Report to the General Meeting. xxsi 
Yorkshire Agricultural Society have agreed to merge their 
Annual Meeting with that of the Royal, on terms which will 
no doubt be found mutually advantageous. 
The Country Meeting for the year 1884 will be held in 
the district which includes South Wales and the counties of 
Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, Salop, Stafford, Warwick 
and Worcester. 
The Council have much pleasure in reporting that at the 
invitation of the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society, 
they took the initiative in organizing a deputation to the General 
Managers of the chief Railway Companies with a view to obtain 
some reduction in the charges for the conveyance of Live Stock 
to and from the Shows of Agricultural Societies. The requests 
of this deputation were very moderate, and were granted by the 
General Managers as being fair both to the Railway Companies 
and the Agricultural Societies. They embrace the following^ 
important concessions : — 
1. Stock to be conveyed full fare to the Show, but half fare 
on the return journey if unsold. 
2. Men hona fide in charge of stock to be conveyed free. 
3. The foregoing regulations to apply to animals whether 
carried in horse-boxes and by passenger or special 
trains, or in cattle trucks and by luggage trains. 
The Veterinary Privileges of the Members are under the 
consideration of the Council, with a view to the appointment of 
Veterinary Surgeons to the Society at certain centres in England 
and Wales. 
The investigation into the life-history of the Liver-fluke is 
being continued by Mr. Thomas, whose researches seem to 
promise results of the greatest importance in relation to the 
causes and prevention of Sheep-rot, and the Council have there- 
fore made an additional grant towards the completion of his- 
inquiry. 
The Medals and Prizes offered by the Society to Graduates- 
