'sSeßtlon of applying to *Jm flofornment for the annual grant should also f a^t¥e »dor«tion ot this mating.

It was resolved to adopt the balance-sheet and report. The Chairman said the next business before the meeting was to elect officers for the ensuing year. Mr J. Gebbie proposed, and Mr Jag. Hay* don seconded, that Mr A. C. Knight be re* eleoted President.

Mr Enight thought that it would be better for the meeting to appoint one in the District who could attend their meetings more regularly, for instance, their late Vioe-Preeident.

Mr O'Callagban said he must decline to take the presidency, and thought that the meeting ehould not allow their Ohairman to retire in the way in whioh he proposed. Mr Knight said ho would consent if it was the wish of the meeting.

The motion was then put and carried unanimously.

On tho motion of Mr W. Henderson, the Rev A. P. O'Callaghan was re-elected Vicepresident.

Mr John Gebbie proposed Mr W. A. Murray as Hon. Seo. and Treasurer. Carried. Also, that Mr Bishop bo requested to act as Auditor.

The following gentlemen were then elected as a General Committee for the ensuing year : — Messrs R. M. Bovey, James Beaumont, James Gammaok, J Gebbie, James Haydon, W. Laury, J. M'Betb, W. Marcroffc, J. G. Murray, F. 0. Murray, P. Muir, S. Nutt, D. O'Oallaghan, H. Pannetfc, John Sharp, James Shawe, E. Townshend, J. N. Tosswill, John Wills, H. White, and R. Wright. Mr J. Gebbie said, as he was obliged to leave, ho would like to know when they would be receiving private prizes, as it was bis intention to offer one himself. But he had not quite made up his mind for what he would offer it, but he thought it most likely he should give it for the best ehort-horned cow or heifer on the ground.

The Chairman said that it was as well that offers of these prizes should be made at an early date to enable them to be put in the catalogue of premiums, but that Mr Qebbie could arrange it with the Seoretary. Considerable discussion took place upon rule 2, which states that stock mast b» depas* tured in the diatriofc for two months previous to the show. Several gentlemen thought that this should be struck out, and that all rate* payers in the prescribed distriot should be entitled to exhibit stock, but eventually the rule was confirmed upon the understanding that certain classes should be thrown open to all comers.

On account of the races being on the day fixed for the Show it was resolved that it be held this year on Friday, Nov. 3.

The catalogue was then gone through, and several alterations were made, and it was decided that the following classes should be open to all comers :— Sam under eighteen months old in all the different breeds, two-year-old bull, boar under eighteen months old, and all the implement and dairy produce olaases.

It was resolved that the Seoretary should have the necessary printing and advertising in oonneotion with the coming Show done. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated.

l^ 1873. J874. 1875. Shoop ... ... ... 69 68 50 Cattle .;. 55 87 52 Horses... ... ... 47 59 79 I Implomonts ... ... H 10 8 Dairy Profluoe „. 6 11 22