Newton Abbot: Chamber of Agriculture: A meeting of the members of the above Chamber was held on Wednesday at the Town Hall for general business. The attendance of members, although particularly invited, was very sparse. C. J. Wade, Esq., occupied the chair, and among those present were Rev. J. M. Hawker, J. Creed, Esq., E. Ford, Esq., Messrs. ex-secretary of the Society, G. Stookes, Watson, Rendell, Pinsent, Northcote, Berry, Rowell (3), Cornish, Sowten, &c. Mr. Row (secretary; read the minutes of the last meeting when S. T. Kekewicb, Esq. read a lecture on Middle Class Education; also those of a subsequent meeting of the Council in which it was resolved that £25 should be devoted from the funds for the purpose of presenting a piece of plate to Mr. Veale, their late secretary. It was resolved that the Mark Lane Express and agricultural journals be open for perusal at the secretary’s office to any member of the Chamber. … (continues) …
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