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Report to the General Meeting. 
under certain regulations, has been reduced to about one-half 
of the previous rates. A statement of these and other revised 
privileges having been sent to each Member of the Society, the 
Council have the satisfaction of reporting that since the opening 
of the new Laboratory a very large addition to the number of 
samples usually sent by ^Members during the same period of the 
year has been received for analysis by Dr. Voelcker. 
The Council have further made a new arrangement with the 
Governors of the Royal Veterinary College, by virtue of which 
the officers of that Institution will act as Veterinary Inspectors 
to the Society on terms similar to those which have hitherto 
been paid by the Members for professional aid in cases of disease 
of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. This arrangement has worked very 
satisfactorily during the few months that it has been in opera- 
tion, and the Reports from the Professors of the College, on the 
principal cases which have come under their observation, which 
are published in the Proceedings of the Monthly Council 
jNIeetings, are deserving of the careful study of all Stock-owners. 
In consequence of the arrival at Liverpool of a number of 
Cattle from the United States of America affected with Pleuro- 
pneumonia, the Council urged upon the Government the im- 
portance of immediately placing the United States under the 
provisions of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act (1878), 
vshich provides for the slaughter of Foreign animals at the 
place of landing, and an Order in Council with that object was 
issued shortly after. 
Of the Graduates of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur- 
geons who were eligible to compete for the Society's Medals 
and Prizes, offered for proficiency in Cattle Pathology, only one 
(Mr. John Herbert Callow) presented himself for examination 
last January. The Examiners awarded him the Gold Medal 
and First Prize of 20/. The Examiners reported that, in ^their 
opinion, the absence of competitors was in consequence of the 
conditions of qualification for competition being too stringent ; 
and the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 
having taken the same view, it has been arranged that in future 
the competition shall be open to Candidates who have taken 
honours in Cattle Pathology at the final examination of the 
College, and who shall have taken their diploma not more than 
two years before the date of the examination. 
