A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT 39 



every stage by a group of the Opposition, partly composed 

 of East Anglian Members of Parliament, but was supported 

 by Mr. E. Strachey (afterwards Lord Strachie). The Bill 

 was strongly supported by the Chamber, where it was debated 

 on three occasions between the date of its introduction and 

 the 20th July, when it received the Royal Assent. Thus 

 after twenty-seven years the final Act required to give effect 

 to the series of resolutions adopted by the Council on the 

 6th April, 1869, was passed. It was a notable achievement, 

 and probably credit was chiefly due to Mr. Wm. Stratton ; 

 first, for the broad views and far-sighted reasoning which 

 caused him to lay such a clear statement of policy before the 

 Council on that occasion : and secondly, for his steady and 

 untiring persistence in urging that policy on every opportunity, 

 notwithstanding many rebuffs and disappointments. It was 

 most unfortunate for him that increasing deafness compelled 

 him to resign the chairmanship of the Cattle Diseases Com- 

 mittee before this crowning victory was gained. While, 

 however, according Mr. Stratton his full share in this triumph, 

 agriculturists of the country are greatly indebted, among 

 others, to Mr. Thomas Duckham, M.P., Mr. Clare Sewell 

 Read, M.P., Mr. Henry Chaplin, M.P., Mr. A. F. Jeffreys, 

 M.P., Mr. (afterwards Lord) Channing, M.P., Sir Ailwyn 

 Fellowes, M.P., Sir J. B. Bowen-Jones, Lord Fortescue, Mr. 

 B. St. John Ackers, and Mr. John Treadwell for helping to 

 bring this campaign to a successful conclusion. 

 Tuberculosis. 



The appointment of the Second Royal Commission on 

 Tuberculosis was welcomed by the Council in June of this 

 year, but the Reports of the Cattle Diseases Committee now 

 strike a new note. Hitherto they had, outwardly at least, 

 been content to send witnesses to official inquiries. In this 

 instance, apparently for the first time, they urged that repre- 

 sentatives of stock owners should have seats on the Com- 

 mission. 



In November the Chamber began to urge a more vigorous 

 and uniform enforcement of their powers against Sheep Scab 

 by local authorities. 



