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Resolved, that the bye-law fixing the Council meeting for the 

 Tuesday preceding the February Monthly Council meeting of the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England, be amended by the addition of 

 the words " or on the first Wednesday in February, as the Council may 

 from time to time determine," 



1882 His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., elected a 

 member of the Club on the nomination of His Royal Highness the 

 Prince of Wales, K.G. 



Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, K.G., and the Duke 

 of Edinburgh, K.G., elected Vice-Presidents. 



The President announced with regret the death of Lord Chesham, a 

 Vice-President, and of Mr. Edward Little, a member of the Council. 



A letter having been sent to the Exhibitors of pigs at the late Show 

 on the dentition question, twenty-two replies were received offering 

 various suggestions, a large proportion being strongly in favour of the 

 dentition being continued as a safeguard against fraud. Two, however, 

 suggested that Exhibitors should be allowed to prove their entries. 



Resolved, that the following recommendations of the Special Com- 

 mittee on Dentition of the Pig be received and adopted : 



(1) That the examination of the dentition be adhered to. 



(2) That the words " All pigs are exhibited subject to their dentition 



agreeing with the certified age (as per rule No. 22) " be printed 

 conspicuously in the prize sheet at the commencement of the pig 

 classes." 



(3) That a copy of Professor Simonds' pamphlet on dentition be sent 



free of cost to each exhibitor entering pigs for the show. 



(4) That the exact ages be entered on the certificate as heretofore, in 



order to give the younger animals in each class the advantage justly 

 due to them in respect of early maturity a matter of great impor- 

 tance, and which should always be taken into consideration by the 

 judges, especially in cases where two or more pens closely approach 

 each other in merit. 



That the present rule making the dentition absolute be adhered to, 

 the experience of past years having shown the very unsatisfactory 

 evidence produced to the Stewards upon very many occasions in order 

 to prove the correctness of ages. 



That on the placards placed over the pens of disqualified animals, 

 the wording be altered to " Disqualified, the state of the dentition not 

 agreeing with the dentition test required by Rule 22 of the Club." 



That Exhibitors be advised to have their pigs examined by a 

 qualified veterinary surgeon before they leave home for the Show, 

 and unless their dentition be in accordance with the recognised state 

 for their respective ages, not to send them to the Show. 



Resolved, that the attention of the veterinary inspector be directed 

 to the desirability of paying a visit to the principal herds of pigs, with a 

 view of testing the correctness of the theory of detention, and to report 

 thereon. 



Resolved, that the following Breed Cups for cattle should be offered 

 at the ensuing Show : Devons 30, Herefords 30, Shorthorns 30, 

 Sussex 30, Norfolk and Suffolk Polled and Welsh 15, Scotch 30, 

 and Cross-bred 30. 



