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That the best thanks of this Council be given to the Council of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England for the course they are pursuing 

 in detecting and exposing the adulteration of feeding stuffs and manures, 

 and that the sum of 100 be voted from the funds of the Club towards 

 the expense incurred by that Council in the case of Kidd v. the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England. 



That the following alteration be made in the Bye-laws respecting 

 the preparation of the house list, of the eight names recommended as 

 members of Council to succeed those who retire annually by rotation, 



viz.: 



"That the Council of the Smithfield Club shall select the names of 

 16 members instead of eight as heretofore, such 16 names to be 

 printed on a form similar to voting papers used for the election 

 of guardians, and also with a space for the substitution of other 

 names as heretofore, and that the same be sent by post to every 

 member of the Club in time for the member to record his vote 

 thereon and return it to the Secretary before the annual meeting. 

 No member to vote for more than eight names." 



Resolved, that the classes for Long-horned cattle should be dis- 

 continued. 



Prizes for Irish cattle and Kentish and Cross-bred sheep increased. 



Class established for Kentish ewe sheep. 



Rescinded, that all animals (cattle, sheep, or pigs), coming by rail- 

 way to the Smithfield Club's Show be sent in horseboxes or in private 

 conveyances. 



The Judges reported that none of the instruments for the slaughter 

 of animals by " pithing" effectually accomplished the desired object. 



Resolved, that the catalogue of the show be handed to the Agricul- 

 tural Hall Company as heretofore on the express conditions that no 

 notices nor advertisements be inserted except at the end thereof. 



Resolved, to increase the salary of the Assistant-Secretary to one 

 hundred guineas per annum, to commence from Christmas last. 



That iron feeding troughs be provided for all animals sent to the 

 show in order to prevent the chance of disease being brought from 

 other places. 



The Dinner Committee Report adopted, viz.: 

 " That so many meetings of various sorts usually held during the 

 show week, it does not appear likely that a sufficient number 

 would attend either a dinner or a luncheon to make it expedient 

 for either to be held." 



The Committee, whilst fully recognizing the very great hospitality 

 exhibited by some of the Presidents in recent years in inviting the 

 Council to sumptuous entertainments, and without wishing in any way 

 to interfere with the free action of the President, would venture to 

 suggest to the Council whether it is not too much to expect from the 

 Presidents of the Club, and indeed, whether if such entertainments 

 given at the Presidents' expense should become a recognized practice, 

 it might not in some degree embarrass the general meetings of the 

 Club, in filling up the Presidency at the annual elections, and lessen 

 the compliment intended to be conveyed in nominating the prominent 

 supporters of the Club for that important office. 



