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must pay a loud fide rent for at least three-fourths of the land 
which he occupies. Twenty- three arable and four dairy farmsf 
have been entered ; and it is hoped that the awards of the 
Judges may be made known, as on the last occasion, at the 
General Meeting of Members held in the Show-yard. 
The Council having considered in what manner they could 
best recognize the long services of Mr. Amos as a Consulting 
Engineer to the Society, and, being desirous that he might still 
assist the Council with his advice, have appointed him Honorary 
Consulting Engineer to the Society ; they have also presented 
him with the vote of thanks of the Council engrossed on vellum, 
and accompanied by the Society's gold medal. 
The alteration in the Engineering staff of the Society, con- 
sequent on the retirement of Mr. Amos, has received the careful 
attention of the Council, and they have resolved that as the 
original appointment of Consulting Engineers was the firm of 
Messrs. Easton and Amos, the responsibility of carrying on the 
business of the Society remains with the existing firm, viz., 
Messrs. Eastons, Amos, and Anderson. 
The arrangements now in force for supplying the Members of 
the Society Avith veterinary information, and with reports on 
diseases amongst cattle or other live stock, have also been dis- 
cussed by the Council, with a view of ascertaining whether these 
arrangements may with advantage be modified. 
The original purposes of the grant made by this Society to the 
Royal Veterinary College were twofold : — 
First : to advance veterinary science by means of the instruc- 
tion afforded to students at the College. 
Second : to enable Members of this Society to obtain the best 
assistance and advice in case of the outbreak of disease amongst 
their stock. 
In addition to these primary objects the Society hoped to 
present to its Members in general, information on veterinary 
science, by means of lectures, reports on cases treated, and on 
measures to be adopted to prevent disease. 
The first of these objects has scarcely been so satisfactorily 
performed as could be wished ; the number of veterinary 
surgeons who have gone out from the College, and become 
established in the country, have not so full a knowledge of the 
treatment of the diseases of cattle, sheep, and pigs as to give 
