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Brandreth an expression of their sense of the value of his 

 services, and of their great regret at the cause of his 

 resignation. At a later meeting in the same year, when his 

 death was announced, it was unanimously resolved 



" That the Council of the Smithfield Club at this, the first meeting 

 held since the death of Sir Brandreth Gibbs, the Club's late 

 Honorary Secretary, desire to express and place upon record 

 their deep regret at the great loss the Club has sustained 

 thereby. The Council gratefully acknowledge that the present 

 position of the Club is, to a very large extent, the result of his 

 untiring energy and attention to its interests through a period 

 of time close upon half a century, and they fully recognize his 

 devoted and invaluable services to the Club for so many years. 

 The Council also desire to express their deep sympathy and 

 condolence with Lady Gibbs and the family in their irreparable 

 loss." 



Mr. H. J. Hine was appointed Secretary, and he con- 

 tinued to act as such until the year 1888, when the Club 

 suffered another loss by his decease, at a comparatively 

 early age. At the Council meeting following, a vote of 

 condolence with his family was unanimously passed, and the 

 present Secretary was appointed. 



Now and again, in the minutes of the Club, it will be 

 noticed how it takes cognizance, not only of what some 

 think its actual and only object, but also of other things 

 bearing upon it. 



The question of the food supplies for animals must 

 always be of importance in any problem in which scientific 

 breeding and feeding is concerned. This was recognized 

 in very early days. Specimens of roots and grain, used for 

 feeding animals, were shewn in the loft at Goswell Street. 

 There were then added some half-dozen chaff-cutters, and 

 other machines for preparing food for cattle ; afterwards a 

 few other kinds were sent, and, when the show was removed 

 to Baker Street, the facilities which the galleries offered 

 for displaying machinery to advantage, induced a constant 

 addition, from year to year, to the number of applicants 

 for the privilege of showing. For some time it had been 

 seen that the idea thus started was capable of a much 

 greater development, and in 1867 the Club entered into 

 arrangements with the Hall Company for an enlargement 

 of the galleries, the building of a dining room in which to 

 hold the Club's annual dinners, store-room for fodder, and 

 the construction of a new building lor the pigs, towards the 

 cost of which the Club contributed 1,000. 



In 1881 the Agricultural Hall Company proposed a 



