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foreign in their origin, and they express a hope that the flocks 
and herds of the nation may be guarded with the utmost 
vigilance against their reintroduction. 
The Council are also of opinion that the time has come for the 
Central Government to assume the direct and effective control 
of the uniform arrangements necessary for the eradication of 
the contagious disease of pleuro-pneumonia, and to relieve the 
ratepayers from the charges imposed for compensation in case 
of slaughter, such outlay being incurred as much for the benefit 
of the consumers as the producers of this country.” 
His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G., 
elected a Vice-President. 
In accordance with the recommendation of the Committee, adopted 
by the Council in February 1889, Class 29, Welsh steers or oxen above 
three years old, be for steers or oxen above three and not exceeding 
four years old. 
That a class be instituted for Welsh heifer or cow (heifers not 
having had a live calf not to exceed four years old; cows above four 
years old, must have had at least one live calf), with prizes {10 and £5. 
That the prizes for Highland cattle be altered as follows :—High- 
land steer or ox, of any age: first prize, £20; second prize, £10, and 
third, £5. Heifer or cow, &c.: first prize, £10; second, £5. 
That the extra stock class for steers not exceeding four years old not 
qualified to compete in any of the foregoing classes be reinstated, with 
prizes—first, £10: second, £5; and that the prizes in the extra stock 
class for heifer or cow not exceeding five years old not qualified to 
compete in any of the foregoing classes be—first prize, £10; second, 
£5. The animals in these two classes not to be allowed to 
compete for any of the cups. 
That the champion prize for sheep be divided—£30 for best pen 
of Short-woolled Sheep — viz., Southdowns, Hampshires, Suffolks, 
Shropshires, Oxfordshires, and Cross-breds; and £20 for best pen of 
Long-woolled sheep—viz.: Leicesters, Cotswolds, Lincolns, Kentish or 
Romney Marsh, Devon, Cheviot, Mountain, Dorset, &c., with gold 
medals to the breeders in each case. 
That all sheep, except lambs, shall be shorn the year of exhibition. 
That Rule 21, dentition of cattle and sheep, be altered as follows :— 
‘“‘In cases where the veterinary inspectors report that the 
state of dentition of any animal is not in accordance with the 
certificate of age, the stewards shall call upon the exhibitor to 
prove the correctness of his certificate before any disqualification 
of the entry takes place, and shall report thereon to the Council ; 
and in the absence of satisfactory proof the animal or pen of 
animals shall be disqualified, and if a prize-winner the prize shall 
go to the next in order of merit under rule 17.” 
Attention having been drawn to the exorbitant charges made by 
carmen for conveying animals to and from the Club’s show, the 
stewards and secretary were requested to obtain if possible reduced 
rates for this service, and appoint carriers to the Club. 
As a result of this suggestion reduced rates were obtained and 
carriers appointed. 
