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Mr. Robert Game, a member of the Council, died. A vote of 

 condolence and sympathy was passed. 



A suggestion that pigs should be included in the block test, and 

 that the pigs exhibited in the other classes should be weighed, was 

 referred to the Carcase and Stock Prize Committees. 



It having been reported that certain local authorities were adopting 

 the method of isolation in place of slaughter in cases of swine fever, the 

 following resolution was passed, and ordered to be forwarded to the 

 Board of Agriculture : 



" That the Council of the Smithfield Club trust that the immediate 

 slaughter of pigs in outbreaks of swine fever will still be adhered 

 to by the Board of Agriculture." 



The following resolution was received from the National Sheep 

 Breeders' Association in reply to the resolution passed by the Club. 



" That this Association deprecates the excessive use of oiling or 

 colouring of Show Sheep, but at the same time think as little 

 interference as possible should be exercised in allowing 

 exhibitors to show their sheep in the best possible form." 

 Resolved 



" That the Smithfield Club appoint a Committee to wait upon the 

 Government with a view of bringing before them the question 

 of compensation for carcases confiscated as affected with 

 tuberculosis." 



Her Majesty the Queen's Challenge Cup for cattle was awarded to 

 Her Majesty for the third time,* and His Royal Highness the Prince 

 of Wales' Challenge Cup for sheep was awarded to the Earl of 

 Ellesmere for the second time in succession, both cups being thus won 

 outright. 



* Her Majesty's heifer, which won this Cup, not being slaughtered as required by the rules, the 

 Cup fell to the Earl of Strathmore, and as the Earl had won it twice previously, it became his own 



property. 



