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A Committee appointed in February to consider and report to the 
Council upon the practicability of instituting a class or classes for 
animals entered for slaughter, the prizes being awarded to the best 
carcases, reported at the November meeting, and suggested the offer of 
prizes in two classes at the 1887 show, viz. : 
Class 1.—For the best carcase of beef from a Steer not exceeding 
three years old. First prize, £25; second, 15; third, £10; 
fourth, £5. 
Class 2.—For the best carcase of beef from a Heifer not exceeding 
three years old. First, £25; second, £15; third, £10; fourth, £5. 
Resolved, that the report be printed, circulated amongst the Council, 
and considered at the meeting of the Council in February next. 
Resolved, that the printed list of members issued in the Prize Sheet 
be arranged in alphabetical order. 
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., President. 
Mr. Joseph Druce resigned, through ill health, his position as 
Steward of Implements. 
Resolved, “that the members of this Council desire to express their 
thanks to Mr. Joseph Druce for his many years’ service as Steward of 
Implements, and their regret that owing to illness he is compelled to 
resign that position.” 
Resolved, that in consequence of the present state of the Club’s 
funds the consideration of the report of the Carcase Committee be 
deferred. 
Resolved, that the prizes offered for lambs, be for lambs under 
twelve months old. 
That a class be instituted for Suffolk ewes above three years old, 
with prizes of £10 first and £5 second. 
That there be one class for fat wether sheep of any white-faced, 
black-faced, or speckled-faced mountain breed of any age, with prizes 
of £10 first and £5 second, instead of two classes as at present ; 
that Dorset, Cheviot, Ryeland, &c., lambs compete together in one 
class, with prizes of £10 first and £5 second. 
That the breed cups for Devons, Herefords, Shorthorns, Sussex, 
Scotch, and Cross-bred cattle be of the value of £25; and the breed 
cups for Leicester, Cotswold, Lincoln, Southdowns, Hampshire, 
Suffolks, Shropshire, and Cross-bred sheep of the value of £153 and 
that a cup of the value of £15 be offered for the best pen of Cheviots, 
&c., Kentish, or Romney Marsh, Ryeland, Dorset, &c., sheep, instead 
of the three £10 cups, as at present ; and that the silver medals awarded 
to breeders be done away with. 
That the time for the removal of animals on the Friday night of 
the Show be altered to 9.30 p.m. ; and that any animal, whether going 
by train or not, might be removed at that hour. 
The attention of the Council having been called to the disastrous 
consequence of the spread of swine fever and pleuro-pneumonia, and 
the management of the dairies in the Metropolis, Edinburgh, and 
Dublin, and the necessity of making a strong representation to the 
Privy Council tor the effectual stamping out of the disease, it was 
resolved— 
‘That in the opinion of this Council the time has arrived when 
the powers of the Privy Council for stamping out pleuro- 
pneumonia, as well as swine fever, in the United Kingdom of 
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