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foreign in their origin, and they express a hope that the flocks 

 and herds of the nation may be guarded with the utmost 

 vigilance against their reintroduction. 



The Council are also of opinion that the time has come for the 

 Central Government to assume the direct and effective control 

 of the uniform arrangements necessary for the eradication of 

 the contagious disease of pleuro-pneumonia, and to relieve the 

 ratepayers from the charges imposed for compensation in case 

 of slaughter, such outlay being incurred as much for the benefit 

 of the consumers as the producers of this country." 



1890 His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G., 

 elected a Vice-President. 



In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee, adopted 

 by the Council in February 1889, Class 29, Welsh steers or oxen above 

 three years old, be for steers or oxen above three and not exceeding 

 four years old. 



That a class be instituted for Welsh heifer or cow (heifers not 

 having had a live calf not to exceed four years old ; cows above four 

 years old, must have had at least one live calf), with prizes 10 and 5. 

 That the prizes for Highland cattle be altered as follows: High- 

 land steer or ox, of any age : first prize, 20 ; second prize, 10, and 

 third, 5. Heifer or cow, &c.: first prize, 10 ; second, 5. 



That the extra stock class for steers not exceeding four years old not 

 qualified to compete in any of the foregoing classes be reinstated, with 

 prizes first, 10 : second, 5 ; and that the prizes in the extra stock 

 class for heifer or cow not exceeding five years old not qualified to 

 compete in any of the foregoing classes be first prize, 10 ; second, 

 5. The animals in these two classes not to be allowed to 

 compete for any of the cups. 



That the champion prize for sheep be divided 30 for best pen 

 of Short-woolled Sheep viz., Southdowns, Hampshires, Suffolks, 

 Shropshires, Oxfordshires, and Cross-breds ; and 20 for best pen of 

 Long-woolled sheep viz.: Leicesters, Cotswolds, Lincolns, Kentish or 

 Romney Marsh, Devon, Cheviot, Mountain, Dorset, &c., with gold 

 medals to the breeders in each case. 



That all sheep, except lambs, shall be shorn the year of exhibition. 



That Rule 21, dentition of cattle and sheep, be altered as follows : 



" In cases where the veterinary inspectors report that the 



state of dentition of any animal is not in accordance with the 



certificate of age, the stewards shall call upon the exhibitor to 



prove the correctness of his certificate before any disqualification 



of the entry takes place, and shall report thereon to the Council ; 



and in the absence of satisfactory proof the animal or pen of 



animals shall be disqualified, and if a prize-winner the prize shall 



go to the next in order of merit under rule 17." 



Attention having been drawn to the exorbitant charges made by 

 carmen for conveying animals to and from the Club's show, the 

 stewards and secretary were requested to obtain if possible reduced 

 rates for this service, and appoint carriers to the Club. 



As a result of this suggestion reduced rates were obtained and 

 carriers appointed. 



