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which contained some new and contentious proposals. Pre- 

 viously to this year no objection had been raised to the 

 inclusion of the Model Clauses, but this year, owing to the 

 further delay in proceeding with the long-promised Govern- 

 ment Milk Bill, the Parliamentary Committee opposed the 

 inclusion of any clauses whatever dealing with the milk 

 supply, and were successful in getting them struck out in 

 every case. 



On 30th May the Council asked the Board to put the Tuber- 

 culosis Order of May, 1909, into operation, provided that 

 compensation was not made a charge on the rates. It also 

 asked the Board to submit a scheme to the Development 

 Commissioners, asking them to provide money from the 

 Development Fund for paying compensation under the Order. 



Four outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease occurred this 

 year, and in no case could the Board trace the cause. In 

 each instance the Board by energetic action, by isolation and 

 slaughter, prevented the disease spreading, and the Council 

 expressed their thanks to the Board for the promptness with 

 which they had acted. At the same time they urged that 

 searching inquiry should be made into the origin of these 

 outbreaks. During the recess Lord Carrington announced 

 his intention of appointing a Departmental Committee to 

 make this investigation, and later in the year Mr. Runciman 

 (who succeeded Lord Carrington as President of the Board in 

 October) appointed the Committee with Sir Ailwyn Fellowes 

 as Chairman, and Sir Bowen Bowen-Jones and Mr. Charles 

 Bathurst, M.P., as members of it ; the Council sent Professor 

 Penberthy to give evidence on their behalf. 



The Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill, a Government 

 measure, proposed to set up a separate Board of Agriculture 

 for Scotland. A similar Bill which was before Parliament 

 in 1908 did not pass, and on 1st November, 1911, the Cattle 

 Diseases Committee's report was adopted, which stated that : 



" When this same Bill was before Parliament in 1908 the 

 Council adopted a Report from your Committee, dated 24th 

 February of that year, in which attention was called to the 

 grave risks which might arise under this Bill in connection with 



