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and Hull, as published in the spring number of the 'Journal.' 
They represented to the Lord President of the Council the ne- 
cessity of protecting English herds from this and other foreign 
contagious diseases, by prohibiting for the future the importation 
of Live Stock from European ports, and by enforcing uniform 
and compulsory measures for the suppression of contagious 
diseases amongst farm-stock throughout the kingdom. Upon 
the extension of the outbreak beyond the Metropolitan area into 
Middlesex, the Council urged the Lord President to supersede 
the local authorities in London and Middlesex, and if necessary 
in the Home Counties. An Order in Council was issued on 
the following day, placing the whole of the Metropolitan Police 
district under the immediate jurisdiction of the Privy Council, 
and making regulations to insure the detection as well as the 
prevention of the further spread of the disease. 
The experiments on the Duke of Bedford's farm at Woburn 
are in progress, under the supervision of Mr. Lawes and Dr. 
Voelcker ; and the investigations into pleuro-pneumonia and 
foot-and-mouth disease are being continued at the Brown 
Institution by Dr. Burdon Sanderson. 
The Council have to report that four candidates competed 
for the Society's Medals and Prizes offered to Members of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for proficiency in the 
pathology, causes, symptoms, and treatment (preventive and 
curative) of cattle, sheep, and pigs. The successful candidates 
were Mr. A. B. Daniel, Gold Medal and 20/. ; Mr. M. C. Yaxley, 
Silver Medal and 10/. ; Mr. F. Smith, Bronze Medal and 5/. 
They have also to report that eight candidates presented them- 
selves last month for examination for the Society's Senior Prizes 
and Certificates, including the life membership of the Society. 
The result of the examination was as follows : — 
Mr. Cecil Cautley Baker, recently of the Royal Agricultural 
College, Cirencester, and Mr. Alexander Campbell Dixon, of 
Hartshill, near Atherstone, and formerly of the North of England 
Agricultural School, have gained first-class certificates and the 
life-membership of the Society. The former is also entitled to 
the first prize of 25/., and the latter to the second prize of 15/. 
Mr. Robert Leaper Pudney, of the Royal Agricultural College, 
has obtained a second-class certificate. 
By order of the Council, 
H. M. JENKINS, 
Secretary. 
