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Resolved, that there be— 
g Judges for Cattle, 
9 rn Sheep, In sets of 3., 
3 ” Pigs, 
Resolved, that the date of each gentleman’s election as a member of 
the Club be inserted in the voting paper. 
Resolved, that the Council be empowered to nominate 3 scrutineers 
to examine the voting papers for the Council before the general 
meetings in December. 
On Tuesday morning, December oth, a dense fog prevailed, and 
several of the animals were found to be suffering from difficult breath- 
ing during the day, others presented similar symptoms. In the night 
the fog became more dense, and two of the cattle died. 
On Wednesday morning many of the animals were removed from 
the hall to the entrance yard. 
During Wednesday night and Thursday morning gi cattle were 
removed at the request of the owners or their agents; of these, 50 
were slaughtered, some died in the vans in which they were taken 
away, and some recovered. 
Cattle in the open air of the Metropolitan Market were affected with 
“Fog Sickness” to such an extent as to render their immediate 
slaughter necessary; also in 18 places in Islington, St. Pancras, 
Marylebone, Bloomsbury, Haverstock Hill, Dalston, Shoreditch, 
Haggerstone, Hoxton, Clerkenwell and Aldersgate. 
A class instituted for Scotch-horned breeds (not Highland) ; also a 
class for Ryeland, Cheviot, and Dorset ewes. 
Resolved, to offer— 
CATTLE. 
£100 Champion Plate as heretofore. 
£50 Cup for the best Steer or Ox in the classes. 
£50 ” ” Heifer or Cow 9 
BREED CUPS. 
£40 Cup for the best Devon beast in the classes. 
£40 oy » Hereford ” ” 
£40 45 am Short-horn 7 3 
£40 ” ” Sussex ” ” 
£40 ” ” Scotch ” ” 
£40 i - Cross-bred iy $5 ; 
£40 a5 is Beast of any of the other breeds in prize list. 
SHEEP. 
£20 Cup for the best pen of Leicesters in the classes. 
£20 55 4 ‘is Cotswolds 43 3 
£20 ” a 45 Lincolns - i 
£20 8 ” i Kentish ‘is *f 
£20 ” ” i Cross-bred _,, 2 
Either Long-wool Cross, or Long and Short-wool 
£20 Cup for the best pen of Southdowns in the classes. 
£20 ” ” ” Hampshire ,, ° ,, 
£20 ” r » Shropshire __,, “3 
£20 ” ” ” Oxfordshire ,, - 
£20 ” ” ” Ryeland, &c. ,, ‘“ 
