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old, of the undermentioned breeds Leicesters, Border Leicester?, 

 Cotswolds, Lincolns, Kentish or Romney Marsh, Devon, Cheviot 

 Mountain, Ryeland, &c., with prizes 15, 10, and 5 ; and a class for 

 pens of three fat ewes, above three years old, of the undermentioned 

 breeds Southdowns, Hampshires, Suffolks, Shropshires, Oxfordshires, 

 Dorset, and Cross-breds, with prizes 15, 10, 5. The animals in 

 these two classes to be eligible to compete for their breed cups. 



That the prizes in the classes for wether sheep and wether lambs of 

 the Suffolk breed be increased to : first, 15 ; second, 10 ; and third, 5. 



That the prizes in the Cross-bred wether sheep class (first cross from 

 Cheviot, Scotch, and Mountain) be raised to : first, 15 ; second, 10 ; 

 third, 5. 



That separate breed cups, value 15 each, be offered for Suffolk and 

 for Dorset sheep, and that the Kentish or Devon, &c., and the Cheviot 

 and Mountain breed cups be increased to 15 each. 



That the champion plate for the best pen of Short-woolled sheep be 

 increased to 50, and the champion plate for the best pen of Long- 

 woolled sheep to 30. 



That a class for single pigs of the Tamworth breed be instituted, 

 with first prize 5, second 3. 



That for each second entry of cattle or sheep in the same class, 

 members shall pay ios., non-members 2os. ; post entries for same, 

 members 2os., non-members 2. 



That the Judges Selection Committee be authorised to meet in the 

 latter part of July, to select judges for the Show to be held in the 

 December following. 



A Committee appointed to consider the question of the revision of 

 the Club's bye-laws suggested some slight alterations which were 

 adopted by the Council and members. 



On the completion of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty the Queen's 

 reign the following address of congratulation was unanimously passed 



" To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 

 May it please Your Majesty. 



We, the President and Council representing the Smithfield 

 Club, desire humbly to approach Your Majesty with the expression 

 of profound loyalty and attachment to Your Majesty's Throne 

 and Person, and humbly beg to offer our dutiful and heartfelt 

 congratulations upon the completion of the sixtieth year of Your 

 Majesty's eventful and prosperous reign. 



We recall with feelings of pride and gratification that Your 

 Majesty has been for many years a regular and successful 

 exhibitor at the shows of the Club. 



We heartily rejoice, in common with all Your Majesty's 

 subjects, in the celebration of the longest and most glorious reign 

 in English history, and pray that the continued blessing of 

 Almighty God may rest upon Your Majesty and Family, and the 

 nations over whom your beneficent rule extends. 



Signed on behalf of the Council this fourteenth day of June, 

 one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven. 



HUNTLY, President. 



E. J. POWELL, Secretary." 



