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A Committee appointed in February to consider and report to the 

 Council upon the practicability of instituting a class or classes for 

 animals entered for slaughter, the prizes being awarded to the best 

 carcases, reported at the November meeting, and suggested the offer of 

 prizes in two classes at the 1887 show, viz. : 



Class i. For the best carcase of beef from a Steer not exceeding 

 three years old. First prize, 25 ; second, 15 ; third, 10 ; 

 fourth, 5. 



Class 2. For the best carcase of beef from a Heifer not exceeding 

 three years old. First, 25 ; second, 15 ; third, 10; fourth, 5. 

 Resolved, that the report be printed, circulated amongst the Council, 

 and considered at the meeting of the Council in February next. 



Resolved, that the printed list of members issued in the Prize Sheet 

 be arranged in alphabetical order. 



His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., Piesident. 1 887 



Mr. Joseph Druce resigned, through ill health, his position as 

 Steward of Implements. 



Resolved, "that the members of this Council desire to express their 

 thanks to Mr. Joseph Druce for his many years' service as Steward of 

 Implements, and their regret that owing to illness he is compelled to 

 resign that position." 



Resolved, that in consequence of the present state of the Club's 

 funds the consideration of the report of the Carcase Committee be 

 deferred. 



Resolved, that the prizes offered for lambs, be for lambs under 

 twelve months old. 



That a class be instituted for Suffolk ewes above three years old, 

 with prizes of 10 first and 5 second. 



That there be one class for fat wether sheep of any white-faced, 

 black-faced, or speckled-faced mountain breed of any age, with prizes 

 of 10 first and 5 second, instead of two classes as at present ; 

 that Dorset, Cheviot, Ryeland, &c., lambs compete together in one 

 class, with prizes of 10 first and 5 second. 



That the breed cups for Devons, Herefords, Shorthorns, Sussex, 

 Scotch, and Cross-bred cattle be of the value of 25 ; and the breed 

 cups for Leicester, Cotswold, Lincoln, Southdowns, Hampshire, 

 Suffolks, Shropshire, and Cross-bred sheep of the value of 15 ; and 

 that a cup of the value of 15 be offered for the best pen of Cheviots, 

 &c., Kentish, or Romney Marsh, Ryeland, Dorset, &c., sheep, instead 

 of the three 10 cups, as at present ; and that the silver medals awarded 

 to breeders be clone away with. 



That the time for the removal of animals on the Friday night of 

 the Show be altered to 9.30 p.m. ; and that any animal, whether going 

 by train or not, might be removed at that hour. 



The attention of the Council having been called to the disastrous 

 consequence of the spread of swine fever and pleuro-pneumonia, and 

 the management of the dairies in the Metropolis, Edinburgh, and 

 Dublin, and the necessity of making a strong representation to the 

 Privy Council tor the effectual stamping out of the disease, it was 

 resolved 



" That in the opinion of this Council the time has arrived when 

 the powers of the Privy Council for stamping o^ut pleuro- 

 pneumonia, as well as swine fever, in the United Kingdom of 



