Report to the General Meeting. 
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held in the district comprising Northumberland, Durham, and 
the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. Invitations having 
been received from the authorities of Darlington, Hull, and 
Newcastle, a Committee was appointed to inspect and report 
[upon the sites and other accommodation offered by the competing 
localities. After duly considering the report of this Committee, 
the Council have decided that the Country Meeting for 1873 
shall be held at Hull. The Council have also to announce that 
the district which has been assigned for the Country Meeting 
of 1874 comprises the counties of Bedford, Cambridge, Essex, 
Hertford, Huntingdon, Norfolk, and Suffolk. 
The Governors of the Royal Veterinary College have appointed 
Professor J. B. Simonds to fill the vacancy in the office of Prin- 
cipal of the College, created by the death of Professor Spooner. 
In consequence of this appointment Professor Simonds is unable 
to retain the post of Veterinary Inspector to the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society. The Council have resolved to make the usual 
grant to the Royal Veterinary College for the current year, on 
condition that one of the Professors of the Royal Veterinary 
College be allowed to act as the Veterinary Inspector of the 
Society. The Governors of "the College have accepted this 
arrangement and have also agreed to the following schedule of 
Members' Veterinary Privileges : — 
I. Serious or Extensive Diseases. — No. 1. Any Member of the 
Society who may desire professional attendance and special 
advice in cases of serious or extensive disease among his cattle, 
sheep, or pigs, will, on application to the Secretary, obtain the 
. services of the Society's Veterinary Inspector, to visit the place 
where the disease prevails. 
No. 2. The remuneration of the Inspector will be 21. 2s. each 
day as a professional fee, and 1/. Is. each day for personal ex- 
penses ; and he will also be allowed to charge the cost of travelling 
to and from the locality where his services may have been re- 
quired. The fees and expenses will be a charge against the 
applicant ; but this charge may be reduced or remitted altogether 
at the discretion of the Council, on such course being recom- 
mended to them by the Veterinary Committee. 
M No. 3. The Inspector, on his return from visiting the diseased 
■ stock, will report to the Committee, in writing, the results of his 
