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Brandreth an expression of their sense of the value of his 
services, and of their great regret at the cause of his 
resignation. Ata later meeting in the same year, when his 
death was announced, it was unanimously resolved— 
‘‘ That the Council of the Smithfield Club at this, the first meeting 
held since the death of Sir Brandreth Gibbs, the Club’s late 
Honorary Secretary, desire to express and place upon record 
their deep regret at the great loss the Club has sustained 
thereby, The Council gratefully acknowledge that the present 
position of the Club is, to a very large extent, the result of his 
untiring energy and attention to its interests through a period 
of time close upon half a century, and they fully recognize his 
devoted and invaluable services to the Club for so many years. 
The Council also desire to express their deep sympathy and 
condolence with Lady Gibbs and the family in their irreparable 
loss.” 
Mr. H..J. Hine was appointed Secretary, and he con- 
tinued to act as such until the year 1888, when the Club 
suffered another loss by his decease, at a comparatively 
early age. At the Council meeting following, a vote of 
condolence with his family was unanimously passed, and the 
present Secretary was appointed. 
Now and again, in the minutes of the Club, it will be 
noticed how it takes cognizance, not only of what some 
think its actual and only object, but also of other things 
bearing upon it. 
The question of the food supplies for animals must 
always be of importance in any problem in which scientific 
breeding and feeding is concerned. This was recognized 
in very early days. Specimens of roots and grain, used for 
feeding animals, were shewn in the loft at Goswell Street. 
There were then added some half-dozen chaff-cutters, and 
other machines for preparing food for cattle; afterwards a 
few other kinds were sent, and, when the show was removed 
to Baker Street, the facilities which the galleries offered 
for displaying machinery to advantage, induced a constant 
addition, from year to year, to the number of applicants 
for the privilege of showing. For some time it had been 
seen that the idea thus started was capable of a much 
greater development, and in 1867 the Club entered into 
arrangements with the Hall Company for an enlargement 
of the galleries, the building of a dining room in which to 
hold the Club’s annual dinners, store-room for fodder, and 
the construction of a new building for the pigs, towards the 
cost of which the Club contributed £1,000. 
In 1881 the Agricultura] Hall Company proposed a 
