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That three breed cups be offered as under : 10 cup for Kentish or 

 Romney Marsh, 10 cup for Suffolk and Dorset, and 10 cup for 

 Cheviot and Mountain, instead of the 15 cup now given for these 

 breeds of sheep collectively. 



That Tamworths have the same class prizes, &c., as the other breeds 

 of pigs, viz., 10, 5 and 3 in each class, and 10 breed cup. 



That for the purposes of judging, the cattle be divided into four 

 divisions, with two judges in each division, to award prizes and breed 

 cups. Two other judges to award the 50 cups and champion plate 

 (umpires previously selected for each division and for champion awards) 

 the divisions being as under : (i) Devons, Sussex, and Red Polled; (2) 

 Herefords, Welsh, Kerry, and small cattle ; (3) Short-horns, Cross-breds, 

 and extra classes; (4) Aberdeen-Angus, West Highland and Galloway. 

 That the sheep classes be divided into six divisions, viz., Division i, 

 Leicesters and Lincolns ; 2, Cotswolds, Kentish or Romney Marsh, and 

 Devon or other pure Long-woolled breeds ; 3, Southdowns and Shrop- 

 shires ; 4, Hampshires, Suffolks and Dorsets ; 5, Oxfordshires and 

 Cross-breds ; 6, Cheviots and Mountain breeds ; and that there be two 

 judges in each division (with umpires), one judge from each of the three 

 Long-woolled divisions to judge champion Longwools, and one judge 

 from each of the three Short-woolled divisions to judge champion 

 Shortwools. Dorsets to compete for champion with Shortwools. 



That the Pig classes be divided into two divisions, Whites and 

 Blacks (Cross-breds to be judged in the "White" division), and that 

 there be two judges in each division (with umpire). One judge from 

 each division to decide the champion prize (with umpire). 



The Stock Prize Sheet Committee was requested to consider at 

 their meeting in February, 1893, the practicability of instituting a 

 block test at the shows of the Club. 



As the result of an interview of the Managing Director of the Royal 

 Agricultural Hall Company with the Council, it was resolved that the 

 requirements of the London County Council be complied with. 



The attention of the Council was called to the existence of swine 

 fever in this country, and the action of local authorities for its sup- 

 pression. It was felt that the diversity of action of local authorities did 

 not conduce to the eradication of this disease, and the Council therefore 

 passed the following resolution, a copy of which was sent to the Minister 

 of Agriculture : 



" The Council of the Smithfield Club beg to convey to the Right 

 Hon. the President of the Board of Agriculture their unanimous 

 concurrence with the sentiments conveyed to him by the deputa- 

 tion of the members of the Farmers' Club and Central and 

 Associated Chambers of Agriculture, praying that similar 

 measures to those adopted for stamping out pleuro-pneumonia in 

 the United Kingdom may be adopted for stamping out swine fever." 

 At the Annual General Meeting the following resolutions were 

 passed : 



" To the Right Hon. the Minister of Agriculture, 

 (i) " In February last the Council of the Smithfield Club for- 

 warded a resolution to the late Minister of Agriculture, 

 praying ' that similar measures be adopted for stamping out 

 swine fever as those enforced for stamping out pleuro- 

 pneumonia.' The success of those measures with regard to 

 pleuro-pneumonia are so apparent that the members of the 

 Smithfield Club earnestly pray that they may now be extended 

 to swine fever. 1 ' 



