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duced in Anstralasian countries and 
other parts of the world. On those 
grounds he ventured to hope that the 
Council would agree with the request 
of Sir James Whitehead, and appoint 
member to serve on the Committee. 
Mr. SuTTOX seconded the motion, 
saying that he thought nothing could 
be more important at the present 
time than to do something to make 
the orchard of every farmhouse a 
more paying concern than it was at 
present. It w^ould be a good result 
of the holding of such an exhibition 
if that portion of the land which was 
set apart for fruit were made to yield 
a substantial return for the labour 
expended upon it. 
The resolution was then unani- 
mously pa.ssed ; and on the motion of 
Sir Jacob Wilson, seconded by Mr. 
Chandos-Pole-Gell, Mr. Charles 
Whitehead was appointed as the 
Society's representative to serve upon 
the Provisional Committee. 
Veterinary. 
Sir JoJis Thokold (Chairman) re- 
ported that Professor Brown had 
^Titten for the next number of the 
Journal an article on the subject of 
Abortion in Cattle (see p. 729). At 
the request of the Committee, Pro- 
fessor Brown had undertaken to 
include in his paper a note upon the 
effect of ergot in relation to abortion. 
Of the 600Z. granted to the Committee 
for the year 1891, 5521. lis. had been 
expended, and the Committee moved 
for a renewal of the grant, 5001. of 
which was intended to be allocated 
to the Royal Veterinary College for 
the study of comparative pathology 
and bacteriology. They had met 
nine times and made nine reports 
daring the year. 
Professor Brown had presented the 
following report : — 
Pleuro - PSEUiioxiA. — In the 
course of the twelve months during 
which the Pleuro-pneumonia Act 
has been in operation. September 
1890 to September 1891, 295 out- 
breaks of the disease occurred ; 
1,188 cattle affected with pleuro- 
pneumonia were slaughtered, and 
13,134 cattle which had been in 
contact with diseased beasts or 
otherwise exposed to infection were 
also killed. To these may be 
added 243 cattle which were sus- 
pected to be suffering from disease, 
making a total of 14,565 cattle 
slaughtered by order of the Board. 
In the course of the earlier part 
of the twelve months the disease 
existed in thirty-four counties in 
Great Britain — viz. twenty-five in 
England, and nine in Scotland, but 
during the last month of the 
twelve, viz., August, it was con- 
fined to seven counties in England 
and one in Scotland. 
In the past three months, Sep- 
tember, October, and November, 
there were only twenty-six out- 
breaks of pleuro - pneumonia in 
Great Britain, and these were con- 
fined to seven counties in England 
and one in Scotland. In the corre- 
sponding period of last year, when 
the Board of Agriculture began 
the work of stamping out the dis- 
ease, there were 116 fresh out- 
breaks. 
AsTHEAX.— During the month 
of Xovember there were twenty- 
five outbreaks of this disease in 
Great Britain. They occurred in 
the counties of Dorset, Durham, 
Kent, Leicester, Surrev, Sussex 
(East), Warwick, Wilts, York, 
(W.R.), and Aberdeen. There 
were forty-nine animals attacked, 
one of which was killed, thirty- 
eight died, and four recovered. 
Swine Feveb.— This disease is 
now and has for some time been 
decreasing. In the month of No- 
vember there were 284 outbreaks 
reported, an average of seventy- 
one per week, whereas in October 
the outbreaks averaged eighty- 
eight per week. The number of 
swine attacked in November was 
1,874. There were during the 
month 860 diseased pigs killed, 
934 died, 277 recovered, and 371 
remained alive when the return 
was made up. 
Stock Frizes. 
:ilr. Saxday (Chairman) reported 
that a memorial received from the 
Highland Cattle Society and others, 
either breeders of or interested in 
Highland cattle, asking for classes 
for that breed at the Warwick Meeting 
had been further considered, in con- 
