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resolution, though it might not, as 
far as the disease was concerned, 
have effect this year. It would, 
however, be a most valuable caution 
next year. 
Remarks having also been made by 
Mr. Foster and Lord Moreton, 
The President, before putting the 
resolution, said he hoped and trusted 
that the Council would pass it for the 
sake of their own consistency. It 
was not fair that they should act 
with strictness in one matter and not 
in another. 
The resolution was then put and 
carried, no one voting against it; and 
the report of the Veterinary Com- 
mittee was then formally adopted.' 
Stock Frizes. 
Mr. Saxday (Chairman) reported 
that in some instances considerable 
difficulty had been experienced in 
obtaining the necessary official Herd- 
book importation certificates for ani- 
mals in the Jersey classes entered as 
eligible for entry in the Island Herd- 
book, and the Committee recom- 
mended that in cases where the 
regulations had not been complied 
with, the entries should be refused. 
The question of the veterinary in- 
spection of stallions at the Doncaster 
Meeting had been considered, and the 
Committee recommended that it be 
an instruction to the Society's veter- 
' The following circular was addressed by 
the Secretary on June 11 to all iuteudiug es- 
UiUitors of cattle at Doncaster : — 
Boyal Agricultural Society of England, 
12 Hanover Square, Loudon, W., 
June 11, isal. 
Sir. — As numerous inquiries have been ad- 
dressed to me with reference to a resolution 
I passed by the Council at their last Sleeting, 
having for its object the exclusion from the 
Doncasttr Showyard of Catt!e concerning 
which there is any risk of Pleuro-pueumouia, 
I am instructed to explain to you that it is 
the intention of the Society not to allow any 
Cattle to be exhibite<l at Doncaster which are 
at present in the Districts scheduleil for 
Pleuro-pneumonia by the Board of Agriculture 
or the Irish Privy Council, or have been ex- 
hibited at Shows lield within those Districts. 
Exhibitors who have entered cattle for Don- 
caster which come within the terms of the 
above resolution, and who have not already re- 
ceived a letter from me on the subject, are 
requested to communicate with mc at once, 
either by letter or telegram, in order that such 
entries may be omitted from the official Cata- 
logue, and "that the eucry fees paid in respect 
II thereof may be returned. 
I I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
1 Erxest Clarke, Secretary. 
inary inspectors that the following 
diseases should disqualify a stallion, 
under Regulation 41 of the prize 
sheet : — Roaring-whistling, ringbone, 
unsound feet, navicular disease, 
spavin, side-bone, and cataract. 
The Committee had further con- 
sidered and amended the draft prize 
sheet for the Warwick Meeting, which 
they proposed to consider again after 
the recess. 
Judges Selection. 
Mr. Saxdav (Chairman) reported 
that, in view of the number of entries 
in the Shropshire sheep classes being 
too large for one set of judges, the 
Committee had decided that there 
should be two sets of judges. 
Implement. 
Mr. Saxday (for Mr. Frankish) 
presented the report of this Com- 
mittee, which dealt with various 
details as to the trials of threshing 
and milking machines at DoncastOi, 
and of ploughs at Warwick nest year. 
General Doncaster. 
Mr. Dent reported that the draft 
programme of the Doncaster Meeting 
had been submitted and approved ; 
and announced that the visit of Their 
Royal Highnesses the Prince and 
Princess of Wales would take place 
on the Wednesday of the Meeting, 
when they would witness both the 
cattle and the parades. The Commit- 
tee recommended that a lectm-e on 
Farriery, by Professor Pritchard, be 
given in the shoeing forge on Thurs- 
day, at 2 p.m. Applications from 
the National Pig Breeders' Associa- 
tion, and from Mr. George Barham, 
on behalf of implement exhibitors, 
for permission to hold meetings in 
the large tent in the showyard, had 
been granted on the usual conditions. 
A letter had been received from the 
Vicar of Doncaster stating that he 
had been unable to arrange with the 
Archbishop Designate of York, or 
with the Bishops of Beverley and 
Hull, to preach on the Sunday before 
the Show, and it had been unani- 
mously agreed to ask the Vicar to 
preach himself. 
Showyard Works. 
Sir Jacob Wilson (Chairman) re- 
ported that the whole of the Imple- 
