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Report to the General Meeting. 
tagious or infectious diseases to English stock. The corre- 
spondence between the Veterinary Department of the Privy 
Council and the Secretary of the Society, together with a precis 
of the various acts and orders in Council relating to the importa- 
tion of foreign animals, has been published in the last number of 
the Journal ; and, with regard to Irish stock, the Council have 
received the assurance of the Government that measures are 
being taken which, it is hoped, will be found satisfactory. 
The existence amongst lambs of a wide-spread disease of home 
origin, has been brought under the notice of the Council by the 
Lincolnshire Agricultural Society during the past half-year. 
The nature and origin of this disease have been previously 
described in the Journal of the Society, but in view of the 
great losses which it has this year caused to Lincolnshire flock- 
masters, the Council have requested Professor Simonds to make 
a thorough and immediate examination of the nature of the 
disease and the circumstances under which it most commonly 
occurs, and to give suggestions for its treatment and prevention. 
The relations between the Royal Veterinary College and the 
Society are still under discussion by the governing bodies of 
the two institutions ; but the Council are hopeful that the 
result will be to extend the usefulness of the Veterinary Depart- 
ment of the Society in accordance with its increasing importance 
to the English agriculturist. In consequence of the death of 
Professor Spooner, the post of Principal of the Royal Veterinary 
College is now vacant ; and it is possible that alterations may 
be made in the staff and course of study at the College. Under 
these circumstances the Council have postponed its decision on 
the relations of the Society to the College. 
By Order of the Council, 
H. M. Jenkins, 
Secretary. 
