clxxxviii Monthly Council, November 5, 1890. 
caster Committee would be happy to 
provide funds fcr the award of the 
Gold Medal to each of the three 
stallions which won the Society's 
premiums in the forthcoming year. 
The President expressed the 
thanks of the Council to the Local 
Committee for their action in this 
matter. 
House. 
Sir Nigel Kixgscote presented 
the. report of this Committee, which 
dealt with various repairs and articles 
required for the house. 
Journal. 
Earl Cat h cart (Chairman) re- 
ported that the third number of the 
new series of the Journal was pub- 
lished on September 30, and issued 
immediately to members. He pre- 
sented the recommendations of the 
Committee as to the payment for 
literary contributions to, and for the 
printing of, that number. Eleven 
entries had been received for the 
farm competition in connection with 
the Doncaster Meeting, and the Com- 
mittee recommended that on this 
occasion two judges only be ap- 
pointed. A paper which had been 
forwarded by Mr. Xott, on Foot-rot 
in Sheep, had been further considered, 
and it had been decided that the sub- 
stance cf it should be published in 
the Journal. The proposed arrange- 
ments for the nest number had been 
considered and approved. 
Chemical. 
Mr. Wareex (in the absence of 
Viscount Emlyx, Chairman) pre- 
sented the report of this Committee, 
and stated that letters from Mr. 
James Snowsell, with reference to 
the last quarterly report of the 
Chemical Committee, had been con- 
sidered, and it had been decided that 
no further steps should be taken in 
the matter. Various other matters 
connected'with the Chemical Depart- 
ment ami the Woburn Experimental 
Farm had been discussed. 
The Secbetaey read a letter from 
Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, the 
Society's Consulting Chemist, thank- 
ing the Council for the extension of 
his leave of absence in India. 
Seeds and Plant Diseases. 
Mr. Whitehead (Chairman) re- 
ported that Mr. Carruthers' inquiry 
into his examination of pastures had 
been completed, and the Committee 
recommended that this report be 
published in the next number of the 
Journal. [See p. 751.] Miss Ormerod 
had presented a report, which the 
Committee also recommended for 
publication. [See p. 837.] 
Veterinary. 
Sir John Thoeold (Chairman) re- 
ported that, in obedience to the 
instructions given by the Council at 
their last meeting, circular letters had 
been addressed to all the members of 
the Society asking their co-operation 
in carrying out the provisions of the 
P! euro-pneumonia Act, and also to 
the Society's provincial veterinary sur- 
geons, requesting that immediate 
notice of any outbreak of the disease 
coming to their knowledge should be 
given by telegraph to the Society's 
offices. Particulars of every outbreak 
notified to the Society had been at 
once forwarded to the Board of Agri- 
culture. The Committee had discussed 
the question of Foot-rot in sheep 
which arose at the last meeting of 
the Council. Professor Brown having 
stated that there was great difficulty 
in getting diseased animals, some of 
the members of the Committee had 
offered to obtain two or three sheep 
virulently affected with the disease, 
for the purpose of further experiment 
at the Royal Veterinary College. 
The Committee recommended that 
prizes be offered for a horse-shoeing 
competition at Doncaster, in two 
classes (Hunters and Agricultural 
Horses), limited to the county of York. 
Mr. Vessey, the Society's provincial 
veterinary surgeon for Dorset, having 
removed from that county, the Com- 
mittee recommended that Mr. C. 
Hed worth Golledge, of Sherborne, 
be appointed to the vacancy. Pro- 
fessor Brown's pamphlet on " Denti- 
tion" being out of print, the Committee 
recommended that a new edition be 
prepared, with any revision which the 
Professor might think necessary. 
Professor Brown had presented the 
following report : — 
Pleubo-fsecmoma. — Between 
