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Resolved, that the bye-law fixing the Council meeting for the 
Tuesday preceding the February Monthly Council meeting of the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England, be amended by the addition of 
the words “ or on the first Wednesday in February, as the Council may 
from time to time determine,” 
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., elected a 
member of the Club on the nomination of His Royal Highness the 
Prince of Wales, K.G. 
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, K.G., and the Duke 
of Edinburgh, K.G., elected Vice-Presidents. 
The President announced with regret the death of Lord Chesham, a 
Vice-President, and of Mr. Edward Little, a member of the Council. 
A letter having been sent to the Exhibitors of pigs at the late Show 
on the dentition question, twenty-two replies were received offering 
various suggestions, a large proportion being strongly in favour of the 
dentition being continued asa safeguard against fraud. Two, however, 
suggested that Exhibitors should be allowed to prove their entries. 
Resolved, that the following recommendations of the Special Com- 
mittee on Dentition of the Pig be received and adopted :— 
(1) That the examination of the dentition be adhered to. 
(2) That the words ‘‘ All pigs are exhibited subject to their dentition 
agreeing with the certified age (as per rule No. 22)” be printed 
conspicuously in the prize sheet at the commencement of the pig 
classes.’” 
(3) That a copy of Professor Simonds’ pamphlet on dentition be sent 
free of cost to each exhibitor entering pigs for the show. 
(4) That the exact ages be entered.on the certificate as heretofore, in 
order to give the younger animals in each class the advantage justly 
due to them in respect of early maturity—a matter of-great impor- 
tance, and which should always be taken into consideration by the 
judges, especially in cases where two or more pens closely approach 
each other in merit. 
That the present rule making the dentition absolute be adhered to, 
the experience of past years having shown the very unsatisfactory 
evidence produced to the Stewards upon very many occasions in order 
to prove the correctness of ages. 
That on the placards placed over the pens of disqualified animals, 
the wording be altered to “ Disqualified, the state of the dentition not 
agreeing with the dentition test required by Rule 22 of the Club.” 
That Exhibitors be advised to have their pigs examined by a 
qualified veterinary surgeon before they leave home for the Show, 
and unless their dentition be in accordance with the recognised state 
for their respective ages, not to send them to the Show. 
Resolved, that the attention of the veterinary inspector be directed 
to the desirability of paying a visit to the principal herds of pigs, witha 
view of testing the correctness of the theory of detention, and to report 
thereon. 
Resolved, that the following Breed Cups for cattle should be offered 
at the ensuing Show :—Devons £30, Herefords £30, Shorthorns £30, 
Sussex £30, Norfolk and Suffolk Polled and Welsh £15, Scotch £30, 
and Cross-bred £30. 
