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mation of Members of the Society, and this paper has been 
published in the last number of the ' Journal.' The Council 
have further accepted the generous offer of His Grace the Duke 
of Bedford, the President of the Society, of a field adjoining 
Crawley Farm, for the purpose of carrying on further experi- 
ments on the comparative manurial value of soluble and insoluble 
phosphates. 
Contagious Diseases of animals of the farm have not prevailed 
to any considerable extent during the last year ; Foot-and-mouth 
Disease has almost ceased to exist in the country ; but the Council 
have remarked with the greatest concern the ravages of the Rot 
in sheep and cattle. With a view to diffuse the most accurate 
information on this subject, the Council requested Professor 
Simonds to prepare a Revised Edition of his original Treatise 
on this malady. They have published this Report at a nominal 
charge, and are glad to be able to state that some thousands of 
copies have been sold. They also published in the Agricultural 
Newspapers, last February, a short Code of Directions to farmers 
whose sheep might be suffering from this affection ; and in the 
last number of the ' Journal ' of the Society is a further contri- 
bution from Professor Simonds on the same subject. The 
Council have also instructed the Veterinary Committee to con- 
sider the desirability of making an investigation into the recent 
outbreak of this disease, and to report how they can carry out 
such investigation ; and also whether they are of opinion that 
local inquiries should be carried out under the direction of the 
Council. 
The investigations into Anthracoid Diseases, especially splenic 
apoplexy and quarter-evil, which were commenced in 1878, at 
the Brown Institution, by Dr. Burdon Sanderson, have since 
been continued there by his successor. Dr. Greenfield. The 
Reports of these authorities up to the end 'of last year are 
contained in the last number of the ' Joilrnal.' 
The Council have arranged with the Governors of the Royal 
Veterinary College for a simplification of the previous statement 
of Members' Veterinary Privileges ; and the Rules now in force 
have been published in the Appendix to the last number of the 
' Journal.' 
Three Graduates of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
out of six who were eligible, presented themselves to compete 
