The show at Shepherd's Bush was a great success. It was attended by a number of sheep-breeders, who marked their appreciation of Mr. Moorhouse’s hospitality by presenting his infant son (now Dr. B. Moorhouse) with 100 ewes. The Canterbury Pastoral Association held a second show on August 15, 1860, at Turton’s accommodation house in the Ashburton district. Mr. B. Dowling and Mr. E. Fereday were practically the founders of the Association, doing most of the organising work. Incidentally, it may be added that Mr. Dowling won eleven out of the eighteen prizes offered at the Ashburton Show.
On October 22, 1862, a Pastoral and Agricultural Show was held in Christchurch, in a paddock north of Latimer Square, with entrance from Madras Street. Mr. Robert Wilkin was President of this show, which led to the formation of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, of which he became the first President.
The Association purchased fourteen acres of land in Colombo Street south, at £120 per acre (the present Sydenham Park), and held its first show there on October 22, 1863. When the growing importance of the annual show necessitated more accommodation, the Association moved, in March, 1857, to its present grounds at Addington. The Association has always secured the services of a strong and influential committee, many of its members being runholders and farmers. It has established Herd and Stud Books for cattle and draught horses, and by a liberal prize list, has encouraged the breeders of pedigree stock. The annual show, held in November, is one of the most important events of the kind in Australasia. The Association is in a strange financial position, and holds its valuable property at Addington free from debt.
The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society was constituted at a public meeting, held at the Town Hall, Christchurch, on April 19, 1864. Mr. F. A. Weld, after-
