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Monthly Council, December 10, 1890* 
pare these articles if requested to do 
so by the Journal Committee. A 
letter had been received from the 
Executive Committee of the pro- 
posed British Institute of Preventive 
Medicine, appealing to the Society 
for pecuniary assistance in support 
of the Institute, which was intended 
to deal with the prevention and cure 
of the infectious diseases of the 
domestic animals as well as those of 
man. The Committee recommended 
that the Secretary be instructed to 
reply that the Society was already 
engaged in the prosecution of re- 
searches similar to those proposed to 
be carried on by the Institute, by 
means of its annual grant to the 
Royal Veterinary College, and that 
while the Council had every sym- 
pathy with the objects of the 
Institute, they did not see their way 
to make further grants of money for 
the purpose indicated in the appeal. 
A letter had been received express- 
ing the willingness of the Farriers' 
Company to provide the two first 
prizes of 61. each, together with the 
Freedom of the Company, in the 
horse-shoeing competition at Don- 
caster: and the Master of the 
Company had verbally reported to 
the Committee that the General 
Registration Committee would admit 
to the Register of Shoeing Smiths, 
without charge, all the prize-winners 
and commended competitors in the 
same competition. The thanks of 
the Society were ordered to be sent 
for these offers, of which the Com- 
mittee recommended the acceptance. 
A letter had been received from 
Mr. C. Hedworth Golledge, accepting 
the appointment of Provincial Vete- 
rinary Surgeon for the county of 
Dorset, in succession to Mr. Vessey, 
resigned. All the 500/. voted to the 
Committee for the current year had 
been granted to the Royal Veterinary 
College, and the Committee had in- 
curred additional expenses to the 
amount of 55/. 0s. 5d. They moved 
for a grant for the year 1891 of 6001, 
of which 500/. should be allocated 
to the Royal Veterinary College for 
the study of comparative pathology 
and bacteriology. 
The Committee had met eight 
times and made eight reports, and 
they recommended that for the en- 
suing year they be constituted as 
before, with the addition of Mr. Beach 
and Mr. Terry to fill vacancies. 
Stock Prizes. 
Mr. Sanday (Chairman) reported 
that the Committee had had before 
them a voluminous correspondence 
respecting two of the entries of 
Jersey cattle, made by Mr. W. D. 
Tucker, of Southampton, at Ply- 
mouth, and the exhibition of such 
animals at local shows in the Island 
in the names of other persons, after 
Mr. Tucker had certified that they 
were his property. The Committee 
could not regard as completely satis- 
factory the explanations which had 
been given of such exhibition in the 
Island ; but in face of the statu- 
tory declarations of Mr. Tucker and 
the breeders of the two animals in 
question that they were Mr. Tucker's 
property when he entered them for 
Plymouth, the Committee felt that 
the matter could not now be carried 
further. The facts reported showed, 
however, gross carelessness on the 
part of certain Jersey exhibitors in 
the making of entries for shows, and 
a reprehensible looseness in the fill- 
ing up of the so-called ' breeder's 
certificates.' The Committee recom- 
mended that in future no entry of an 
animal of the Channel Island breeds 
be accepted, unless the Official Herd- 
book Importation Certificate be pro- 
duced to the Secretary at the time of 
entry. Also that the Secretary be 
empowered to decline without cor- 
respondence any entry of live stock, 
the certificate of which does net fully 
comply with the Society's regulations 
when it is sent in. A letter had 
been received from the President of 
the Royal Jersey Agricultural Society 
assuring the Council of their readi- 
ness to co-operate at once with them 
in any investigation they might 
deem it necessary to make in the 
matter above referred to, and stating 
that the Committee of the Society 
viewed favourably the proposed new 
regulation respecting the entries of 
animals of the Channel Island breeds. 
The thanks of the Society were 
ordered to be sent for this communi- 
cation. 
The Second Prize winner, No. 494 
in Class 64 (Devon Cows or Heifen 
