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plate, which was presented to him by Lord Middleton, the 

 President of the Society. 



What might have been a serious complication of the 

 difficulties at Doncaster was the fact that there were present 

 in the Showyard eight Kerry and Dexter animals, the property 

 of Mr. R. Tait Robertson, which, it afterwards transpired, had 

 come over from Dublin in a boat with other cattle amongst 

 which a case of foot-and-mouth disease was detected. As a 

 measure of precaution, the Board of Agriculture ordered the 

 slaughter of these animals ; and, after valuation, they were 

 taken to the abattoirs in Doncaster and killed. No trace of 

 disease was, however, found in any of them. 



It such trying circumstances, it is gratifying to record 

 that the Honorary Director was most loyally supported in 

 his arduous duties by the Stewards and Members of Council 

 present, and more particularly by the Steward of Veterinary 

 Arrangements (Mr. Cyril Greenali), the Chief Veterinary 

 Officer (Mr. John Malcolm, F.R.C.V.S.), the Veterinary 

 Inspector on duty (Mr. Lloyd Jones, M.R.C.V.S., of 

 Doncaster), and Professor Macqueen, F.R.C.V.S., who arrived 

 specially on Saturday, June 29, to assist the Chief Officer. 

 Mr. Percy Abson, M.R.C.V.S., and Mr. J. H. Gillespie, 

 M.R.C.V.S., of Doncaster, examined the live stock arriving 

 in Doncaster by train at the several landing docks during the 

 nights of Saturday and Sunday prior to the Show, and Mr. R. 

 "A. H. Tovey (Town Clerk) rendered service in connection with 

 the arrangements with the railway com] any for carrying out 

 the above-mentioned veterinary examinations. 



The Society has now held its annual exhibition in the 

 county of York on seven occasions, but only once previously 

 has it been at Doncaster — and that twenty-one years ago. The 

 statement below contains details of all these Royal Shows in 

 Yorkshire, and not the least interesting of these details are the 

 financial results, which it will be seen have varied between a 

 profit of 5,190Z., at York in 1883, and a loss of 3,465Z. at the 

 same place in the year 1900. 



^ No pigs exhibited. =■ Oattle, sheep and pig sections cancelled. 



