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reached a sum of ¿220,000. T he A sylu m is available
for 752 in m a tes; John B aker M .D ., C.M .A berd. super­
intend ent; H arry Percival F oulerton M .R .C .S .E n g .,
L R .O .P.Lo ad ., D .P .H .R .C .P .S .L o n d . deputy superin ten ­
dent ; A lexand er W illiam Connolly M .B ., C h.B .B elf. senior
assistant m edical officer; Rev. A lb ert W h iteley B .A .
chaplain ; A lexander E rn est Sayer, steward.
H is M ajesty’s Prison for the county, in the F orbury,
Reading, was erected in 1833, and is a castellated bu ild ­
ing of red b rick w ith w hite stone dressings, b u ilt for
224 prisoners; C apt. F. C. 'M. M organ, governor.
P A R L IA M E N T A R Y R E P R E S E N T A T IO N .
B erkshire, under the provisions of th e “ R ed istrib u ­
tion of Seats A ct, 1885,” return s three m em bers in
three divisions.
No. 1.— T h e N orthern or Abingdon division com prises
the sessional divisions of A bingdon, Faringdon, W a l­
lingford, and W antage, the m un icipal borough of W a l­
lingford and so m uch of th e m un icipal boroughs of
A bingdon and Oxford 'as are in th e cou n ty of Berks.
No. 2.— The Southern or N ew bury division com prises
the sessional divisions of Ilsley, Lam bourne, N ew bury
(including H ungerford), and R eading (excep t so m uch
as is com prised in division No. 3), th e m unicipal
boroughs of N ew bu ry and Reading and so m uch of the
W okingham sessional division as is in the parliam entary
borough of Reading.
No. 3.— The E astern or W okingham division com ­
prises the sessional divisions of Maidenhead and W in d­
sor, so m uch of the sessional division of W okingham as
is not com prised in division No. 2, the m unicipal
boroughs of Maidenhead and New W indsor and the
parishes of Swallowfields E ast and W est.
B y the above-m entioned A c t th e representation of
the borough of W allingford was m erged in to th at of
the county and the borough of Reading lost one m em ber.
M EM BERS O F P A R L IA M E N T FO R T H E C O U N T Y .
Eastern or W okingham division. E rnest G ardner esq.
J.P. Spencers, Maidenhead.
Northern or A bingdon division. M ajor H arold G reen­
wood Hendèrson J.P. K item ore, F arin g d on ; Carlton and
M arlb om igh clubs S W and Bachelors’ club W , London.
Southern or N ew bury division, W illiam A rth u r M ount
esq. J.P . W asing Place, near R ea d in g ; C arlton and
Oxford and C am b rid ge U n iversity clu bs, London S W .
C H A M B E RS OF A G R IC U L T U R E .
Berks & A djoining Counties D airy Farm ers’ A ssociation,
J. W . Y ou n gs, sec. 38 F ria r street, Reading

Berks & Oxon, W . A nkers Sim m ons, hon. sec reta ry ; F.
W o rtley Sim m ons, 39 B la g rav e st. Reading, secretary
C H A M B E R S O F C OM M ER CE.
M aidenhead, A . W alton, S tation approach, M aidenhead,
secretary
R eadin g, Jam es H aslam , 156 F ria r st. R eadin g, secretary
F A IR S & M A R K E T S .
A bingdon, h orse fairs, first m onday in L e n t, M ay 6,
June 20, S ep tem ber 19, Decem ber 11, & for h irin g
servants & pleasure, m onday before Old M ichaelm as
d a y ; corn & cattle m ark et every m onday
B racknell, c a ttle & poultry m arket every thuTsday
Didcot, wool fair on th e first tuesday in J u ly
Faringdon, statu te fairs, tu esd a y before & tu esd a y after
Old M ichaelm as d a y ; m ark et day, tu e s d a y ; cattle
m arket, first tuesday in every m onth
H ungerford, two statu te or h irin g fairs are an n u ally
held, one on th e Wednesday before & th e other on th e
Wednesday after Old M ichaelm as d a y ; there are also
fairs held th e la st Wednesday in A p ril for cattle, the
last week in Jun e for wool & A u g u s t 17th for sheep ;
m arket day, Wednesday
E ast I ls le y ; the fo rtn ig h tly m arkets com m ence in
F eb ruary, & continue every altern ate Wednesday t ill
the E aster fair, held on th e Wednesday in E aster
w e e k ; cattle, sheep & lam b fairs from E aster t ill
Novem ber, A u g u s t 1s t & 26th b ein g the tw o la rg est
fairs in the y e a r; H allow -tide fair for cattle, sheep &
lam bs is held on the Wednesday follow in g th e 12th
of Novem ber
Lam bourn, fairs on O ctober 2 & D ecem ber 4 for sheep,
horses & cattle
M aidenhead, corn m arket every Wednesday
N ew bury, fair on Septem ber 4 ; h irin g fair first th u rsd ay
after Old M ichaelm as d a y ; wool m ark et th e first
Saturday in J u l y ; m arket day, th u rsd ay
Reading, February 2, M ay 1, J u ly 25 & Septem ber 21
for cattle. M arket days, satuTday, for corn & stock
cattle & m onday for fa t cattle
Stratfield M ortim er, A p ril 27 & N ovem ber 6 for cattle
W allingford, fa ir on S ep tem ber 29 for pleasure &
h irin g se rv a n ts ; corn m ark et w eekly & cattle m ark et
fortn ig h tly on fridav
W antage, fairs on first Saturday in M arch, first Satur­
day in M ay, & th e first Saturday a fter O ctober 1 1 ;.
corn & cattle m arket, Wednesday
W indsor, m arket day, Saturday
W okingham , m ark et day, tuesday